Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 303: What's New with the LSAT? (w/Steve Schwartz)
Leaders Moving Business Forward with UNICEF General Counsel Peter Mason
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 136: Outlining on the Remote Bar Exam
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 289: Starting Law School in 2021
Harvard/MIT Student Visa Case
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 125: Best Practices for Studying for an Online Bar Exam
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 275: Handling First-Semester Grades in a Pandemic
They Said What? First Amendment Issues in 2020
COVID School Landscape
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 106: The Final Days of Prepping for the October 2020 Virtual Bar Exam
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 264: Mid-Semester Check-in In a Virtual Law School Environment
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 260: Career Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis (w/Sadie Jones)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 99: Tips for Taking an Online Bar Exam
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 96: COVID-19 Bar Exam Update - July 2, 2020
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 94: Impact of COVID-19 on the Bar Exam – June 15 Update
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 252: Navigating the Law School Landscape in Light of COVID-19 (w/Anna Ivey)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 249: Changes to the LSAT Due to COVID-19 (with Steve Schwartz)
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently announced a resolution agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District largely addressing issues related to OCR’s finding that the District...more
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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated on October 19, 2020. 1. Alabama - ...more
Information Services Group (ISG) reported that the global outsourcing industry is slowly recovering from the industry’s dip in performance during the second quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). ...more
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