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• Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with 50 law students as part of diversity initiative
• Washington in St. Louis Law teams up with Australian law school
• Law school strikes back against law firm, online critics
• ABA panel considering boosting job protections for nontraditional faculty
• U.S., Chinese law deans collaborate on rule-of-law project
• More bad news for law grads: They're earning less
• Colorado's former dean dies at 68
• Another public law school considers dispensing with state money
• Alarm over ABA study of online advertising proves unfounded
• Unruly 'scam bloggers' are changing legal education, researcher argues
• Dean stepping down after eight years at Vermont Law School
• 'Do-gooders' thrive
• Indiana human rights program wins U.N. recognition
• Settlement reached in bias claim against Duquesne School of Law
• North Dakota gets its first female law dean
• Are law schools opening themselves to deceptive-advertising claims?

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Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with 50 law students as part of diversity initiative	Top
Brad Smith, chairman of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's Pipeline Committee, speaks to NLJ about the many challenges to diversity in the legal profession and the council's plans to improve diversity.
Washington in St. Louis Law teams up with Australian law school	Top
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law is partnering with the University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law in Brisbane, Australia, to launch a new, four-year joint juris doctor and master of laws program.
Law school strikes back against law firm, online critics	Top
Lawyers for the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed a complaint on July 14 against Kurzon Strauss, claiming the firm defamed it in online posts advertising a potential class action.
ABA panel considering boosting job protections for nontraditional faculty	Top
An ABA committee is leaning toward extending job protections for law school clinicians, writing instructors and other nontraditional faculty in a way that would stop short of traditional tenure.
U.S., Chinese law deans collaborate on rule-of-law project	Top
A group of law deans from the U.S. and China are teaming up to examine how to improve legal education in both countries, and how law schools can be leveraged to improve the rule of law.
More bad news for law grads: They're earning less	Top
The employment news just keeps getting worse for freshly minted lawyers. Not only did fewer recent graduates land law firm jobs, as the National Association for Law Placement reported in June, but they also are earning less than their predecessors.
Colorado's former dean dies at 68	Top
Former University of Colorado Law Dean David Getches, 68, died at his home of pancreatic cancer on July 5, just days after stepping down from the deanship on June 30, the university announced.
Another public law school considers dispensing with state money	Top
The University of Minnesota Law School is the latest public law school to flirt with the idea of weaning itself off public funding. The university is considering a proposal that essentially would privatize the finances of both the law school and the business school.
Alarm over ABA study of online advertising proves unfounded	Top
The ABA's Commission on Ethics 20/20 caused a minor stir last fall when it launched a study into the ethics of online client development tools including Facebook.
Unruly 'scam bloggers' are changing legal education, researcher argues	Top
The "scam blogger" movement is more than a thorn in the side of law school administrators, a recent academic paper argues — it is playing an important role in the evolution of the legal profession.
Dean stepping down after eight years at Vermont Law School	Top
Vermont Law School President and Dean Jeff Shields has announced that he will retire at the end of the coming academic year. Shields has been dean since 2004.
'Do-gooders' thrive	Top
More freshly minted lawyers are opting for public interest careers, indicating a shift in the way those careers are perceived and how young lawyers prepare for public interest jobs.
Indiana human rights program wins U.N. recognition	Top
The Program in International Human Rights at the Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis has been awarded "special consultative status" by the United Nations.
Settlement reached in bias claim against Duquesne School of Law	Top
Duquesne University has settled two of the three discrimination suits brought in 2010 by members of its School of Law faculty, and the third case appears poised to be dismissed by a federal judge.
North Dakota gets its first female law dean	Top
The University of North Dakota has tapped Kathryn Rand as the next dean of its School of Law. She will become the first woman to serve in the school's top administrative position, but she is no stranger to the job.
Are law schools opening themselves to deceptive-advertising claims?	Top
Fudging their graduate employment statistics is more than an ethical matter for law schools — it's a legal one, according to a paper written by a recent University of California, Davis School of Law graduate.

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