Professor claims he was fired for speaking out on admissions

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Russell A. Bostrom, a former member of the faculty at California's Western State University College of Law, has sued the school for wrongful dismissal, alleging that he was fired for criticizing the school's admissions policy at a faculty meeting. He expressed the opinion that admitting students with low scores on the Law School Admissions Test was fraudulent since they had so little chance of passing the bar exam. Ronald Talmo, former acting dean of the school, expressed a similar opinion in a Sep 1992 memo.

Cases, Human resource management, Employee dismissals, Employment terminations, Employment at will, Bostrom, Russell A., Western State University College of Law

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Expert in admissions to the bar steps into two powerful roles

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Erica Moeser will take on two new roles in 1995, one as chairperson of the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and the other as president and CEO of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The Conference creates the bar examinations, while the ABA group makes policy on law school accreditation. The ABA post usually goes to a judge or a law school dean, and Moeser may be the first bar admissions official to receive it.

Management, Officials and employees, Practice, A.B.A. Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Moeser, Erica, National Conference of Bar Examiners

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Financial aid officials discuss future of 'need-blind' admissions

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Officials at the 1993 Assn of American Law Schools (AALS) convention held one seminar on the future of admitting students regardless of financial need. Many felt that the dearth of resources in higher education would mandate some preference for students who could afford to pay. It was admitted that ethical concerns could arise if a school advertised need-blind admissions and did not practice what it advertised.

Evaluation, Finance, Education, Higher, Higher education, Student loans

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