Two new schools pop up in Fla., but some doubt they're needed

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The private, not-for-profit U. of Orlando School of Law started classes in September and will be followed in Jan by the for-profit Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville. Deans at both schools emphasize an increasing need for lawyers in modern society and the state's relative lack of law schools, now at eight. Orlando will emphasize school and faculty interaction with the community, while Coastal will concentrate on international and comparative law, legal history, jurisprudence, and technology and regulation.

Planning, Florida

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Educators, lawyers and judges discuss implementing 'MacCrate.' (ABA's MacCrate Report calling for changed relationship between practicing attorneys and law schools)

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Practicing attorneys and law schools are discussing changes recommended in the ABA's MacCrate Report, which called for a changed relationship between the bar and academe. The ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the West Publishing Corp and the University of Minnesota Law School sponsored a conference on the subject in late Sept 1993. Some educators voiced fears the ABA would force law schools to make curricular changes. Others called for more clinical training.

Reports, Practice of law, A.B.A.

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ALAS seminar counsels caution when offering race-based aid

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A 1995 Assn of American Law Schools seminar cautioned that admissions and scholarship policies based on race could be considered illegal reverse discrimination in light of new Department of Education guidelines and recent court decisions. The decisions are Hopwood v. Texas and Podberesky v. Kirwan. Norma V. Cantu, assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education, detailed ways colleges could have race-based scholarships while still complying with Title VI.

Management, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Affirmative action, Association of American Law Schools

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