Why Setting Goals Can Do More Harm Than Good
Before you set out to make and keep a list of New Year's resolutions, consider this: Researchers from four top business schools - including the UA's Eller College of Management - have shown that goals can do more harm than good. Used wisely, goals can inspire employees and improve performance. But goal setting must be prescribed in doses, not as a standard remedy to increase productivity.
Arizona to Let Law Students Take Bar Exam Before Graduation
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved a proposal, developed by the UA College of Law, that will allow law students to take the state bar exam in their third year of law school. The proposal, supported by all three of the state's law schools, was intended to help move law students from classroom to practice as quickly as possible.
Marc L. Miller Named Dean of UA College of Law
UA law professor Marc L. Miller has been chosen as dean of the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law on an interim basis, effective Nov. 1. Miller came to the college in 2006 as the Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law. He has been a co-director of the Program in Criminal Law and Policy, and since 2011 he has served as vice dean of the college.
A Globalized Law School Experience
The two-year Juris Doctor with Advanced Standing program in the UA James E. Rogers College of Law is designed primarily for students who received their first law degree from a university outside the United States. The unique benefit for these students: as law-school graduates of the UA, they will be allowed to sit for the bar in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, making them highly desirable to law firms and businesses across the U.S. as well as in their home countries.
