Lawyer launches Legal Accountability Project to prevent harassment of law clerks
NPR — Aliza Shatzman is devoting herself to giving judges a hard time. She spends a lot of time fielding complaints from law clerks, who tell her stories about bullying, gender discrimination and harassment.
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REUTERS — The American Bar Association’s legal education arm may soon endorse lawyer licensing pathways that don’t involve passing the bar exam, potentially softening a pro-bar exam stance the organization has held for more than a century.
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DAILY FLY — Aviva Abramovsky has been named the new dean of the University of Idaho College of Law.
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REUTERS — The head of Columbia Law School backed its graduates on Tuesday, saying they were “consistently sought out” as it responded to an announcement by 13 conservative federal judges that they would not hire students from the Ivy League university.
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EARTHJUSTICE — The state of Utah has violated its fundamental legal duty to protect the Great Salt Lake against impairment due to dwindling water inflows, 36 law professors told a state court on Friday.
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LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX PODCAST — In today’s episode, together with Steve Schwartz from LSAT Unplugged, we’re sharing our list of top 10 things to consider when you are applying to law school.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Akron (UA) School of Law has converted its Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) from a primarily in-person experience to a fully online program beginning fall 2024.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — The business and regulation of the practice of law are in the midst of their greatest period of change in more than a century, according to attorney Lucian Pera, who spoke recently at The University of Akron School of Law.
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AKRON LEGAL NEWS — Artificial Intelligence took center stage at both the opening and closing of the 26th Annual University of Akron School of Law Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy, which was held at the school’s student center on March 25.
Read More about University of Akron Law conference explores artificial intelligence and intellectual propertyA profile on University of Alabama Law student Swapanthi Mandalika-Reeves
ALABAMA LAW NEWS — Swapanthi Mandalika-Reeves, whose academic journey began as a high school dropout, shares how service to others helped her overcome her own challenges and changed the trajectory of her career.
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