Stetson Law wins 2021 ABA Competitions
STETSON UNIVERSITY — Stetson University College of Law was named the 2021 ABA Competitions Champion! The award is given to the law school that earned the most points through team achievements and participation in the ABA Law Student Division’s four competitions.
Read More about Stetson Law wins 2021 ABA CompetitionsMilbank law firm raises first-year associate pay
ABA JOURNAL — Milbank, the law firm that was first to raise associate pay in 2018, announced Thursday that it is raising pay for first-year associates to $200,000. Milbank is raising associate pay for all classes, paying $355,000 to the most experienced associates.
Read More about Milbank law firm raises first-year associate payABA legal education section approves new diversity, inclusion, and non-discrimination standards for law schools
ABA JOURNAL — Proposed revisions to strengthen law school accreditation standards addressing diversity, inclusion and nondiscrimination were approved Friday by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Read More about ABA legal education section approves new diversity, inclusion, and non-discrimination standards for law schoolsBar examiners reflect on February test administration
BAR EXAMINER –As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt day-to-day life, jurisdictions throughout the country continue to grapple with safely administering the bar exam to ensure that candidates can take the exam and have the opportunity to become licensed to practice law.
Read More about Bar examiners reflect on February test administrationFive law schools below ABA’s new bar pass standard
ABA JOURNAL — Of the 10 law schools that in 2020 received noncompliance notices for having two-year bar passage rates below 75%, half appear to again have pass rates that do not meet that threshold, according to ABA data released in April.
Read More about Five law schools below ABA’s new bar pass standardInequities are driving women from law firms
BLOOMBERG LAW — A recent ABA study is packed with bad news for women in law firms. Co-authors Stephanie Scharf and Roberta Liebenberg have some ideas on what Big Law can do.
Read More about Inequities are driving women from law firmsBook explores the legacy of the first women law professors
THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — In Paving the Way, The First American Women Law Professors, Herma Hill Kay tells the story of the first fourteen female law professors at ABA and AALS accredited schools in the United States. Kay passed away in 2017.
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ABA JOURNAL — Compensation systems that are “blatantly unfair” and “rife with gender bias” were most often cited as the reason female attorneys left their law firms, according to a new ABA report based on focus groups and interviews with experienced female lawyers.
Read More about Report: Unfair compensation and gender bias driving women from law firmsABA legal education section rejects Florida Coastal Law teach-out plan
ABA JOURNAL — A proposed teach-out plan from the Florida Coastal School of Law, which the ABA directed it to file in April, after the for-profit school lost access to federal student aid, has been rejected.
Read More about ABA legal education section rejects Florida Coastal Law teach-out planABA report shows increase in first-time and two-year bar exam pass rates
ABA JOURNAL — Despite the coronavirus chaos around July 2020 bar exams—including health fears for in-person bars, software problems with remote tests and jurisdictions making last-minute date and format changes—the first-time pass rate actually increased from the previous year.
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