Law firms see historic increase in lateral hiring
ABA JOURNAL –Lateral hiring at law firms was up nearly 111% in 2021 following a 30% decline in 2020, according to the National Association for Law Placement. The 110.9% increase was the largest year-over-year increase since the NALP began tracking that kind of data 23 years ago, according to a March 30 press release summarizing results…
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REUTERS –A group of international law firms and academics is working to get Ukrainian law students out of the country and into legal internships across Europe, organizers of the effort said as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine passed the one-month mark. So far organizers say 32 Ukrainian law students in Stockholm, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw…
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THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered ground troops into the eastern Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. Invading under the guise of establishing independence for the region on February 24, Russia started bombing key points of interest around the country, including the capital city of Kyiv. At the…
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NCBE — A new bar exam, slated to debut in 2026, will test more skills and fewer subjects than its current incarnation. The legal community is now invited to comment on preliminary outlines of exam content that, once finalized, will guide future test takers, law schools, and exam drafters as the new exam approaches. The bar…
Read More about NCBE Publishes Preliminary Content Scope Outlines for New Bar ExamHarvard, Stanford, Yale Law project monitors law firms’ Russia pledges
REUTERS — The top three U.S. law schools have joined forces to track law firms’ policies on working for Russian clients in the wake of that country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, accusing some of “splitting hairs about which clients they will avoid.” Law professors at Stanford, Yale, and Harvard categorized statements by major U.S. and U.K. law…
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ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will discuss innovations in legal education…
Read More about Podcast: Educational tech experts Paxton Ritter and Jared Brueckner discuss innovations in online educationBlack law students travel to DC in support of Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing
ABC NEWS — As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson enters a historic and high-profile week of confirmation hearings, Black law students from across the country are showing up in droves to show Jackson they “have her back.” “We have students coming in from New York, Dallas, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Iowa, Seattle,” Simone Yhap, National Chair of the…
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Howard University School of Law Dean Danielle Holley-Walker recently coordinated a letter from the alumni of the six Historically Black Colleges and Universities law schools to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The letter, dated March 7, sites…
Read More about HBCU Law School Alumni Sign Letter in Support of Supreme Court Justice NomineePodcast: Rep. Jamie Raskin joins Talking Legal Ed podcast to discusses the role of law schools in defending democracy
TALKING LEGAL ED — We are a group of legal educators who enjoy learning about new and innovative teaching approaches. Join us as we discuss cutting edge topics in the law and explore how to incorporate them in to our classrooms.
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NATIONAL JURIST — When you’re in law school, struggling to get by on a part-time job while purchasing textbooks that often cost at least $300 each, every dollar counts. While law school might seem like the place to go “all out” financially, you’re basically shooting yourself in the foot long-term: there’s nothing worse than getting your…
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