University of Utah Law hosts book discussion about the women considered for the Supreme Court
THE S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Please join Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner for her monthly dean’s book review. The book to be reviewed will be, Shortlisted – Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court by Hannah Brenner Johnson and Renee Knake Jefferson. The S.J. Quinney College of Law is honored to have author Hannah Brenner…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students at the University of Virginia School of Law collectively volunteered 1,774 hours over spring break in pro bono projects across the country and online. The student-led Public Interest Law Association, which each year organizes the Alternative Spring Break, recruited 56 students who worked with 26 organizations this month. Though…
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UVA TODAY — Between 2012 and 2019, University of Virginia School of Law professor G. Edward White wrote three books on the relationship of law to American history, starting with the colonial years and ending with the close of the 20th century. The books, in White’s words, were “long, dense and largely intended for scholarly audiences.” “I enjoyed…
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UVA TODAY — Risa Goluboff, dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, testified Thursday at Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Speaking as an expert on constitutional law and in her personal capacity, Goluboff told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Supreme Court and…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — If there’s ever a time for lawyers to go over the deep end, this might be the moment. Stressed, isolated, and overworked throughout the pandemic, lawyers are now facing the uncertainties of going back to the office. And looming in our collective consciousness is the prospect of a world at war. Certainly, there’s no…
Read More about Yale Law professor Yair Listokin releases study showing lawyer well-being is comparable to other professionsUS Department of Education revamps rule requiring for-profit colleges to receive no more than 90 percent of profits from federal student loans
HIGHER ED DIVE — Last week, the Education Department wrapped up months of negotiated rulemaking, a process that requires the agency to convene representatives from across higher education to attempt to reach consensus on new regulatory proposals. The sessions involved talks among more than a dozen representatives for different groups, including nonprofit colleges, for-profit institutions and…
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HIGHER ED DIVE — The Ed Department’s positions during the negotiated rulemaking sessions reflect the Biden administration’s desire to crack down on for-profit colleges. Several of the agency’s proposals would tighten regulations governing proprietary colleges and further limit how much of their revenue can come from federal financial aid. After private talks with representatives for student…
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Many student-facing administrators are considering leaving higher education, thanks to a fraught political climate, limited resources, and a rapidly expanding set of responsibilities that are causing exhaustion and burnout. Colleges urgently need to take steps to keep them around. That’s a key conclusion of a new report from Naspa: Student Affairs…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The California State University Board of Trustees voted unanimouslyWednesday to no longer use standardized SAT and ACT tests in undergraduate admissions. That means that even if an applicant submits scores for admission to one of the system’s 23 campuses, Cal State admissions counselors won’t look at them. The system’s campuses enroll a total…
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REUTERS — While the impact of the pandemic on how law firms and their attorneys work has been extensively covered for the past two years, relatively little attention has been paid to managing and interacting with legal technology professionals who support these lawyers, despite the unique aspects and characteristics of those working in the technical field. However…
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