2022 ABA Midyear Meeting will take place entirely online
ABA JOURNAL — The 2022 ABA Midyear Meeting, which will take place from Feb. 9 to 14, had been scheduled to be in Seattle. But after assessing the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19, the ABA Board of Governors voted Thursday to change the meeting to a fully virtual format. More information will be made available…
Read More about 2022 ABA Midyear Meeting will take place entirely onlineLarge New York Law firms raise associate starting salaries to attract talent
REUTERS — Large U.S. law firms may be poised for yet another round of associate pay raises, with New York-based firm Milbank on Thursday increasing annual salaries by as much as $20,000 depending on seniority. Within hours, rival New York firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft said it would match the new Milbank salaries. Both firms said first-year associates…
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REUTERS — Making partner, the old joke goes, is like winning a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie. So perhaps it’s not surprising that some lawyers lose their taste for it. Last week, Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax ran a letter from a burned-out lawyer signed “Happy to Drop Out.” “I recently resigned from my…
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REUTERS — Attorneys have a lot to say about allowing competition from so-called paraprofessionals in California. The State Bar of California this week said it had received 1,318 public comments on a proposal that would enable specially trained nonlawyers to offer legal advice in limited settings, such as employment and consumer debt, in a bid to expand…
Read More about California’s plan to license non-lawyers sees mixed reactions from the legal profession and publicFrom Cancelling Student Loans To Student Loan Forgiveness, More Student Loan Relief Could Look Like This
FORBES — President Joe Biden shocked everyone when he extended student loan relief for another 90 days after the Biden administration said there would be no further extensions of temporary student loan forbearance. Now, with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing and pressure from Democrats in Congress to cancel student loans, there could be more student loan relief.…
Read More about From Cancelling Student Loans To Student Loan Forgiveness, More Student Loan Relief Could Look Like ThisVinson & Elkins Sponsors Texas Law’s Pipeline Program to Support Aspiring Lawyers
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas Law is excited to announce that its new Pipeline Program dedicated to supporting aspiring lawyers — students in high school, college and law school from underrepresented backgrounds — has received a $1 million commitment from law firm Vinson & Elkins as the founding sponsor. The program…
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BERKELEY LAW — Some 50 years ago, when Erwin Chemerinsky was competing against Deborah Rhode in Chicago high school debate competitions, he never could have envisioned receiving a prestigious award in her name. Now Berkeley Law’s dean, Chemerinsky accepted the Association of American Law Schools Deborah L. Rhode Award from the organization’s Section on Pro Bono…
Read More about Dean Erwin Chemerinsky Wins AALS Pro Bono Award, Will Serve as President-ElectNevada Moves February Bar Exam Online, Citing Covid Concerns
BLOOMBERG LAW — Nevada will offer its February bar exam online, becoming what appears to be the first state to ditch plans to force aspiring lawyers to take the test in-person in response to a spike in Covid-19 infections. The state will now offer a remote option for its Feb. 22-23 test, in addition to a revised…
Read More about Nevada Moves February Bar Exam Online, Citing Covid ConcernsThe 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021
LAWSITES — As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. “The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.” This year, my report is…
Read More about The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021Students From Six Law Schools Develop New Legal Tech Ideas in Liberty Mutual’s Legal Design Challenge
NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY NEWS TODAY — On Nov. 5, 2021, Liberty Mutual Insurance, in partnership with Suffolk University, hosted their annual Legal Design challenge, a one-day event that brings law students from across the country together to solve today’s biggest legal issues. Thirty-six law students from six schools participated in the competition, which places students through a…
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