Colleges face challenges as federal pandemic relief funds end in 2022
HIGHER ED DIVE — The findings are consistent with other leading indicators of the higher ed sector’s condition. Colleges have benefited from substantial federal relief funding, but the 2022 calendar year is likely the last in which that pot of money will buoy institutions’ budgets, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday. Admissions and retention challenges mount, as undergraduate…
Read More about Colleges face challenges as federal pandemic relief funds end in 2022Stop-gap federal budget bill delays higher education funding changes until February
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Congress reached an agreement Thursday to temporarily fund the federal government, once again delaying the annual appropriations process and locking in the Trump administration’s higher education funding levels for at least the next two months. With passage of the stopgap funding bill, Congress met its Friday deadline and averted a government shutdown. The…
Read More about Stop-gap federal budget bill delays higher education funding changes until FebruaryUndocumented students confront barriers post-graduation
HIGHER ED DIVE — The report casts light on how unauthorized immigrant students are faring in the workplace and graduate school as two major events unfold affecting this population. One is the ongoing coronavirus crisis, which has hit the employment levels of foreign-born workers harder than those of native-born workers in the U.S. And the other…
Read More about Undocumented students confront barriers post-graduationNetworking advice for lawyers who are new parents
ABA JOURNAL — How do you take time off from work and go on parental leave, yet maintain important relationships with people in your network? As a new parent, this can be particularly difficult with the demands of a newborn child: feedings every two hours, recovery from the delivery process (and pregnancy in general), sleepless nights,…
Read More about Networking advice for lawyers who are new parentsALM launches Law.com OnPractice, a law firm content syndication platform
YAHOO! — ALM’s Law.com, the legal industry’s most reputable and trusted media platform, is launching OnPractice, a new law firm content syndication platform (URL: onpractice.law.com). Law.com OnPractice presents law firm practice advisories, blogs and other content in an editorially relevant and easy-to-read format for in-house counsel. Content is organized by topic, region, and by law firm, and…
Read More about ALM launches Law.com OnPractice, a law firm content syndication platformDemand for law firm services higher than ever
REUTERS — Law firms experienced rate and demand increases in 2021 at levels not seen in over a decade, but should moderate their expectations somewhat for next year, according to a report released on Thursday. Lawyer rates grew 6.5% and demand increased 6.6%, in the first three quarters of the year over 2020, according to Citi Private…
Read More about Demand for law firm services higher than everMore lawyers feeling burnt out as law firms face labor shortages
ABA JOURNAL — Law firms will be able to easily absorb higher expenses driven by a talent war because of strong revenue growth in 2021, according to the 2022 Citi Hildebrandt Client Advisory released Thursday. Average revenue growth for the first nine months of the year is expected to be 14.7% higher than the same period of 2020,…
Read More about More lawyers feeling burnt out as law firms face labor shortagesRutgers University dedicates dorm building to former professor and US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
RUTGERS TODAY — Rutgers University dedicated 15 Washington Street, a neoclassical icon of the Newark skyline, as Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall on Thursday in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, who taught at Rutgers Law School from 1963 to 1972. The dedication ceremony featured remarks by President Jonathan Holloway, Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Board of…
Read More about Rutgers University dedicates dorm building to former professor and US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgChapman Law professor Jenny Carey appointed associate dean of for academic affairs
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — Professor Jenny Carey has been appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Chapman University Fowler School of Law, stepping into the role previously held by recently named Interim Dean Marisa Cianciarulo.“I am thrilled that Professor Carey has accepted this position,” said Cianciarulo. “She has served with distinction at the Fowler School of…
Read More about Chapman Law professor Jenny Carey appointed associate dean of for academic affairsProfessor Tabrez Ebrahim joins Lewis & Clark Law and its Center for Business Law and Innovation
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Tabrez Ebrahim will join the Lewis & Clark Law School faculty this fall 2022, teaching Property, Wills and Trusts, and other courses in the business law program, the Center for Business Law and Innovation. “We are delighted to welcome Professor Ebrahim,” said Dean Jennifer Johnson. “His extensive background in a number…
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