Early data shows possible recovery for college admissions in 2022
INSIDE HIGHER ED — It’s still early, but data released last week by the Common Application suggest that the 2021–22 admissions year could be much better for many colleges than the last year was. For instance, in 2020–21, many colleges reported “delayed application activity in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.” But the Common App’s examination…
Read More about Early data shows possible recovery for college admissions in 2022How colleges can prepare for Omicron COVID-19 variant
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared in South Africa, students at the Tshwane University of Technology were some of the first people to test positive for the variant, which the World Health Organization has labeled “of concern.” In response, officials at the public university in Pretoria delayed exams, the Associated…
Read More about How colleges can prepare for Omicron COVID-19 variantStudents report continued struggles with mental health during the pandemic despite vaccines and easing of lockdowns
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — College students are not bouncing back from the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, a troubling new study finds. Researchers were surprised to find that one year after the start of the pandemic, college students were still less active and more at risk for depression even as social restrictions…
Read More about Students report continued struggles with mental health during the pandemic despite vaccines and easing of lockdownsNew report shows college boards lack diversity
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The board members who oversee America’s colleges and universities are still overwhelmingly white and male, though institutions have diversified their boards somewhat in recent years, a new report from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges shows. The new report—titled “Policies, Practices and Composition of Governing Boards of Colleges, Universities and…
Read More about New report shows college boards lack diversityA look at law schools and law firm hiring
ABA JOURNAL — Two law schools outside the T14 have landed on a list of schools with the highest percentage of alumni going to the nation’s 10 highest-grossing law firms. The schools are the University of Texas School of Law, ranked No. 8 on a list compiled by GradReports, and Notre Dame Law School, ranked No. 9,…
Read More about A look at law schools and law firm hiringHow the legal community created opportunities for underrepresented law students during the pandemic
REUTERS — Over the past 18 months, students from diverse backgrounds have borne witness, all too often, to a broken system of law enforcement amid a global pandemic, race-based hate crimes, and the continuing dehumanization of undocumented persons and refugees — all of which have put a spotlight on the stark inequities in our legal system…
Read More about How the legal community created opportunities for underrepresented law students during the pandemicMentorship-focused non-profit organization partners seasoned attorneys with new lawyers
ABA JOURNAL — An informal networking organization that matched law students and new lawyers with mentors has become a nonprofit organization that’s set to grow nationwide. DLA Piper is a founding sponsor of the Legal Mentor Network, which got its start with a 2020 LinkedIn post that went viral, according to Law.com, a DLA Piper press release…
Read More about Mentorship-focused non-profit organization partners seasoned attorneys with new lawyersLarge firms are now hiring a larger percentage of law graduates
ABA JOURNAL — Larger firms of 250 or more lawyers are hiring a higher percentage of law grads as class sizes stagnate and law firms grow. Nearly 10% of all law school graduates in the class of 2012—4,600 new lawyers—ended up working full time at law firms with more than 250 lawyers, Bloomberg Law reports in a…
Read More about Large firms are now hiring a larger percentage of law graduatesLaw firm talent shortage raises questions about hiring standards
BLOOMBERG LAW — I’ve been asking law firm leaders if there’s room in their economic models to hire more associates. Hiring more associates is the opposite of what firms’ financial ambitions demand. Fewer associates working longer hours is good for profitability, not bad! On the other hand, most law firm leaders by now realize burnout is a concern,…
Read More about Law firm talent shortage raises questions about hiring standardsProfessor Mario Barnes Returns to UCI Law Faculty
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is thrilled to announce Mario L. Barnes will rejoin the UCI Law faculty in January 2022 as full-time professor. Barnes left UCI Law in 2018 to become the Toni Rembe Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law.…
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