In Memoriam: Isabel Marcus
THE BUFFALO NEWS — Isabel Marcus, a pioneering law professor whose advocacy for women’s rights spanned the globe, died Oct. 31 in Los Angeles after living with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She was 83. Dr. Marcus recently returned to California after five decades in academia, mostly at the University at Buffalo, where she founded or led…
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SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE — After his wife of 45 years died in 2003, David Link took his clout as the former dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Law School and decided to become a servant to the “the least, the last, the lost and the lonely.” He became a priest, dedicated to prison inmates of northern Indiana. Even among murderers,…
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TIMES OF ISRAEL — Isabel Marcus, a University at Buffalo law professor and women’s rights advocate who met with protesting students in China’s Tiananmen Square and confronted Operation Rescue protesters closer to home, has died. She was 83. Marcus spent most of her five decades in academia at the University at Buffalo, where she co-founded the Institute…
Read More about In Memoriam: Isabel MarcusLaw Firms Adjust To New Landscape Shaped By The Pandemic
BUSINESS WEST — They call it the ‘Zoom room.’ And for obvious reasons. It’s the office of a retired partner with the Springfield-based law firm Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin that’s been converted into a small conference room equipped with a 60-inch screen for, or mostly for, Zoom meetings with clients that involve at least a few of…
Read More about Law Firms Adjust To New Landscape Shaped By The PandemicAkin Gump Announces Vernon E. Jordan Fellowship with Howard University School of Law, $1 Million Donation for Jordan Law Library
HOWARD NEWSROOM — Akin Gump announced today the launch of the Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Fellowship, which will offer a paid internship for two third-year Howard University law students – one in the Fall semester, and one in the Spring – to work with the firm’s public law and policy practice in Washington. The fellowship is named in honor of the late Howard University School of Law alumnus, civil rights icon and longtime Akin…
Read More about Akin Gump Announces Vernon E. Jordan Fellowship with Howard University School of Law, $1 Million Donation for Jordan Law LibraryTechnical problems again plague remote bar examinees, who blame software provider
ABA JOURNAL — Following various technical issues candidates faced with the remote October 2020 bar exam, the July 2021 online administration had problems as well, according to some test-takers. They reject software provider ExamSoft’s assertion that the complications were related to hardware. According to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, 30 jurisdictions had remotely administered exams in…
Read More about Technical problems again plague remote bar examinees, who blame software providerCalifornia bar adjusts scores and offers waived test fees following technical glitches
REUTERS — The State Bar of California has taken the unusual step of adjusting the scores of 2,429 test takers who encountered tech problems during the online July 2021 bar exam. And it’s giving nearly 1,300 of them who failed another try at no extra cost. Bar officials said Friday that examinees who faced computer crashes or…
Read More about California bar adjusts scores and offers waived test fees following technical glitchesRemote learning and student burnout possible explanations for bar pass rate drop
ABA JOURNAL — Bar exam pass rates dropped in July 2021, and some fear another decrease for 2022 graduates nationally because most candidates will have experienced at least half their legal education during the pandemic. Related problems mentioned by academics include getting used to online learning, isolation, anxiety and exhaustion.“They have had the largest pandemic impact…
Read More about Remote learning and student burnout possible explanations for bar pass rate dropPodcast: Legal experts discuss arguments for and against diploma privilege for law practice licensing
BLOOMBERG LAW — In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, five U.S. jurisdictions opted to suspend their July 2020 bar exams. Instead, these jurisdictions granted licensure to new attorneys through “diploma privilege.” That’s the practice of admitting new attorneys to the state bar, and allowing them to practice law, contingent on their graduation from an ABA-accredited…
Read More about Podcast: Legal experts discuss arguments for and against diploma privilege for law practice licensingPodcast: Pitt Law professor Michael Madison discusses innovation and the Future Law Project
ANCHOR BY SPOTIFY — Legal education is experiencing explosive 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 explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
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