Lawyers adjust communication with clients during the pandemic
REUTERS — An attorney-client relationship, like all relationships, requires communication. It is not controversial to write that lawyers are not the best communicators. Many of us may be persuasive writers, or even convincing arguers, but on a personal level we tend to be stoic, distant, cold, unemotional, and sometimes just unlikeable. These traits seem to transfer…
Read More about Lawyers adjust communication with clients during the pandemicReport looks at the experience of Black student loan borrowers
THE CHRONICLE ON HIGHER EDUCATION — In 1990, a woman borrowed $24,000 in student loans. Thirty years later, she owes $125,000.The 62-year-old does not qualify for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, has worked at a nonprofit for the majority of her professional career, and has no idea when she will retire. Her story echoes that…
Read More about Report looks at the experience of Black student loan borrowersFollowing repeat problems with remote bar exam, California releases investigation findings
ABA JOURNAL — Out of more than 7,000 people who took the July 2021 California bar exam, about 31% experienced software issues. But those problems didn’t result in losses of testing time, the State Bar of California announced Monday. According to a news release, 2% of examinees lost testing time because of software issues. The agency is…
Read More about Following repeat problems with remote bar exam, California releases investigation findingsAALS president Vincent Rougeau inaugurated as president of College of the Holy Cross
COLLEGE OF HOLY CROSS — Vincent D. Rougeau was installed as College of the Holy Cross’ 33rd president – the first lay and first Black president to lead the 178-year-old institution – in a ceremony punctuated by inspirational words and feelings of excitement and hopefulness. The installation, held in the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex,…
Read More about AALS president Vincent Rougeau inaugurated as president of College of the Holy CrossNALP report: First-generation law graduates lag behind peers in employment after law school
ABA JOURNAL — First-generation college graduates fared less well in the job market after law school than those who had at least one parent with a JD or a college degree, according to new data from the National Association for Law Placement. First-generation college students from the class of 2020 had an overall employment rate of 88%…
Read More about NALP report: First-generation law graduates lag behind peers in employment after law schoolMichigan adopts Uniform Bar Exam
REUTERS — Michigan is poised to begin using the Uniform Bar Exam in July 2022 following a ruling by the state’s highest court, making it the 41st jurisdiction to adopt the universal test. That change will allow Michigan test takers to transfer their scores for admission in other UBE jurisdictions without having to retake the bar exam.…
Read More about Michigan adopts Uniform Bar ExamPodcast: Northwestern Law dean Hari M. Osofsky discusses the challenges of leading during the pandemic with St. Mary’s Law dean Patty Roberts
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…
Read More about Podcast: Northwestern Law dean Hari M. Osofsky discusses the challenges of leading during the pandemic with St. Mary’s Law dean Patty RobertsPodcast: Ohio State University Law professor Deborah Jones Merritt discusses the value of clinical education with St. Mary’s Law dean Patty Roberts
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…
Read More about Podcast: Ohio State University Law professor Deborah Jones Merritt discusses the value of clinical education with St. Mary’s Law dean Patty RobertsAdvice for prospective law students on choosing a hybrid JD program
WTOP NEWS — In September, the American Bar Association, the professional organization that sets legal education standards, approved a fully online J.D. program for the first time. The new four-year program, at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, will begin next year with a class of 25. Advocates of more flexible legal education…
Read More about Advice for prospective law students on choosing a hybrid JD programSeveral jurisdictions plan return to in-person bar exams in February
ABA JOURNAL — The February 2022 bar exam for California will be administered in person, the California Supreme Court announced in a Wednesday order. Various jurisdictions have made similar announcements, including New York, Illinois and Texas. The news follows a June announcement from the National Conference of Bar Examiners, stating that unless there are public health restrictions,…
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