ABA honors Iowa State Bar for free legal hotline assisting residents during the pandemic
THE GAZETTE — The Iowa State Bar Association recently received the Harrison Tweed Award from the American Bar Association for creating a free legal hotline to help Iowans during the pandemic. It marked the first time the state bar has received a national award. Anjie Shutts, Des Moines attorney and Iowa State Bar Association president, spoke with The…
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REUTERS — Ronald Schutz, chairman of Robins Kaplan’s executive board, spoke with Reuters this week about that salary increase, what associates want in a law firm, and why the firm has placed a premium on hiring former federal clerks.
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ABA JOURNAL — Priori is an online platform known for using data and technology to connect in-house legal teams with lawyers and law firms who can assist with a wide variety of projects. But Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder at Priori, says the company noticed that clients were sometimes turning to its online marketplace for help…
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UGA TODAY — The late Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Stephen S. Goss is being memorialized with a scholarship bearing his name at the University of Georgia School of Law. More than 100 former classmates and friends have contributed to the Judge Steve Goss Scholarship Fund. The effort was spearheaded Marlan B. Wilbanks, who is the chair…
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REUTERS — Michael Goodnight was halfway into his flight from Fort Lauderdale to New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, when the pilot told passengers that air traffic to their destination was halted because a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers. Soon the pilot said a second plane had hit the other…
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REUTERS — There’s a new entrant in the crowded bar exam preparation scene, aiming to stand out with a lower price point and a longer study program. AccessLex Institute will launch its new Helix Bar Review program next month and has already inked a deal with Syracuse University College of Law to make the course available to…
Read More about AccessLex Institute launches affordable bar preparation program alternativeLaw professors give advice to students on starting the school year off right
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — The ABA Law Student Division and Themis Bar Review took to Twitter in August for a conversation about best practices for starting the law school year. From studying tips to stress busters, our panel of law school professors has you covered.
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ABA JOURNAL — Can we lawyers step into the eudaimonic turn? What if, instead of thoroughly exhausting ourselves unearthing or stirring up problems around every corner, we also invested (and replenished) energy in fostering good?
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ALABAMA POLITICAL REPORTER — More than 100 law students at all five law schools in Alabama signed on to a brief filed today that asks for a new trial for Toforest Johnson, who’s serving on Alabama’s death row, convicted of the shooting death of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy in 1995.
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LAWFARE — The Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law (ONU), in consultation with the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security Law, have established the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship. The prize honors Professor…
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