Opinion: What law firms need to do to retain women lawyers
ABA JOURNAL — And now, with the perspective gained from time and experience in my new role on the corporate legal team at a global media company, I ask: Are we willing to keep making progress only at the edges, moving the needle so faintly year after year without addressing what is really going on? When…
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REUTERS — Kirkland & Ellis, the highest-grossing law firm in the U.S., is hoping to build its relationships with two prominent law schools in Utah with its office launch in Salt Lake City.
Read More about Kirkland & Ellis firm seeks better connections with Utah’s law schools with Salt Lake City office launchNew York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal profession
REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”
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The Faculty Lounge (by Steve Lubet) — Professor Lubet (Northwestern Law) discusses the face masks that worked best while teaching in-person.
Read More about Mask RecommendationsNation’s First Online-Only Law School Program Gets ABA Approval
ABOVE THE LAW — The short answer is that St. Mary’s online program has been approved by the [ABA’s] Council. — a representative of the American Bar Association, commenting on the fact that St. Mary’s University School of Law received approval from the ABA on variance related to its online law degree program.
Read More about Nation’s First Online-Only Law School Program Gets ABA ApprovalUS Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on law schools and firms to help prevent evictions after US Supreme Court decision
BLOOMBERG LAW — The Biden administration is calling on law firms and law schools to help fight evictions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to remove protections created by the federal government in response to the pandemic. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday urged members of the legal community to take immediate action to help…
Read More about US Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on law schools and firms to help prevent evictions after US Supreme Court decision2020 law graduates outperformed employment projections
REUTERS — The law school class of 2020 fared better than expected on the employment front, considering they graduated in the chaotic early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about 2020 law graduates outperformed employment projectionsSeveral law schools offer technology focused clinics
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law students from coast to coast are getting more hands-on training in privacy, as schools use technology clinics for training in an area of the law that’s exploding in popularity at firms and social justice organizations.
Read More about Several law schools offer technology focused clinicsNew Orleans law schools will return to online classes temporarily amid impact of Hurricane Ida
REUTERS — New Orleans’ law schools will remain closed for at least two weeks as the city recovers from Hurricane Ida and workers try to restore power to more than one million people in Louisiana — a task that could take a month or more.
Read More about New Orleans law schools will return to online classes temporarily amid impact of Hurricane IdaSurvey: Law deans report additional stress leading during the pandemic
ABOVE THE LAW — According to a new report, deans had a moderate level of concern about the reduced quality of their students’ online education.
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