Survey: Lawyer moms report feeling overworked amid pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — As the world ground to a halt and parents scrambled for solutions, an uncomfortable truth emerged: Women are America’s default social safety net. It’s a regressive construct that has entrapped and hobbled working mothers across the spectrum—including lawyer-moms. The pandemic simply tightened the screws.
Read More about Survey: Lawyer moms report feeling overworked amid pandemicOregon moves closer to alternative licensing pathways for lawyers
REUTERS — Currently, Oregon participates in the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) as its primary approach to licensure. The addition of the experiential learning and the supervised practice pathway would offer two more methods with all three ensuring specific competencies are met to practice law in the state.
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REUTERS — “The amount of new openings that are happening now, it’s beyond just coming back from COVID,” said Leopard Solutions sales and marketing VP Phil Flora. “It’s just a hyperactive market right now, where it’s just extremely competitive.”
Read More about Legal industry scrambles to fill open positionsSpike in COVID-19 cases disrupts return to office plans for lawyers with young children
REUTERS — While children are far less likely than adults to become seriously ill from the virus, fear of bringing it home from the office is adding an extra complication for lawyers with kids under 12, who are still not authorized to receive any of the highly effective COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States.
Read More about Spike in COVID-19 cases disrupts return to office plans for lawyers with young childrenOpinion: New York should keep the Uniform Bar Exam
BLOOMBERG LAW — Two members of the ABA’s Young Lawyer Division say a recent article by members of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Bar Examination that called for abandoning the Uniform Bar Exam was off the mark.
Read More about Opinion: New York should keep the Uniform Bar ExamReport finds law graduates can overstudy for the bar exam
ABA JOURNAL — Bar exam candidates who start study sessions earlier in the day could have a better chance of passing, but keeping at it for 10 or more hours daily could harm one’s chances of success, according to a study released Tuesday by AccessLex.
Read More about Report finds law graduates can overstudy for the bar examLaw graduates reflect on the remote bar exam
ABA JOURNAL — For the 30 jurisdictions offering a remote bar exam in a few weeks, there are hopes the technology has improved since last year’s administrations, when candidates reported issues with facial authentication technology, software crashes and problems uploading videos.
Read More about Law graduates reflect on the remote bar examPodcast: Balancing law school and well-being
JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In our milestone 300th episode today, we reflect on things that we’ve learned over the years from doing the podcast and working with students, and we answer some listener question on topics that commonly show up.
Read More about Podcast: Balancing law school and well-beingOpinion: New York Bar Association taskforce members urge state to drop the Uniform Bar Exam
BLOOMBERG LAW — The Uniform Bar Exam has been harmful to the preparation of New York state lawyers, argue retired judge Alan D. Scheinkman and Michael Miller, members of the NYSBA Task Force on the New York Bar Examination.
Read More about Opinion: New York Bar Association taskforce members urge state to drop the Uniform Bar ExamABA Wills for Underserved Committee helps law schools create estate planning programs
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Some years ago, the Community Outreach Committee of the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section strategized ways to introduce more students to estate planning work. The easy answer was to encourage law schools to create estate planning clinics, but law school clinics are expensive and complicated to operate. The Committee concluded…
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