Yale Law professor Douglas NeJaime drafts bill to reform Connecticut parentage law
YALE LAW SCHOOL — On the heels of a hearing earlier this month where Connecticut families called on lawmakers to reform state parentage law, the Joint Committee on Judiciary (Judiciary Committee) passed the Connecticut Parentage Act (CPA) on consent out of committee on March 29, 2021.
Read More about Yale Law professor Douglas NeJaime drafts bill to reform Connecticut parentage lawUS Representative Rosa DeLauro selected as keynote speaker for Yale Law Center for Public Interest Law colloquium
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Rep. Rosa DeLauro will be the keynote speaker for the Liman Center for Public Interest Law’s 24th annual colloquium. After a welcome from Dean Heather Gerken, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, will be in conversation with Judith Resnik, the Arthur Liman Professor of Law and the Center’s Founding Director.
Read More about US Representative Rosa DeLauro selected as keynote speaker for Yale Law Center for Public Interest Law colloquiumYale Law clinics assist local affordable housing redevelopment
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority announced that it will award federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to Parkside Village I in Branford, Connecticut. The award paves the way for Parkside’s redevelopment, which will provide Branford with new and rejuvenated affordable housing.
Read More about Yale Law clinics assist local affordable housing redevelopmentYale Law Rule of Law clinic assists legislation to ban prison gerrymandering in Connecticut
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut celebrated the historic approval of S.B. 753, legislation to abolish prison gerrymandering, by the Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee.
Read More about Yale Law Rule of Law clinic assists legislation to ban prison gerrymandering in ConnecticutYale Law professor Paul W. Kahn publishes memoir on mother’s life
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Testimony is the newest book from Professor Paul W. Kahn. He pursues the themes that have been at the core of his work on law and politics: sacrifice, love, memory, and faith. Testimony is no ordinary work of academic inquiry. It is a memoir of the last five years of his mother’s life.
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THE LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones with us to talk about all of the non-academic aspects of the job hunt — in other words, what legal employers are looking at, besides just grades.
Read More about Podcast: Advice for law graduates on ‘telling your story’ in job interviewsStudy: Legal employers exclude talented law students by focusing on first-year grades
ABA JOURNAL — Selective opportunities for law students, including law review membership, judicial clerkships and large law firm association positions, are largely based on first-year grades. And the tradition leaves out many “exceptional students,” according to a working paper that studied classes between 1979 and 2019 at a top 20 law school.
Read More about Study: Legal employers exclude talented law students by focusing on first-year gradesUS News & World Report postpones new diversity ranking of law schools
REUTERS — U.S. News & World Report is postponing plans to release a new ranking of law schools based on their racial and ethnic diversity, after deans raised concerns that the company wasn’t counting multiracial students as underrepresented minorities.
Read More about US News & World Report postpones new diversity ranking of law schoolsWashburn Law professors David Rubenstein and Marsha Griggs discuss best practices for online bar exam administration
BLOOMBERG LAW — Online bar exams administered during the pandemic were marked by controversy around the use of proctoring using artificial intelligence and allegations of cheating. Washburn University School of Law professors David Rubenstein and Marsha Griggs say regulation and best practices are needed, since online exams are here to stay.
Read More about Washburn Law professors David Rubenstein and Marsha Griggs discuss best practices for online bar exam administrationGeorgia Bar Exam will be held remotely in July
FOX 31 — The Georgia Bar Exam will be held remotely for a third time due to COVID-19. The announcement from the Georgia Supreme Court came Wednesday morning as more than 1,000 applicants are expected to take the test that is required for licensure in Georgia and will be given July 27 and 28.
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