Law firms re-think office space amid COVID-19
LAW.COM – Law firm leasing activity has ground to a near halt in New York, while law firms wait out relocation decisions and redesign their current spaces to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Read More about Law firms re-think office space amid COVID-19Law firms announce budget cuts
LAW.COM – To date, 69 firms have announced cuts in lawyer salary (excluding changes to equity partner compensation). The cuts have advanced across the Am Law 200 as expected: they started out among firms in low profit margin buckets and then broadened to higher margin buckets and deepened within the buckets, as evidenced by the curves…
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LAW.COM – The state Unified Court System is restoring the filing of new nonessential lawsuits for New York City and downstate counties starting Monday, according to its chief administrative judge.
Read More about New York courts to lift ban on nonessential lawsuitsUS District Court for the Southern District of New York plans phased reopening
LAW.COM – A phased reopening of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York would feature the continued use of remote hearings and significant “physical changes” to implement social-distancing measures at its Lower Manhattan courthouse, Chief Judge Colleen McMahon told the Law Journal on Tuesday.
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS – An updated list of articles and memorandum regarding remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS – AALS has organized documents, resources, and information related to legal education and the legal profession to help law faculty, students, and staff plan for classes and operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about AALS Webpage: Legal Education in the Time of COVID-19Fordham Law dean Matthew Diller discusses the role of lawyers during crisis
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL – It might be hard to imagine the other side of this pandemic—to see past the horizon—but when this crisis ends, there will be many new and urgent needs. But undoubtedly there will also be new opportunities as the experience changes our society, economy and culture on a long-term basis.
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NWI TIMES – In the last three years, Valparaiso University’s final class of law school graduates have studied under extraordinary circumstances — first learning their school, a 141-year-old institution, would be closing upon their graduation, then completing their legal education in the midst of a sweeping global pandemic.
Read More about Valparaiso Law graduates final class of studentsTexas Southern Law remains out of compliance with ABA admission standards
ABA JOURNAL – Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law remains out of compliance with an ABA admissions standard, according to a notice posted Wednesday by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. This notice follows an internal school investigation that found an admissions officer at the Houston-based law…
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS – The Association of American Law Schools maintains a list of scholarly books published by law school faculty on this page. To submit your book for consideration for this list, please submit the form on the following page.
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