Survey: Graduate degrees improve job prospects
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Researchers expected any kind of higher education to boost job prospects for Americans recently out of work. But they found those with graduate degrees are doing better than other degree holders.
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ABA JOURNAL — Legal employment is way down amid law firm furloughs and layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legal services sector lost 64,000 jobs in April, according to seasonally adjusted numbers by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since April of last year, the sector lost 48,400 jobs.
Read More about Legal sector loses 64,000 jobs in April 2020Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar announces new members
ABA JOURNAL — The council nominating committee of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has announced its slate for the 2020-2021 term, with three new members at large.
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TIMES UNION — The legal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be the focus of an upcoming course at Albany Law School — taught by the school’s dean and president, Alicia Ouellette.
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JD SUPRA — In this episode, we talk to Erwin about several topics, including Berkeley Law’s response to the pandemic, his vision for innovative legal education, advice to new students and graduating 3Ls, and how he picks which cases he takes on pro bono, many of which he argues at the Supreme Court or Circuit Court…
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Sharon Dolovich, a UCLA School of Law professor and Director of the UCLA Prison Law & Policy Program, founded the UCLA COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project on March 17 to track health conditions in incarceration facilities and efforts to decrease prison populations during the pandemic.
Read More about UCLA Law Prison Law & Policy Program tracking COVID-19 cases in prisonsUCLA Law students Andrew Barondess and Charlotte Leszinske help launch international moot court initiative
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Andrew Barondess ’20 and Charlotte Leszinske ’20 launched UCLA Law’s Vis International Moot Organization (VIMO) in 2019 to bolster the law school’s efforts in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the leading student competition for international arbitration. The Vis moot court involves a series of international events that culminate in…
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — The Criminal Justice Program (CJP) at UCLA School of Law, with grant support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Liberty Hill Foundation, has created a new fellowship at UCLA Law and an initiative focused on advancing the interests of justice-involved youth.
Read More about UCLA Law Criminal Justice Program creates new fellowship program through grantCase Western Reserve Law hosts virtual faculty awards ceremony
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW — On May 6, CWRU School of Law held its annual “Celebration of Faculty” to recognize full time and adjunct faculty members who made extraordinary contributions over the past year. This was the first time that the event was held virtually on Zoom.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Recognizing our distinguished 2020 graduates: Writing, Moot Court and Mock Trial Awards
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