US unemployment rate jumps to 14.7 percent in April
THE WASHINGTON POST — The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent in April, the highest level since the Great Depression, as many businesses shut down or severely curtailed operations to try to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
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ABA JOURNAL — In this new episode of the Modern Law Library podcast, they discuss the book with the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles, and they share their thoughts on how distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the experience of law school.
Read More about Podcast: Tips for students for succeeding in law schoolUS Department of Education releases new Title IX regulations on campus sexual assault
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges and universities that receive federal funding must be in compliance with new rules by Aug. 14. The regulations rebalance “scales of justice,” Education Department says.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Latest state higher education finance report provides a 2019 baseline as higher education braces for a recession.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Women and minority professionals are gaining representation in several higher education employment areas but continue to hold leadership roles less often than their white male counterparts.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students say they value free speech but also support campus prohibitions against speech that targets certain groups, a new survey reports.
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AKRON BEACON JOURNAL — Vamosi said she heard about an effort created by classmates at Cincinnati that links volunteers with those unable to venture out of their homes to get groceries or run other errands. With a little help from them, Vamosi set up a similar webpage for the Akron-Canton area at https://akronmatch.wixsite.com/mysite.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — His revised solution: A computer program called the H.A.R.M. calculator (Habitability, Abatement of Rent, Mathematical), which he designed to automatically compute reasonable damages based on monthly rent; how long the issue has gone on; and the percentage of rent abated for the particular issue in prior housing-related court cases.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — The UB School of Law Community Development Clinic (CDC)’s Water Justice Project has won Honorable Mention for the 2020 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Project.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) awarded Janet Sinder, Director of the Library and Professor of Law, the top prize in the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers in the open category. The competition recognizes the best papers on any subject relevant to law librarianship, both scholarly and practical. This is the second time…
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