Washburn Law Clinic launches project to help hospital workers with legal needs
13WIBW — Washburn Law Clinic faculty, students, alumni, and other attorney volunteers, have launched a program to help Topeka hospital employees. The Washburn Hospital Employees Legal Preparedness Project (HELP) is offering to draft living wills and durable powers of attorney for hospital employees who are risking exposure to COVID-19 and may not be able to afford…
Read More about Washburn Law Clinic launches project to help hospital workers with legal needsUtah Supreme Court grants temporary emergency diploma privilege to some 2020 law graduates
ABA JOURNAL — Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the Utah Supreme Court approved temporary diploma privilege Tuesday for individuals who are scheduled to take the July bar exam and graduated from ABA-accredited law schools with first-time bar passage rates of at least 86%.
Read More about Utah Supreme Court grants temporary emergency diploma privilege to some 2020 law graduatesLaw student outlines challenges of distance learning
9 ABC NEWS — She said distance learning presents unique challenges especially for people who have distractions in their home that are not typically present in a lecture hall. She also said things have changed with structure
Read More about Law student outlines challenges of distance learningLaw students react to online learning experience
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Now many are in cramped apartments or back home with parents, going to school virtually because of the coronavirus outbreak that has forced most of the nation to shutdown.
Read More about Law students react to online learning experienceLaw students detail experiences of online education during pandemic
THE INDIANA LAWYER — The global pandemic forced a breakneck shift from in-person classes and on-campus activities to distance learning as colleges and universities closed buildings and dorms to slow the spread of coronavirus. Law students are now peering into their computer screens to either watch a recorded lecture or virtually attend a live class.
Read More about Law students detail experiences of online education during pandemicColleges weigh options for fall reopening
INSIDE HIGHER ED — While no one can foresee what will happen in the fall, most colleges and universities are thinking through a range of options. These options tend to fall along a continuum, with everything being back to normal on one end and fully remote learning on the other. The former is mostly outside the…
Read More about Colleges weigh options for fall reopeningUS Department of Education releases guidance to colleges on issuing stimulus funding to students
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In newly released guidance, the U.S. Department of Education informed administrators that they are only allowed to issue funds to students who are eligible for Title IV financial aid.
Read More about US Department of Education releases guidance to colleges on issuing stimulus funding to studentsFederal officials urge colleges with large endowments to forgo CARES Act funding
EDUCATION DIVE — After initially pledging to use all of its federal aid to help students who were financially strained by the coronavirus, Harvard on Wednesday backtracked and said it wouldn’t accept the funds. It wrote in a statement that “the intense focus by politicians and others” on the university’s connection with the funding could “undermine participation” in the…
Read More about Federal officials urge colleges with large endowments to forgo CARES Act fundingHigher education organizations call for expansion of student loan debt relief
FORBES — In a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, ACE requested that Congress extend the benefits of the CARES Act through at least June 30, 2021, or until unemployment falls below eight percent for three consecutive months.
Read More about Higher education organizations call for expansion of student loan debt reliefExperts discuss strategies for distributing CARES Act aid to students
EDUCATION DIVE — The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act gives colleges wide discretion for how they distribute the money among students, with the only statutory requirement being that the funding address disruptions created by the coronavirus.
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