Coalition of college associations call for suspension of Department of Education financial standing measures
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION — Higher education groups push the Education Department to suspend measure of colleges’ financial standing, and the department releases new proposed rules on distance education.
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ABA JOURNAL — Large and midsize law firms responded to economic pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic this week with pay cuts, layoffs and lower partner payouts. And it’s not over yet, observers say. Three of the latest law firms to announce pay cuts are Arent Fox; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle; and Loeb & Loeb…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School recently kicked off a comprehensive fundraising program to raise money to support its students who are affected by the COVID-19 crisis. On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, the 7th Annual Give Day program started the effort by raising more than $21,000 to support the Helen Wilkinson Memorial Student Assistance Fund for student…
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — UB Law’s Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) staff and Student Fellows are pivoting to move the work of our Truancy Court Program (TCP) to online platforms to stay close to the more than 80 children and families in our program. Here are some of the ongoing activities our…
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — …University of Baltimore School of Law professors Michele E. Gilman and Kim Wehle — are warning that the use of surveillance networks to track the spread of the virus is forcing governments to make difficult trade-offs between public health and privacy.
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BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE — Our criminal justice system has become a trap that places individuals with mental illnesses and substance abuse problems in a vicious and perpetual cycle of punishment, according to an all-star panel of Massachusetts law enforcement officials and lawmakers participating in a Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy program at Boston College…
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In the Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic, Dominique McClean (’21) worked on legislation to ensure equity in the state’s cannabis market and to prevent discrimination based on hair styles and types.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Students at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) assisted in the release of public documents that were used in the making of the new Netflix docuseries called “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez.” UCI Law students worked for more than a year to unseal court records for…
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CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF LAW — President J. Edward Bell, III of the Charleston School of Law announced today that Larry Cunningham, J.D., has been selected as Dean of the Charleston School of Law after a nationwide search. Cunningham will begin his position on June 30, 2020.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman was named Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law’s Human Rights Interest Group last week.
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