Yale Law dean Heather Gerken visits Japan and China to strengthen international relationships
YALE LAW SCHOOL — This month, a Yale Law School delegation made the School’s first ever official visit to Asia, as part of a broader effort to build relationships internationally. Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken, as well as Yale Law faculty, visited Japan and China Jan. 6–10.
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NEWSWEEK — House Republicans are proposing significant changes to federal student loan policies as part of a broader effort to cut government spending, a move that could increase costs for borrowers.
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CNBC — For roughly the past five years, federal student loan borrowers who fell behind on their bills didn’t need to worry about the usual consequences, including the garnishment of their wages and retirement benefits. That will soon change.
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FORBES — House Republicans are floating a proposal to limit eligibility for a key federal student loan forgiveness program intended to benefit public service borrowers.
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ABC 7 — If you are one of the 8 million borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, Plan student loan forgiveness program, you could start getting big bills again.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management announced in November that it’s launching a one-year master of business administration program next summer, it joined a growing number of business schools responding to prospective students’ worries about the return on investment of a traditional two-year M.B.A.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — Landing a professional job in the U.S. has become so tough that even Harvard Business School says its M.B.A.s can’t solely rely on the university’s name to open doors anymore.
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REUTERS — Two major U.S. state bar associations have pushed back after President Donald Trump took aim at efforts to promote more diversity in the legal profession.
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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — This is the first episode of a two-part discussion of third-party rights in contracts.
Read More about Podcast: Advice on answering third-party rights in contracts questions on the bar examDespite warnings, judges still see lawyers submit AI-generated documents with fabricated cases and information
JD SUPRA — Despite clear judicial warnings and sanctions, legal professionals continue to submit AI-generated court documents with fabricated content.
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