University of Arizona Law celebrates graduates
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAW — University of Arizona Law 2019 graduates gathered at Centennial Hall for convocation on Saturday, May 12, 2019. Dean Marc Miller welcomed all friends and family who were in attendance to celebrate graduates.
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ALBANY LAW — Albany Law School recently recognized three outstanding members of the faculty for excellence in the categories of scholarship, service, and teaching. Professors Melissa Breger, Stephen Clark, and Jenean Taranto were announced as recipients of the annual faculty awards at the law school’s 168th Commencement on May 24, 2019.
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ALBANY LAW — For Albany Law’s Class of 2019, the calls to action were clear: Stay publicly engaged. Continue to make an impact. Make the world a better place. Speaking to graduates and their families, the Honorable Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and the State of New York
Read More about Albany Law celebrates commencementUniversity of Alabama Law may return naming gift in rift with donor over enrollment and state abortion ban
AL.COM — Hugh Culverhouse, Jr., the University of Alabama’s largest donor, has called for a boycott of Alabama — school and state — over the state’s latest near-total abortion ban law.
Read More about University of Alabama Law may return naming gift in rift with donor over enrollment and state abortion banNew study shows in-house counsel salaries are increasing
LAW.COM — In-house lawyers are bringing home fatter paychecks. The average annual salary of corporate counsel in all positions across all industries increased 4.4% from 2017 to 2018
Read More about New study shows in-house counsel salaries are increasingLegal industry leaders launch free professional development series for in-house counsel
LAW.COM — More than 20 instructors will share their tips on public speaking, legal tech, leadership and other skills for career success in a webinar series this summer.
Read More about Legal industry leaders launch free professional development series for in-house counselNew Mexico considering licensing legal technicians in response to lawyer shortage in key areas
ABA JOURNAL — The New Mexico Supreme Court has appointed a work group to consider whether the state should allow licensed legal technicians to provide civil legal services
Read More about New Mexico considering licensing legal technicians in response to lawyer shortage in key areasOpinion: Mentorship is critical to a successful legal career
LAW.COM — In the legal profession, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having a mentor. Law school teaches you to understand and apply the law, but it does not prepare you adequately to practice law.
Read More about Opinion: Mentorship is critical to a successful legal careerIn Memoriam: Walter Wadlington
UVA LAW — Walter Wadlington, a professor emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law known for his kindness and influence as an academic, died Monday. He was 88
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LAW.COM — When it comes to attorney wellness, the legal profession has been slow to come to terms with its own self-destructive tendencies—including some, like overworking, that lawyers have long tolerated or even celebrated.
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