Legal recruiters compete for talent in modern legal job market
LAW.COM — New market entrants, thriving lateral and in-house mobility, and legal services segmentation are changing legal talent market dynamics. Burgeoning Big Four legal units and large alternative legal service providers are siphoning talent from law firms.
Read More about Legal recruiters compete for talent in modern legal job marketJob fair for lawyers highlights ‘legal-adjacent’ and tech careers
BLOOMBERG LAW — For generations of lawyers, the standard, desired career trajectory was: attend the best law school you can, and then work for the best law firm you can before either becoming a law firm partner or going in-house.
Read More about Job fair for lawyers highlights ‘legal-adjacent’ and tech careersNew York Bar Exam scores from February 2019
LAW.COM — Some 72% of graduates of American Bar Association accredited law schools who took the exam in New York in February for the first time passed, an increase of 3 percentage points and the highest for the group in five years, the New York State Board of Law Examiners announced this morning.
Read More about New York Bar Exam scores from February 2019Podcast: ABA President Robert Carson addresses the state of the profession
LEGAL TALK NETWORK — ABA president Robert Carlson talks about what it means to lead a large and multifaceted legal organization in a time of technology change and innovation.
Read More about Podcast: ABA President Robert Carson addresses the state of the professionArkansas to adopt Uniform Bar Exam beginning in February 2020
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — When we last checked in on the march toward full adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam, it took root in Texas. The expansion is once again a traveler, moving northeast to Arkansas, which adopted the UBE this week.
Read More about Arkansas to adopt Uniform Bar Exam beginning in February 2020Bipartisan bill in Congress could make college more accessible to prisoners
NPR — Inmates are among the least-educated people in America. That’s despite research that shows education is one of the most effective ways to keep people from coming back to prison.
Read More about Bipartisan bill in Congress could make college more accessible to prisonersHigher education experts and accreditors unsatisfied with current approaches to measuring learning outcomes
INSIDE HIGHER ED — At accrediting conference, panelists acknowledge that effort to measure learning outcomes has been a “hot mess” and that it’s time for a better approach.
Read More about Higher education experts and accreditors unsatisfied with current approaches to measuring learning outcomesOpinion: Universal student-debt cancellation benefits fewer than college investment and targeted debt forgiveness
NEW YORK TIMES — Universal student-debt cancellation is a bad idea. It would be a big handout to Americans from upper-income families, most of whom are able to pay off their loans without too much trouble.
Read More about Opinion: Universal student-debt cancellation benefits fewer than college investment and targeted debt forgivenessPresidential candidates highlight positions on student debt policies
POLITICO — The lines on free college are starting to show in the ever-more crowded Democratic 2020 field.
Read More about Presidential candidates highlight positions on student debt policiesUniversities turn to graduate programs for revenue in difficult budget landscape
HECHINGER REPORT — Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books. The survival strategy is raising prices and increasing debt for graduate students.
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