Boston University Law to offer master’s degree in tax law
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Boston University School of Law is launching a Master in the Study of Tax Law (MSL). Offered through the school’s Graduate Tax Program, the master’s is a 24-credit program designed to provide foundational tax law training to aspiring and current accountants, auditors, and other business professionals.
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BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL — The ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law has appointed trust, estate, and marital property law expert and Professor of Law Thomas M. (Tom) Featherston, Jr. as an advisor to the drafting committee charged with revising the Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — University of Arkansas Law students Andrew Dixon, Sara Koch and Julian Sharp participated in Legal Aid of Arkansas’ annual Spring Break on the Road to Justice. The students provided estate-planning services to elderly individuals in rural communities under the supervision of Legal Aid and volunteer attorneys.
Read More about University of Arkansas Law students spend spring break in access to justice programAlbany Law announces expanded public-service fellowship program
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The Government Law Center at Albany Law School introduced today a restructured and expanded Government Law Center Fellowship program to further support and prepare law students for careers in public service. Through the Fellowship, students gain practical experiences and formal preparation for careers in government and government-related practice.
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THE HOFSTRA CHRONICLE — Angela Davis, professor of law at American University Washington College of Law, delivered a talk to students at Hofstra’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law addressing prison reform and prosecution. Her solution to the problem of mass incarceration is a unique one: better prosecutors.
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ABOVE THE LAW — Nicholas Alexiou argues that new legal recruiting tools such as pymetrics could be a game changer when it comes to entry-level legal recruiting. Alexiou is the Director of LL.M. and Alumni Advising as well as the Associate Director of Career Services at Vanderbilt University Law School.
Read More about New legal recruiting tool helps match law firms with the right candidatesMillennial lawyers willing to trade better work-life balance for lower salaries
ABA JOURNAL — In a new survey of millennial lawyers, 47.1% say workloads have increased since compensation increases for associates rippled across BigLaw. And a significant portion of millennials would be willing to take a pay cut for more time out of the office.
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ABOVE THE LAW — There are more than 320 digital legal tools designed for use by non-lawyers in the U.S., but access to justice expert Rebecca Sandefur says the potential for the technologies to assist Americans with their civil justice problems has largely gone unrealized.
Read More about California Bar task force considers expanding digital tools to improve access to legal servicesFederal government warns law firms about the need to increase diversity
BLOOMBERG LAW — The Trump administration’s federal contractor police plans to take a closer look at diversity and discrimination at law firms. Six lawyers at Jones Day recently sued the firm, alleging female attorneys are systemically paid less than their male colleagues for the same work. That follows similar lawsuits against Ogletree Deakins and Proskauer Rose.
Read More about Federal government warns law firms about the need to increase diversityABA calls on lawyers to help asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border
LAW.COM — The American Bar Association is calling on its members across the country to put their skills to use at the U.S.-Mexico border. The American Bar Endowment doled out a one-year, $150,000 grant to the ABA Commission on Immigration and its two immigrant-assistance organizations: Texas-based ProBar and San Diego-based Immigrant Justice Project.
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