Opinion: NFL’s “Rooney Rule” should be adopted for interviewing judicial clerks
THE RECORDER — U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria on why he won’t fill a clerk slot until he’s interviewed at least one minority candidate and one candidate from a non-“T-14” law school.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL — Law schools find a way to fill seats (No lawyers required). New offerings include master’s programs for students not interested in practicing law and courses for foreign lawyers.
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THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL — New enrollment figures from the American Bar Association show first-year enrollment increased three percent this fall, which marks the first perceptible gain since 2010. But enrollment changes differ vastly between law schools, the data show.
Read More about Law schools with the largest gains in enrollment in 2018-19Podcast: Northwestern Law Professor Dan Rodriguez on innovation in law and legal education
LAWSITES — Our guest this week on LawNext is Daniel B. Rodriguez, who recently stepped down as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, where he gained wide recognition for his work to innovate legal education, and recently stepped up to become chair of the ABA Center for Innovation.
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UVA LAW — Scholars, jurists and practitioners will explore the status and future of U.S. foreign relations law in light of a new restatement at the 31st Sokol Colloquium Jan. 11-12 at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Read More about University of Virginia Law colloquium to examine foreign relations lawTouro Law hosts local high school students for mock trial program
NEWSDAY — Students at Brentwood High School held a mock trial on Monday, the culmination of a semester-long program in which they learned from students at Touro College’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
Read More about Touro Law hosts local high school students for mock trial programTexas A&M Law professor awarded grant to research patent landscape of bioinformatics
TEXAS A&M LAW — The Texas A&M University Division of Research has awarded Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat a 2019 PESCA Grant of $10,000. Vishnubhakat received the grant through a competitive peer-review process.
Read More about Texas A&M Law professor awarded grant to research patent landscape of bioinformaticsPenn State Law’s Veteran’s Clinic wins back-pay and disability awards for clients
PENN STATE LAW — The Penn State Law Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic has won several disability and back pay awards for veterans since its inception nearly four years ago, all while providing students hands-on experience with administrative law, pretrial litigation and appellate advocacy skills.
Read More about Penn State Law’s Veteran’s Clinic wins back-pay and disability awards for clientsHarvard Law Review files motion to dismiss lawsuit
THE HARVARD CRIMSON — Lawyers for Harvard, Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Law Review filed motions Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by a Texas-based anti-affirmative action group alleging the Law Review’s editor selection process illegally uses “race and sex preferences.”
Read More about Harvard Law Review files motion to dismiss lawsuitHarvard Law professor William Alford delivers lecture on China’s legal history
HARVARD LAW TODAY — On the occasion of his appointment as the inaugural Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, Professor William Alford ’77 delivered a chair lecture “Learn from the Past to Appreciate the Present, That is What Makes One a Teacher: Confucius, Cohen(s) and Contemporary…
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