Fifty colleges are facing ADA lawsuits over website accessibility
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The 50 lawsuits, filed in November, say the colleges are in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, as their websites are not accessible to people with disabilities. The blind man who is suing uses a screen reader and said he experienced barriers when trying to access the colleges’ websites.
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ABA JOURNAL — The Illinois Board of Higher Education and the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar have approved the plan for the John Marshall Law School to be acquired by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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INDIANA LAWYER — Amid slumping passage rates, the Indiana Supreme Court has created a special commission to review the state’s bar exam and make recommendations for changes in format or content, including whether to modify what is considered a passing score.
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ABA JOURNAL — Accounting firm KPMG currently employs 1,800 lawyers in offices across 75 countries, and it has plans to expand the number. Within the next few years, KPMG hopes to have 3,000 lawyers working in its global legal services arm, Law.com reports.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — The six students are part of Assistant Clinical Professor Nicole Hallett’s U.S.-Mexico Border Clinic course that will be held in January. For seven days, the student clinicians will be in Dilley, Texas, site of the South Texas Family Residential Center
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THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN — A new study conducted by researchers from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and School of Law shows that the money-lending financial technology, or fintech, algorithms may discriminate against African Americans and Latinx.
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WACO TRIBUNE — The Texas Access to Justice Commission presented the 2018 Law Student Pro Bono Award to Tychanika Kimbrough of Baylor Law School. The award recognizes a Texas law student who demonstrates commitment to the delivery of legal services to low-income Texans and passion for advocating on behalf of the underserved
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Last year, female partners earned an average of $627,000 annually compared to $959,000 for male partners, according to the 2018 Partner Compensation Survey, published Dec. 6 by legal consulting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — From impostor syndrome and other feelings of being out of place, to periods of isolation and to constant short- and long-term deadlines, graduate school presents serious potential challenges to students’ mental health.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — For the first time since 2004, more women than men applied to American medical schools, according to data released Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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