A look at recent US education news
HIGHER ED DIVE — From U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s recent comments to the Trump administration’s latest funding threat to an Ivy League institution, here are the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
Read More about A look at recent US education newsUniversity Middle East studies departments face federal scrutiny
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Last week, the Trump administration ordered Harvard University to take multiple steps to continue having a financial relationship with the federal government.
Read More about University Middle East studies departments face federal scrutinyOpinion: Why it’s important to defend higher education amid federal attacks
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Earlier this week, University of North Carolina professor and New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom remarked on BlueSky, “It’s so weird that we’re all working like this is just a normal country.”
Read More about Opinion: Why it’s important to defend higher education amid federal attacksUS Justice Department bars its attorneys from participating in ABA events
REUTERS — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump’s administration against the nation’s largest voluntary lawyer group.
Read More about US Justice Department bars its attorneys from participating in ABA eventsSome lawyers leave law firms over response to executive orders
REUTERS — As most major law firms stay silent on U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal industry, some of the firms’ lawyers are pushing back on their own.
Read More about Some lawyers leave law firms over response to executive ordersOpinion: How some judges are defending lawyers against federal action
THE WASHINGTON POST — The White House is waging war on lawyers. Some judges are having none of it.
Read More about Opinion: How some judges are defending lawyers against federal actionUniversity of Virginia Law professor Amanda Frost says White House executive orders against law firms face an uphill battle in court
BLOOMBERG LAW — The US Supreme Court may soon decide whether a single federal judge can stop President Donald Trump from denying the rights of citizenship to hundreds of thousands of newborn babies—even those whose parents aren’t parties to the cases before him.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Amanda Frost says White House executive orders against law firms face an uphill battle in courtHow Maryland law firms are responding to executive orders targeting the legal profession
THE DAILY RECORD — Most Maryland law firm leaders don’t want to talk publicly about President Donald Trump‘s executive orders targeting firms that represent or employ his perceived enemies.
Read More about How Maryland law firms are responding to executive orders targeting the legal professionA look at accommodations for neurodiverse attorneys at law firms
ILTA — Last April, I went out of my comfort zone and wrote a blog about neurodiversity in legal professions.
Read More about A look at accommodations for neurodiverse attorneys at law firmsHow the legal profession can prepare employees for the use of artificial intelligence
BLOOMBERG LAW — In-house legal teams and law firms are of two minds on artificial intelligence—concerned about getting left behind during a once-in-a-generation technology transition, but also quietly wondering if AI might be mutton dressed as lamb.
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