William & Mary Law receives anonymous gift to support student scholarships and faculty awards
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT – A married couple, both alumni who wished to remain anonymous, pledged $50 million for scholarships to attract top law and business students and for other purposes.
Read More about William & Mary Law receives anonymous gift to support student scholarships and faculty awardsFlorida State Law mock trial team wins National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS – The Florida State University College of Law Mock Trial Team won first place in the National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition sponsored by the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and University of California Hastings College of the Law.
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WTOP (WASHINGTON DC) – Death sentences are becoming more rare in Virginia largely because defendants are getting better legal representation, particularly during the sentencing phase of their trials, according to a new study that tracks with what experts say has happened in some other states.
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MINNESOTA DAILY – Better economic conditions may have led to the projected increase in the number of applicants.
Read More about Minnesota’s law school applicants see better legal job market, but more competition for admissionOpinion: How law schools can better teach legal practice and legal delivery
BLOOMBERG BNA – “The good news is that law schools continue to provide students with “the basics” of legal training. The bad news is that most law schools, like practicing lawyers, do not seem to appreciate the difference between the practice of law and the delivery of legal services.”
Read More about Opinion: How law schools can better teach legal practice and legal deliveryDePaul Law Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea discusses her background and career
NBC NEWS – Jennifer is a nationally recognized leader in legal education as well as an accomplished scholar in family law, bioethics and civil procedure. Today she is one of but a handful of Latina law school deans in the country.
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VT DIGGER – A new report from Vermont attorneys and court officials proposes improvements to the state’s judiciary system to make legal services more accessible to Vermonters.
Read More about Report: Vermont’s legal services should be more effective and less expensiveReport: In-house counsel found lacking in equal pay for women
BLOOMBERG BNA – Among in-house counsel, women report lower base salaries and lower total compensation than their male counterparts, according to a new survey that found a yawning gender pay gap around the globe.
Read More about Report: In-house counsel found lacking in equal pay for womenHiring of U.S. college graduates estimated to increase 11 percent in 2016
NACE – The hiring outlook for college graduates continues to improve as employers plan to hire 11 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2016 for their U.S. operations than they did from the Class of 2015, according to results of NACE’s Job Outlook 2016 survey.
Read More about Hiring of U.S. college graduates estimated to increase 11 percent in 2016Millennials with student debt undeterred from purchasing homes
TRIB LIVE – A Zillow study last month found that student debt had only a small effect on homebuying decisions. The likelihood of homeownership for a married couple with no debt were 69.8 percent, barely a percentage point higher than if that same couple carried $30,000 in loans, Zillow found.
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