New model law firms allow parent lawyers to have greater work-life balance
THE ATLANTIC – A new kind of firm is letting its lawyers pick out a schedule that makes sense for them without compromising on the high quality of their work.
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HBO – “The Miranda warning includes the right to a public defender. It doesn’t include the fact that public defenders are highly overworked and grossly underpaid.”
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IU BLOOMINGTON NEWSROOM – Indiana University’s Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions will coordinate a yearlong series of workshops and discussions of ethical issues facing professionals and the professions now and in the future.
Read More about Indiana University center to host workshops on professional ethicsToledo Law Dean Benjamin Barros discusses legal education trends and his leadership approach
THE BLADE – As a first-time law-school dean, Benjamin Barros arrived at the University of Toledo just as law schools across the United States slid into their fifth year of an enrollment slump. But don’t try to dampen his enthusiasm.
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SLATE – The lists of feeder judges reveal that the feeders tend to be, overwhelmingly, white and male. And so the question arises: Does the lack of female and minority feeder judges lead to a corresponding lack of female and minority clerks?
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ASIAN JOURNAL – California lawmakers approved and sent to Governor Jerry Brown a plan to help low-income residents have greater access to legal services. The bill, known as Senate Bill 134, would allow the State Bar to collect unclaimed donations from members to fund a student loan repayment program for public interest attorneys.
Read More about California Senate approves plan to help low-income residents attain legal servicesMaine Law Dean Danielle Conway highlights need to help underserved communities
Maine Public Broadcasting Network (NPR MAINE) – Danielle Conway, the new dean of the University of Maine Law School, is African-American, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and a scholar with a special focus on communities with limited access to legal services.
Read More about Maine Law Dean Danielle Conway highlights need to help underserved communitiesJuly 2015 bar exam results show continued decline in scores
THE BOSTON GLOBE – Law graduates are increasingly getting a taste of failure before they start their careers. Performance on the bar exam has continued to slip, early results show.
Read More about July 2015 bar exam results show continued decline in scoresLaw graduates face challenging job market for Michigan law firm positions
GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS JOURNAL – The job market for law school graduates has not been great since the recession, leaving many newly minted attorneys looking for work outside the profession, but a recent American Bar Association report has given law students and recent graduates hope that hiring will, once again, increase.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – First-time graduate school enrollment was up 3.5 percent in 2014 from the year before, the biggest annual increase since 2009, according to a report out today from the Council of Graduate Schools.
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