ABA President Paulette Brown to address incoming Arkansas Law class during keynote
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS – The newly elected president of the American Bar Association, Paulette Brown, will appear as the keynote speaker during the University of Arkansas School of Law orientation to welcome the incoming class of 2018.
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INSIDE NOVA – George Mason University School of Law ranks 21st in a newly-released study measuring scholarly impact among U.S. law faculties.
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ROLLINGOUT – Courtney Anderson had accomplished a lot since she graduated cumma cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. She went on to Harvard Law School three years later, then obtained her LL.M with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center. Now, Anderson is an assistant professor of law at George State University College of…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL NEWS – David J. Hayes, a distinguished visiting lecturer at Stanford Law School, will head the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance, which is asking companies, foundations and nonprofit organizations to join with the U.S. government in efforts to reduce demand for illegal elephant ivory, rhino horn and other wildlife products.
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GLOBNEWSWIRE – The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has named veteran litigator Associate Professor Marc Ginsberg as director of the law school’s nationally recognized Center for Advocacy & Dispute Resolution.
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THE INDIANA LAWYER – After nearly two decades of effort, Indiana has joined a growing list of states that are offering paralegals a certification that enables them to distinguish themselves in a field that has few mandatory requirements.
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NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH – The Nebraska State Bar Association has been working since 2012 to raise awareness of the need, and the opportunity, for young lawyers in rural areas of the state.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – In the second installment of a three-part interview with Big Law Business, Brooks argues that, because clients increasingly refuse to pay for expensive associate work, the law firm profit model — which depends on “leverage,” or the difference between associate and partner hours on a matter — is broken.
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ASSOCIATIONS NOW – Labor and employment attorney Paulette Brown became the American Bar Association’s first black female president last week and has pledged to make diversity a rallying cry for the association.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – In the 1990’s and accelerating into the 2000’s, a number of major law firms adopted a two-tier partnership structure, mainly for economic reasons, legal experts said. Recently, though, that model has been coming under pressure.
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