Australia experiences legal industry hiring surge
LAWYERS WEEKLY– [Australian] Firms intend hiring more lawyers in the coming year, although in-house roles are growing at a slower pace, a new report suggests.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION – With student debt playing a prominent role in the 2016 presidential campaign, the Obama administration is taking several steps to ease borrowers’ repayment burdens.
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INDYSTAR – According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, law is one of the fastest-growing professions in the state, landing lawyers on the Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs list with an average salary of $86,730.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – So far, Washington is the only state to create a new class of legal advisor, the Limited Licensed Legal Technician, or LLLT. The first six, all women, will have more authority than a paralegal and less than a lawyer, when their licenses take effect, expected later this year, after the final administrative details…
Read More about Washington State tests legal technician licensing project to broaden legal reachNYU Law professor Bryan Stevenson named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People
TIME – “For decades, [Bryan Stevenson] has dedicated himself to fighting poverty and challenging racial discrimination in the criminal-justice system with the perfect combination of unwavering passion and idealism.” – Serena Williams
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NPR – A report out this week found that 95 percent of the country’s elected prosecutors are white, and 83 percent are men. Only 1 percent are women of color, according to the findings from the Reflective Democracy Campaign, a project of the left-leaning Women Donors Network. But there doesn’t seem to be much choice at the…
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THE NEWS-GAZETTE – Vikram David Amar, 52, a constitutional law expert and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the University of California-Davis School of Law, was announced as the next dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the 118-year-old UI law school.
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UCHICAGO NEWS – The seven-week class, “Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms,” will be available beginning July 13 for its alumni and the public.
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INSIDE ENERGY – The number of criminal law cases in rural western North Dakota – site of the Bakken oil boom — has tripled since 2009, as have the number of mineral rights disputes. Now, entrepreneurial young attorneys are moving here and setting up their own practices.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Supreme Court’s decision to reconsider a challenge to affirmative action at the University of Texas at Austin has universities around the country fearing that they will be forced to abandon what remains of race-based admission preferences and resort to more difficult and expensive methods if they want to achieve student…
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