Legal offices use flexible attendance policies to bolster employee satisfaction
REUTERS — Overall, 64% of legal professionals said their firm’s overall policy is flexible, allowing them to largely choose which days they are in the office. This likely contributes to the high satisfaction levels as well.
Read More about Legal offices use flexible attendance policies to bolster employee satisfactionNew York State Bar Association president Domenick Napoletano discusses focus of his term
NYSBA — Domenick Napoletano said of his childhood, “In order to get something, I had to work on getting it.” It’s a mindset he’s bringing to his tenure as the New York State Bar Association’s 127th president. “I would say that is what has carried me throughout my life.”
Read More about New York State Bar Association president Domenick Napoletano discusses focus of his termInternational Bar Association report values the economic impact of the legal profession at $1.6 trillion
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION — According to a ground-breaking report from the International Bar Association (IBA), countries that firmly uphold the Rule of Law experience greater socio-economic benefits from the everyday contributions of lawyers than governments that impose restrictions on legal rights.
Read More about International Bar Association report values the economic impact of the legal profession at $1.6 trillionCall for Submissions: Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award
The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a call for submissions for a Pace Law competition recognizing excellent legal scholarship related to gender and the law.
Read More about Call for Submissions: Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar AwardABA legal education section adopts policy statement supporting alternative pathways to attorney licensing beyond the bar exam
REUTERS — The American Bar Association on Friday endorsed alternative attorney licensing pathways that don’t involve the bar exam, marking a major shift in ABA’s stance on admission to practice law.
Read More about ABA legal education section adopts policy statement supporting alternative pathways to attorney licensing beyond the bar examPodcast: Incoming AALS executive director Kellye Testy discusses background and importance of legal education
EX JUDICATA — With us today is Kellye Testy. She has served as president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council since 2017.
Read More about Podcast: Incoming AALS executive director Kellye Testy discusses background and importance of legal educationCUNY Law cancels student commencement speech
TAX PROF BLOG — For the past two years, commencement speakers at the City University of New York School of Law have made support for Palestinians and opposition to Israel a focus of their speeches. The backlash was intense.
Read More about CUNY Law cancels student commencement speechNorthwestern Law professor Kyle Rozema publishes study on affirmative action bans and law school diversity
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Kyle Rozema, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has a new working paper titled “Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021,” along with co-authors Richard R.W. Brooks, Professor at New York University Law School,…
Read More about Northwestern Law professor Kyle Rozema publishes study on affirmative action bans and law school diversityLSAC to develop metric to help law schools understand applicants’ socioeconomic challenges
REUTERS — Law schools may soon have more information about the educational and economic challenges applicants have faced on their path to a law degree.
Read More about LSAC to develop metric to help law schools understand applicants’ socioeconomic challengesS. Todd Brown named dean of University at Buffalo Law
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — S. Todd Brown, a nationally renowned legal scholar in bankruptcy law and University at Buffalo faculty member since 2009, has been named dean of the School of Law.
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