How law firms recruit law students for summer associate positions
BLOOMBERG LAW — No network has made a TV series about it yet, but the annual law school recruiting on-campus interviewing season feels like it could rival any high-stakes reality show. This year’s season is now officially underway, and law firms are busy meeting with thousands of law students to select their next class of…
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BLOOMBERG TAX — The American Bar Association is pouring cold water on efforts to loosen restrictions on who can own law firms, including moves that could open firms up to new competition from corporations.
Read More about ABA passes resolution discouraging states from allowing law firms to share profits with non-lawyersNew York requires lawyers to take cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education
ABA JOURNALS — Lawyers in New York will have to take at least a one-hour cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education requirements beginning in July 2023.
Read More about New York requires lawyers to take cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal educationABA Center for Innovation releases report on advances in legal tech and regulatory innovation
ABA JOURNAL –The ABA Center for Innovation on Tuesday released its inaugural Innovation Trends Report, which explores developments in the legal services industry by focusing on internal ABA innovation, advances in legal technology and regulatory innovation.
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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares data from the most recent AALS Faculty Appointments Register distribution and suggests that it’s a good time for candidates to be searching for an entry-level position as a law professor.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Southwestern University Law Review essay by Ederlina Co (University of the Pacific McGeorge Law) discussing how women of color are often burdened with invisible labor as legal educators.
Read More about Weathering Invisible LaborStanford’s Rhode Center and Legal Design Lab Work With Six States to Improve Court Access Using Readily Available Technology
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Professionand Legal Design Lab announced today a collaboration with court systems in six states – Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia – to simplify filings in civil cases affecting millions of Americans.
Read More about Stanford’s Rhode Center and Legal Design Lab Work With Six States to Improve Court Access Using Readily Available TechnologyHigher Education Has A Morale Problem, Opposing Higher Pay Will Make It Worse
FORBES — Staff at colleges and universities are struggling and have been struggling with low morale for two years. Staff and faculty have had to constantly change and adapt for two years in higher education. They are burned out, and, it seems, disillusioned with higher education as a calling. Pandemic fatigue comes on top of…
Read More about Higher Education Has A Morale Problem, Opposing Higher Pay Will Make It WorseColleges prepare for potential spread of monkeypox on campuses as outbreak grows
ABC NEWS — Colleges and universities have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of students this fall, heralding a much-anticipated return to normalcy on campuses, with COVID-19 cases beginning to abate again across the country. However, following the nation’s growing monkeypox outbreak, there are growing concerns from health experts that this second virus could once again…
Read More about Colleges prepare for potential spread of monkeypox on campuses as outbreak growsRachel Rebouché Appointed Dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Temple University has announced the appointment of Rachel Rebouché as Dean of Temple Law School. Rebouché, who also serves as the James E. Beasley Professor of Law and a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Public Health Law Research, had acted as interim dean since August 2021.
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