How law firms recruit law students for summer associate positions

August 22, 2022

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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ABA passes resolution discouraging states from allowing law firms to share profits with non-lawyers

August 22, 2022

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.

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New York requires lawyers to take cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education

August 22, 2022

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.

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ABA Center for Innovation releases report on advances in legal tech and regulatory innovation

August 22, 2022

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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The first FAR is out…

August 22, 2022

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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Weathering Invisible Labor

August 22, 2022

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.

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Stanford’s Rhode Center and Legal Design Lab Work With Six States to Improve Court Access Using Readily Available Technology

August 16, 2022

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.

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Higher Education Has A Morale Problem, Opposing Higher Pay Will Make It Worse

August 16, 2022

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…

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Colleges prepare for potential spread of monkeypox on campuses as outbreak grows

August 16, 2022

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…

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Rachel Rebouché Appointed Dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law

August 15, 2022

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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