Colleges partner with staffing firms to analyze remote work issues
INSIDE HIGHER ED — To address the legal questions and potential HR issues that can arise when employees move across state lines, some universities partner with third-party firms to keep employees on the payroll from afar.
Read More about Colleges partner with staffing firms to analyze remote work issuesHow colleges can prepare for monkeypox outbreaks
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Even with many campuses emptied out for the summer, colleges are seeing their first cases of the latest disease sweeping across the world: monkeypox. Georgetown University, the University of Texas at Austin, and West Chester University are among the campuses urging their communities not to panic.
Read More about How colleges can prepare for monkeypox outbreaksABA files amicus brief asking Supreme Court to continue to allow college admissions to consider race
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to adhere to its prior decisions allowing consideration of race as a factor in the higher education admissions process.
Read More about ABA files amicus brief asking Supreme Court to continue to allow college admissions to consider raceColleges scale back COVID protocols for the fall 2022 semester
FOX BUSINESS — Colleges this fall are no longer treating Covid-19 as an emergency upending their operations, shifting to eliminate mask requirements and mandatory coronavirus testing and letting students who contract the virus isolate in their dorms with their roommates.
Read More about Colleges scale back COVID protocols for the fall 2022 semesterCould Collaboration Technology Help Solve the Legal Talent War?
THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — Collaboration technology, not entirely new to law firms but not yet widely utilized, defines the tools and systems intended to better facilitate working together as a team, both in the office and remotely. Just as the name implies, collaboration technology involves a cooperative effort to break down technological silos across…
Read More about Could Collaboration Technology Help Solve the Legal Talent War?ABA Profile on the Legal Profession looks at judicial diversity
ABA JOURNAL — It’s been 94 years since Genevieve Rose Cline became the first female federal judge, and 77 years since President Harry Truman appointed the first Black federal judge, Irvin Charles Mollison. Decades later, judicial diversity remains an ongoing concern.
Read More about ABA Profile on the Legal Profession looks at judicial diversityFort Worth’s EnVision Center helps high school students get an early look at the legal profession
CITY OF FORT WORTH — Sixteen Fort Worth juniors and seniors completed an immersive summer program designed to prepare them for careers in the legal profession. Fort Worth’s EnVision Center, in collaboration with the L. Clifford Davis Legal Association, presented the third annual Aspiring Young Lawyers Summer Camp, July 18-22.
Read More about Fort Worth’s EnVision Center helps high school students get an early look at the legal professionSurvey: Women leave law firms because of culture
REUTERS — Indeed, the vast majority of women surveyed – 90% – cited their workplace culture as the main reason for quitting, with 82% blaming lack of flexibility and work/life balance and 74% pointing to lack of career trajectory.
Read More about Survey: Women leave law firms because of cultureLaw firms use wellness programs to recruit new talent
ABA JOURNAL — Attorneys generally choose a law firm based on prestige, salary, location and future goals. But today, many are adding another criterion to the list: wellness programs. Self-care, which used to be a foreign concept to law firms, has finally entered the conversation.
Read More about Law firms use wellness programs to recruit new talentListening To Our Students: Fostering Resilience And Engagement To Promote Culture Change In Legal Education
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Writing Institute report by Ann Sinsheimer (University of Pittsburgh Law) and Omid Fotuhi (University of Pittsburgh) explaining how psychological interventions throughout a semester can help law students form adaptive mindsets.
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