A look at Oregon’s program to license paralegals to perform some legal services
JPR — Roseburg-based paralegal Brandi Cole is getting ready to take the BAR exam later this month. But that test isn’t to become a lawyer. Instead, she’s aiming to be one of Oregon’s first licensed paralegals.
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FOX 40 — A persistent attorney shortage creates a competitive market for legal talent, forcing law firms to re-evaluate their recruitment strategies.
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LEGAL REBELS — The lack of diversity when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, disability and social class within the legal profession is nothing new. However, the last decade has marked a gradual increase in diversity across all fields.
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REUTERS — The State Bar of Wisconsin has modified the parameters of a diversity program for law students after a conservative legal advocacy group sued in December, claiming the program discriminates based on race.
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REUTERS — A new database that allows law clerks to judge their judges has launched aiming to give law students applying for clerkships a better way to learn about the reputations of their potential future bosses before taking a job.
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WOLTER SKLUWER — GenAI is fast becoming the most recent innovation to stoke fear among a wide range of professionals – including lawyers – that their jobs may become obsolete as the technology becomes more sophisticated and widely adopted.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The viability of using generative artificial intelligence to conduct legal research has been heavily critiqued in the legal industry.
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THE SEATTLE TIMES — For first time in state history lawyers won’t be required to take the state bar exam to show competency to earn a law license. Washington joins Oregon as the only two states with alternatives to the bar exam.
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THE LEWISTONE TRIBUNE — For first time in state history lawyers won’t be required to take the state bar exam to show competency to earn a law license. Washington joins Oregon as the only two states with alternatives to the bar exam.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Around five billion people worldwide lack access to justice, posing a challenge to rule of law and societal development
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