Podcast: How diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts can improve the legal profession
LIGHTHOUSE — In our series, In Conversation, Women Shaping the Future of Legal, leading women in the legal industry discuss how diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts can help improve work and the world.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for comments on the ABA’s proposed standards on learning outcomes and processing complaints against law schools.
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JD SUPRA — 2024 is slated to be the Year of Artificial Intelligence, and the legal industry won’t be left behind.
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SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL — When applying to law school, I sought schools with “sports law” programs. I had been an athlete my entire life, through college, and wanted to combine my love of sports with a legal career.
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LAWSITES — Training kicked off last month in Arizona for a new class of legal advocates who will work at community-based organizations throughout the state to provide free limited-scope legal help to clients in domestic violence and housing matters.
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LEGAL SPEAK — In this week’s Legal Speak episode, Marlon Hill, of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman, shares why he thinks Black History Month can be an opportunity to learn about how we can do better and make better policy.
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REUTERS — Some bar examinees in California said that they took the first day of the attorney licensing exam on Tuesday in cold temperatures, and they fear they won’t pass the two-day test as a result of the chilly conditions.
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ABA JOURNAL — Ray Brescia, a law professor at Albany Law School in New York, has taken a hard look at the country’s legal system in his new book, Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession.
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MINNESOTA LAWYER — They’re the two letters that won’t seem to go away, regardless of one’s profession: AI. Through applications such as ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has been touted as everything from a timesaver to the thing that will kill all creative pursuits. But at this moment, do lawyers really have a solid use for it?
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WSOC TV 9 — The Mecklenburg County Bar is inspiring young people to become attorneys and judges after a recent study found that less than 5% of lawyers are people of color.
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