ABA report: 2022 law graduates entered a strong employment market
REUTERS — The law school class of 2022 graduated into a strong entry-level hiring market, landing legal jobs at a higher rate than their predecessors in 2021 and 2019—the last cohort before COVID-19 temporarily pushed down new lawyer hiring. Nearly 78% of last year’s new juris doctors found jobs that require bar passage within 10…
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JD SUPRA — Generative AI. Bard. Bing AI. Large language models. Artificial intelligence continues to dominate headlines and workplace chats across every industry since OpenAI’s public release of ChatGPT in November of 2022. Nowhere was this more evident than at this year’s Legalweek event. The annual conference, which gathers thousands of attorneys, legal practitioners, and eDiscovery providers together in…
Read More about How the legal profession could utilize AI in the coming yearNumber of legal jobs in the US declines for the first time in six months
REUTERS — The U.S. legal services sector lost 600 jobs in March, new Labor Department figures showed on Friday, marking the first monthly employment decline for the industry since September. Legal sector jobs totaled 1,180,900 last month, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read More about Number of legal jobs in the US declines for the first time in six monthsVideo: Bill proposed in Maine would offer student loan relief for law graduates taking on indigent legal cases
NEWS CENTER MAINE — Sen. Matt Pouliot, R-Kennebec, is proposing a student loan forgiveness bill to get more students taking indigent legal cases.
Read More about Video: Bill proposed in Maine would offer student loan relief for law graduates taking on indigent legal casesWhy Consider Matrimonial Law? City Bar Hosts Summit to Attract Young, Diverse Talent to Challenging Practice Area
NEW YORK CITY BAR — As part of an effort to attract a more diverse field into the discipline, Sunshine has organized the first-of-its-kind Matrimonial Practice Diversity Summit…The summit is at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 17, at the New York City Bar Association headquarters, located at 42 W. 44th Street in Manhattan.
Read More about Why Consider Matrimonial Law? City Bar Hosts Summit to Attract Young, Diverse Talent to Challenging Practice AreaBill proposed in Maine would allow people to substitute experience for law school to practice law in Maine
PRESS HERALD — A small bipartisan group of lawmakers would like to see Maine join four other states that allow a person to take the bar exam to become licensed to practice law without attending law school.
Read More about Bill proposed in Maine would allow people to substitute experience for law school to practice law in MaineNew Jersey State Bar Association proposes removal of mental health disclosures from the New Jersey Bar Exam
REUTERS — Law school graduates should not be required to disclose personal mental health information when applying to become lawyers in New Jersey, according to the New Jersey State Bar Association and the state’s two law schools. The bar this month asked the Supreme Court of New Jersey to eliminate question 12B from a mandatory…
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REUTERS — Lawyers have nothing to fear from the growing use of artificial intelligence or the rise of online dispute resolution, one of Britain’s most senior judges has said, declaring that “lawyers are never, ever going to be out of business.” Geoffrey Vos – the head of civil justice in England and Wales – told…
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REUTERS — In the latest sign of demographic change in the U.S. legal profession, nearly all of the major American bar associations for underrepresented groups has a woman president this year.
Read More about Women lead several national bar associationsOpinion: Why the legal profession needs more Black lawyers
FORBES — The percentage of African American lawyers has remained mostly stagnantfor the past decade, accounting for only 5% of the legal profession. Countless systemic barriers to entry exist, preventing Black people from pursuing and attending law school.
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