Mental Health in the Legal Profession
MINORITY CORPORATE COUNSEL ASSOCIATION — Mental health problems are common in the legal profession. Research has shown that lawyers are prone to stress-related illnesses, including burnout, insomnia, clinical depression, gambling addiction, and substance abuse.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — A legal education can be the key to unlocking entrepreneurship, say the Harvard Law School graduates who created Evisort, a contract management platform driven by artificial intelligence.
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ABA JOURNAL — The ABA should change its model rules to allow licensed lawyers to provide legal services in any state, according to a proposal by a group of more than 400 lawyers and law professors who provide advice on legal ethics matters.
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LEGAL SCOOPS — Getting into law school takes hard work. The same applies to completing it and taking your bar exam, never mind the cost. Then, of course, getting your dream job is the next primary goal, but most positions require mid-level professionals with some experience.
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ABA JOURNAL — There is some good news to celebrate, as women and people of color continue to progress in the legal field, according to Yale Law Women’s Top Firms Report for 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court will no longer made up of a majority of white men after the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. And…
Read More about Yale Law Women study shows top firms in advancement, diversity, and cultureSurvey compares research skills and resources used by law students and lawyers
BLOOMBERG LAW — Thanks to what we’ve all learned in our first-year legal research and writing course, it’s no surprise that law students and practicing attorneys both gravitate toward traditional research sources such as case law and statutes. But results from a recent Bloomberg Law survey suggest that usage of other research methods is far…
Read More about Survey compares research skills and resources used by law students and lawyersMichigan adopts Uniform Bar Exam
WSJM — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation intended to bring consistent standards and high quality talent to the legal profession.
Read More about Michigan adopts Uniform Bar ExamAlbany Law student Kristen Davis helps train legal professionals for domestic violence hearings
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — With a top-notch student, two clinics in the Justice Center at Albany Law School are teaming up with the Rensselaer County Domestic Violence and Integrated Domestic Violence Courts this April to help train legal professionals throughout New York’s Third Judicial District involved with a new kind of court hearing.
Read More about Albany Law student Kristen Davis helps train legal professionals for domestic violence hearingsPenn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal profession
PENN LAW — In the most recent bulletin published by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Maureen Reilly, Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Office of Career Strategy, reviewed Great Minds Think Differently: Neurodiversity for Lawyers and Other Professionals by Haley Moss. In her review, Reilly amplifies the importance of understanding neurodiversity in the legal…
Read More about Penn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal professionPitt Law professor Kevin Ashley honored for furthering technology in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG SCHOOL OF LAW — The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics announced the recipients of its second annual CodeX Prize at this year’s CodeX FutureLaw 2022 Conference. CodeX FutureLaw brings together researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, and policymakers worldwide to focus on how technology is changing the legal profession and the law itself…
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