Law firms change hiring approach amid spike in demand
BLOOMBERG LAW — Conservative entry-level hiring practices that bolstered Big Law firms after the Great Recession constrain them now as they struggle to find associates for the mountains of work after pandemic shutdowns.
Read More about Law firms change hiring approach amid spike in demandAdams and Reese law firm partners with Street Law to improve access to legal education in Alabama
ADAMS AND REESE LLP — Adams and Reese is pleased to announce that it has entered a partnership with Street Law, Inc., to bring the first Legal Diversity Pipeline program to Alabama. Through this program — designed to encourage the pursuit of legal careers by young people from groups that are currently underrepresented in the legal…
Read More about Adams and Reese law firm partners with Street Law to improve access to legal education in AlabamaStanford Law professor Erik Jensen discusses the future of Legal Education in Afghanistan
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — What is the legacy of the American invasion of Afghanistan, twenty years on? For Erik Jensen, faculty director of Stanford Law School’s Rule of Law Program (ROLP), who helped launch the Afghanistan Legal Education Project(ALEP) in 2007 as a student-driven initiative in ROLP, the answer for him is simple: legal education.
Read More about Stanford Law professor Erik Jensen discusses the future of Legal Education in AfghanistanFormer University of Arkansas dean Cynthia Nance shares path to law and support for the next generation of law students
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — “Cyndi is a remarkable person, let me just say that upfront. I’ll take some credit for recognizing that early on and providing a foothold for her,” said Shields, who is now the Chancellor at University of Wisconsin-Platteville. “But her success is a result of her personal character, her talent, her…
Read More about Former University of Arkansas dean Cynthia Nance shares path to law and support for the next generation of law studentsCase Western Reserve Law students to brief case before Supreme Court of Ohio
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students who begin their semester in the Appellate Litigation Clinic this fall will have an opportunity few practicing attorneys ever do: they will brief a case to the Supreme Court of Ohio, which last week accepted the clinic’s petition for discretionary review in an important case involving a…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law students to brief case before Supreme Court of OhioUIC Law Professor Allison Bethel named co-chair elect of AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education
UIC LAW — Clinical Professor Allison K. Bethel, director of John Marshall’s Fair Housing Legal Support Center & Clinic has become co-chair elect of The Association of American Law School’s Section of Clinical Legal Education. Her co-chair is UCLA Law Professor Scott L. Cummings.
Read More about UIC Law Professor Allison Bethel named co-chair elect of AALS Section on Clinical Legal EducationUMass Law Justice Bridge program receives grant from local bank
DARTMOUTH WEEK — The UMass Law Justice Bridge program received a $120,000 grant July 21 from Bristol County Savings Bank, through its Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, to bolster the program’s mission of providing quality legal representation to economically disadvantaged clients.
Read More about UMass Law Justice Bridge program receives grant from local bankUMass Law student Emily Dillan named to ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
UMASS DARTMOUTH NEWS — Second-year UMass Law student was recently chosen as the Law Student Division Liaison to the national American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence. For more than two decades, the Commission has worked to increase access to justice for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking by connecting them…
Read More about UMass Law student Emily Dillan named to ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual ViolenceUniversity of Miami Law names Nell Newton as interim dean
NEWS@THEU — As the University of Miami School of Law welcomed first-year students for orientation on Monday, President Julio Frenk announced the selection of the school’s interim dean. Nell Jessup Newton, a former Notre Dame Law School dean, will join the University as interim dean and visiting professor beginning this September.
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NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern law scholar Rashida Richardson has been appointed to a new White House role in which she will help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to data, automated systems, digital privacy and security, and civil rights.
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