UC Davis Law professor Raquel Aldana co-authors article on Latinas in the legal profession
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Pittsburgh Law Professor Sheila Vélez Martinez wrote in Jotwell about an article coauthored by Professor Raquel Aldana.
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REUTERS — The American Bar Association urged the Trump administration to roll back its executive order calling for federal investigations into diversity and inclusion efforts by bar associations, citing the groups’ 1st Amendment rights.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Thousands of students, some of whom received job offers last October, have lost federal internships, threatening their graduation plans and future careers.
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ABA JOURNAL — A group that works with law firms to increase diversity has made changes to its website to remove some diversity-related wording and to avoid use of percentages in a description of its certification program.
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REUTERS — Two major U.S. state bar associations have pushed back after President Donald Trump took aim at efforts to promote more diversity in the legal profession.
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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — This is the first episode of a two-part discussion of third-party rights in contracts.
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JD SUPRA — Despite clear judicial warnings and sanctions, legal professionals continue to submit AI-generated court documents with fabricated content.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice offers a new certificate on data ethics that is available to University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students.
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NCBE — The New York State Court of Appeals has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028. Thirty jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the NextGen exam; seven jurisdictions will first administer the new exam in 2026, thirteen in 2027, and ten in 2028
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ABA JOURNAL — New York, the jurisdiction with the largest number of bar candidates, will adopt the NextGen bar exam as it considers rejiggering the state-specific part of the exam, too, according to the New York Court of Appeals.
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