American Bar Association says focus on grades and class rank harms law associate diversity
REUTERS — Law firms’ heavy emphasis on class rank and grades in hiring is hampering their attorney diversity, the American Bar Association said on Monday, when it urged them to take a more expansive review of prospective associates.
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REUTERS — The American Bar Association may soon require law schools to adopt free speech policies, a change that follows several high-profile campus incidents in which students disrupted controversial speakers.
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JD SUPRA — The American Bar Association has again called on law firms to do more to protect their computer systems from intrusion by bad actors. House of Delegates Resolution 609 urges lawyers to keep abreast of new technologies, beef up their cybersecurity protections, be vigilant when dealing with third-party vendors, and advise clients to…
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REUTERS — Law firms’ heavy emphasis on class rank and grades in hiring is hampering their attorney diversity, the American Bar Association said on Monday, when it urged them to take a more expansive review of prospective associates.
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ABA JOURNAL — Less than a year ago, Cory Gordon became a staff attorney at the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Gordon was new to the area of law and the courtroom, and as she prepared to represent survivors at trial, she decided she needed to strengthen her skills.
Read More about ABA offers free litigation training for lawyers representing domestic violence survivorsHead of ABA legal education section Bill Adams to retire
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — Bill Adams, who has served as managing director for accreditation and legal education at the American Bar Association since spring 2020, is stepping down from his position next spring.
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ABAJournal — Judge Bridget Mary McCormack, a retired Michigan Supreme Court chief justice, is slated to serve as the next council chair of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar during the next term.
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LAW.COM — Law.com analyzed the Council of the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions’ decisions over the past 18 months regarding the standardized test requirement for law schools.
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REUTERS — Deans from more than half the nation’s law schools are working to salvage a longstanding rule that requires schools to use the Law School Admission Test or other standardized tests when admitting students. Instead of letting law schools go fully test-optional as planned, the deans want the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and…
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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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