Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin participates in ABA section on Civil Rights and Social Justice series on Black History Month
LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Lisa Benjamin is participating in a series of webinars the ABA section on Civil Rights and Social Justice is doing during the month of February in honor of Black History Month. Benjamin will be a panelist on Climate Effects on Communities of Color February 26.
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ABA JOURNAL — Prestigious law firms avoid hiring 23 types of lawyers, according to Harrison Barnes, the managing director and founder of BCG Attorney Search, a legal recruiting firm. The article—written four years ago—sparked outrage among observers who said eliminating certain categories of job candidates hampers diversity.
Read More about Legal recruiter’s list of ‘attorneys law firms avoid’ underscores profession’s diversity issuesReport: Among states offering both online and in-person bar exams, in-person test-takers had higher pass rates
ABA JOURNAL — Most jurisdictions saw bar exam pass rates increase in 2020, regardless of whether they had in-person or online exams. However, in three states that offered both types of exams, online test-takers didn’t do as well. Many candidates were slower with practice essays on the online platform.
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ABA JOURNAL — The use of facial recognition technology with the remote bar exam could have an unlawful disparate impact on test-takers who are women or people of color, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law wrote in a Feb. 10 demand letter, which was sent to the State Bar of California.
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ABA JOURNAL — Forty-three percent of partners reported taking a pay cut directly related to COVID-19, according to Law360’s inaugural Law Firm Partner Compensation Survey: Partnership and Pay in an Unprecedented Year, released Wednesday. Of those partners, nearly half said their salary was slashed by 20% or more, the survey found.
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ABA JOURNAL — A new group formed by Harvard Law School students, which pairs mentors with people applying for competitive scholarships and graduate programs, helped almost 500 candidates during the most recent application cycle, and they are looking for more volunteers. Dear Future Colleague focuses on helping underrepresented applicants.
Read More about Harvard Law students launch mentorship focused nonprofit organizationNALP survey finds slow progress in female and minority lawyer representation in law firms
ABA JOURNAL — Progress is slow for law firms seeking to increase representation of female and minority lawyers, according to a new report by the National Association for Law Placement. Even though representation of female, minority and minority female lawyers reached historic highs in 2020, the gains were small.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On January 22, Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society Domestic Arbitration teams advanced to the National semifinals and then won the 2020-2021 American Bar Association Arbitration Competition for Law Students. They beat Texas Tech University School of Law in the final round of the competition.
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ABA JOURNAL — People who previously flunked the California bar exam but would have passed under a recently changed cut score can now obtain law licenses if they complete 300 hours of supervised practice. The change applies to test-takers between July 2015 and February 2020, who scored between 1390 and 1439 on the exam.
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ABA JOURNAL — Recommendations for bar exam changes, including new types of questions and the evaluation of options for computer-delivered tests with in-person proctoring, were adopted Thursday by the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ board of trustees. Implementation is expected to take four to five years.
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