University of Iowa Law students address the pandemic’s impact on the workplace
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — The law students in Professor Lea VanderVelde’s Employment Law course have been doing cutting-edge research into how the pandemic is impacting work laws, as it re-arranges workplaces, requires business closures, transforms the ways we get goods, decimates the service sector, and sickens millions of workers.
Read More about University of Iowa Law students address the pandemic’s impact on the workplaceLoyola University Chicago Law Center for the Human Rights of Children hosts symposium on the pandemic’s impact on children
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago School of Law is pleased to present the Fall 2020 Symposium: Children’s Rights in the Time of COVID-19. This virtual Symposium explores the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of children’s rights.
Read More about Loyola University Chicago Law Center for the Human Rights of Children hosts symposium on the pandemic’s impact on childrenPenn Law professor Tom Baker creates COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker, created by William Maul Measey Professor of Law Tom Baker at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will enable scholars and researchers to study in real time how courts respond to the challenges posed by a new wave of mass litigation.
Read More about Penn Law professor Tom Baker creates COVID Coverage Litigation TrackerRutgers Law to launch Pre-College Summer Law Academy for high school students
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — High school juniors and seniors interested in learning about law are invited to participate in the inaugural Rutgers Law School Pre-College Summer Law Academy. The two-week virtual academy, taking place on Zoom, will introduce students to numerous legal topics and give them an opportunity to take part in a mock trial.
Read More about Rutgers Law to launch Pre-College Summer Law Academy for high school studentsUniversity of San Francisco Law graduates celebrate bar exam success
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO — On the October 2020 California bar exam, USF School of Law’s pass rate for first-time takers increased to 81%, a significant improvement over last year’s results. Amid the pandemic, test takers faced considerable obstacles, including the transition to an online exam format and the postponement of the test.
Read More about University of San Francisco Law graduates celebrate bar exam successReport from Yale Law Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic details the pandemic’s impact on indigenous people and the environment
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), based in the United Kingdom, released a report, Rolling Back Social and Environmental Safeguards in the Time of COVID-19, on February 18, 2021.
Read More about Report from Yale Law Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic details the pandemic’s impact on indigenous people and the environmentIowa bill seeks to force state universities into holding in-person graduation ceremonies
THE GAZETTE — Although the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa already announced their upcoming commencement ceremonies will be virtual — and are well into planning them — a Republican lawmaker is sponsoring a bill requiring Iowa’s public universities to hold in-person spring graduations.
Read More about Iowa bill seeks to force state universities into holding in-person graduation ceremoniesCommon Application finds most college applicants not submitting admission test scores
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Only 44 percent of those who applied to college through the Common Application through Feb. 15 submitted SAT or ACT scores. That represents a substantial decline from last year, when the total through Feb. 15, 2020, was 77 percent.
Read More about Common Application finds most college applicants not submitting admission test scoresSolo law practitioners see steep revenue declines amid pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Solo practitioners had a harder time weathering the initial economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic than others in the legal industry. From April through June 2020, solos saw their revenue drop between 5% and 7% more than firms with more lawyers.
Read More about Solo law practitioners see steep revenue declines amid pandemicLSAC extends online LSAT-Flex through June 2022
LSAC — Given the expressed preferences of the substantial majority of test takers, LSAC is pleased to announce that we will continue to provide the LSAT in an online, live remote-proctored format through June 2022. Dates for the upcoming testing year are now available so that law school candidates may plan what works best for them.
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