Colleges return to in-person classes amid pandemic fatigue
NPR — Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College — a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She’s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico.
Read More about Colleges return to in-person classes amid pandemic fatigueSurvey: Forty-three percent of law firm partners took a pay cut during the pandemic
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.
Read More about Survey: Forty-three percent of law firm partners took a pay cut during the pandemicSome colleges embrace online classes as an alternative to weather cancelations
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Before the pandemic, Tuesday would have been a traditional snow day with no classes for any students. This year, class schedules weren’t disrupted. In many cases, a COVID-19-induced pivot to online learning last spring paved the way for colleges and universities large and small to eliminate or curtail snow days.
Read More about Some colleges embrace online classes as an alternative to weather cancelationsUniversity of Utah Law professor Jorge L. Contreras discusses the pandemic’s impact on property law at University of Houston Law
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge L. Contreras provided his perspective on COVID-19’s effect on intellectual property rights sharing movements during a recent University of Houston Law Center lecture.
Read More about University of Utah Law professor Jorge L. Contreras discusses the pandemic’s impact on property law at University of Houston LawCalifornia Supreme Court allows retroactive bar admission with supervised practice amid pass score changes
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.
Read More about California Supreme Court allows retroactive bar admission with supervised practice amid pass score changesNCBE adopts series of bar exam recommendations
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.
Read More about NCBE adopts series of bar exam recommendationsColleges see rise in enrollment for short-term credential programs amid pandemic
PBS — It’s been a brutal academic year for higher education, with enrollment down in the fall more than 560,000 undergraduate students compared to 2019. But there has been at least one area of growth at many schools: short-term programs that help students gain new skills for the workforce quickly.
Read More about Colleges see rise in enrollment for short-term credential programs amid pandemicVermont Law hosts Race and the Law Symposium
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The Vermont Law School Black Law Students Association will explore a timely and important topic during its annual Race and the Law symposium: How voting and politics affect opportunities for people of color. The virtual event will take place Friday, Jan. 29, from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. (EST).
Read More about Vermont Law hosts Race and the Law SymposiumUniversity at Buffalo Law NYC Program in Finance and Law moves online during the pandemic
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO — One of the most difficult challenges is making decisions amid uncertainty. UB law school had to make some tough calls on this year’s New York City Program in Finance and Law. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, they decided to move the program to the spring semester and to conduct it virtually.
Read More about University at Buffalo Law NYC Program in Finance and Law moves online during the pandemicNumber of first-generation and low-income college applicants drops during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — New data about the Common App show that what has been reported anecdotally in admissions is actually occurring in large numbers. Smaller and less competitive colleges are not getting many applications, and first-generation students and those who lack the money to pay for an application are not applying at the same rates.
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