A look at the long-term effects of online learning on student well-being and academic success
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Research has shown that remote learning can be as good or better than in-person learning for the students who choose it. But thousands of students will soon be entering their third semester of remote instruction despite having self-selected for an in-person college experience.
Read More about A look at the long-term effects of online learning on student well-being and academic successKansas Board of Regents relaxes rules to make layoffs of tenured faculty easier
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Giving just one day’s notice to the faculty governance chairs at its universities, the Kansas Board of Regents voted this week to allow for emergency employee terminations and suspensions. Tenured professors are no exception. All nine voting regents approved the temporary policy, which takes effect immediately until the end of 2022.
Read More about Kansas Board of Regents relaxes rules to make layoffs of tenured faculty easierYoung lawyers struggle with work-life balance amid pandemic
LAW 360 — Young attorneys have faced unique mental health challenges since the coronavirus pandemic upended the legal industry and placed restrictions on how and where they could work. Less-established lawyers may lack the same support structures, making them more susceptible to depression, anxiety, stress, substance use.
Read More about Young lawyers struggle with work-life balance amid pandemicLawyers hope virtual law firm offices last beyond the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Blame it on the pandemic. Law offices throughout the country are finally tiptoeing into the virtual world. For most professions, this is nothing new: More than half of professionals worked remotely at least half the week before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, according to International Workplace Group research.
Read More about Lawyers hope virtual law firm offices last beyond the pandemicMichigan Supreme Court shifts to remote proceedings with spike in COVID-19 cases
ABA JOURNAL — Bridget Mary McCormack, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, says courtis less intimidating on screen. The state purchased Zoom licenses and videoconferencing hardware for courts prior to the pandemic, but few judges used the tools until April.
Read More about Michigan Supreme Court shifts to remote proceedings with spike in COVID-19 casesCase Western Reserve Law professors Katharine Van Tassel and Professor Sharona Hoffman publish New England Journal of Medicine article on COVID-19 vaccine injury compensation
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel and Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, were published on Jan. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine with co-author Carmel Shachar, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professors Katharine Van Tassel and Professor Sharona Hoffman publish New England Journal of Medicine article on COVID-19 vaccine injury compensationPenn Law to host virtual intramural moot court competition
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Named in honor of late Law School Dean Edwin R. Keedy (1880-1958), the Edwin R. Keedy Cup Competition is the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s intramural moot court competition. This year, in adherence to COVID-19 precautions, arguments will be held virtually.
Read More about Penn Law to host virtual intramural moot court competitionA look at the research behind video conferencing fatigue
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Much has been learned about Zoom and similar conferencing technologies. Zoom has updated the product monthly and even bimonthly as educators at all levels used the technology. It continues to improve. Zoom was so ubiquitous at the beginning of the COVID pandemic that is on its way to becoming an eponym.
Read More about A look at the research behind video conferencing fatigueSouth Carolina announces February bar exam to be administered in-person
THE POST AND COURIER — The winter bar exam will continue as scheduled Feb. 23-24, the S.C. Judicial Branch announced, with applicants required to attend in person. Authorities said they’ll have similar safety measures in place to those used in July but didn’t detail the precautions. They’re also considering stricter requirements.
Read More about South Carolina announces February bar exam to be administered in-personReport: States move away from placement tests as pandemic drags on
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The pandemic has spurred more community colleges to experiment with additional measures for determining placement into college-level math and English courses other than a single standardized placement test score, according to a new brief from researchers at the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR).
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