Colleges report higher spending than expected to mitigate the effects of COVID-19
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The pandemic presented an enormous financial challenge for colleges and universities this past fall as they reopened online or in person. Institutions large and small had to cough up money for expenses related to COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment and online learning resources.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — As expected, President-elect Joe Biden will, upon taking office Jan. 20, instruct the Education Department to continue the pause excusing student loan borrowers from making payments, a top economic adviser in the incoming administration said.
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ASU NOW — Adam Chodorow, vice dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, was recently included among a panel of experts in an article on what aspiring graduates can do to start off their careers in an uncertain economic climate.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Law School Professors Tess Wilkinson-Ryan and David Hoffman have a contract law podcast called, “Promises, Promises.” The podcast was born out of their 1L course at Penn Law and search for new ways to connect with students during the pandemic.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s LLM program attracts top law graduates from around the world. Samantha Simmons L’16 said that when the pandemic hit, “Graduate Programs had to quickly adapt to a completely virtual setting for the fall 2020 recruiting season.”
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PENN STATE LAW — Though operating remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Penn State Law in University Park Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic (CIRC) continued to produce impactful work on immigration-related matters in fall 2020. This article includes short accounts of the work of CIRC during the fall 2020 semester.
Read More about A look at Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights ClinicUSC Gould Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic helps startup provide protective equipment for health care workers
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in USC Gould’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic (IPTLC) advised Get Us PPE, a nonprofit startup based in Massachusetts that distributes donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals across the country.
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — For the first time in Vermont Law School’s (VLS) nearly 50-year history, this week a cohort of students began their law school careers during the spring semester. The spring start was developed by VLS in response to new juris doctor students whose law school plans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) discusses his experience adapting to online teaching.
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GEORGIA BAR ADMISSIONS — The following is a list of names of applicants who passed the October 2020 Georgia Bar Examination. To be eligible for admission to the practice of law in Georgia, an applicant must have passed the Bar Examination and received an acceptable score of 75 or higher on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination.
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