Penn Law professor David Abram analyzes crime statistics across cities during the pandemic
CASE IN POINT — Professor David Abrams’ City Crime Stats gives an overview of crime statistics across 28 cities during the pandemic. Professor Abrams’ City Crime Stats is your window into the relation between Covid-19 and city crime.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Amidst this year’s pandemic, the scenario will be a bit different. One thing that won’t change this year is the Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public Service’s partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee, VCET, and Election Protection to connect students with service opportunities surrounding the voting process.
Read More about University of Richmond Law Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public Service partners on voter protection effortSt. Mary’s Law to co-host virtual national advocacy competition
ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY — The St. Mary’s University School of Law, in partnership with several law schools across the U.S., will be hosting a national virtual advocacy competition through Zoom. The All Star National Challenge is the second of three virtual tournaments inspired by a need to create more opportunities for law students.
Read More about St. Mary’s Law to co-host virtual national advocacy competitionVermont Law Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and Harvard Law release report on food policy
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The coronavirus pandemic exposed major long-standing problems in the U.S. food system. Harvard and Vermont Law Schools’ “Urgent Call for a U.S. National Food Strategy: An Update to the Blueprint” identifies a framework to create more effective and coordinated policy solutions.
Read More about Vermont Law Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and Harvard Law release report on food policyYale Law professor John Fabian Witt publishes book on the history of US public health approaches to diseases
YALE LAW SCHOOL — In his new book American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19 (Yale University Press), Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law John Fabian Witt ’99 explores the ways in which American law has shaped and responded to the experience of contagion throughout history.
Read More about Yale Law professor John Fabian Witt publishes book on the history of US public health approaches to diseasesUNCF Report: Black students report increased anxiety and stress amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Black students continuously experience, fight against and bear emotional scars from racism, which can lead to increased anxiety and poor mental health outcomes. Additionally, the coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Black and brown people who have died from COVID-19 and suffered financially.
Read More about UNCF Report: Black students report increased anxiety and stress amid pandemicHarvard Law to keep classes online-only through academic year
REUTERS — Harvard Law School, which moved its fall classes to an online only format as the coronavirus pandemic made in-person learning a health risk, has now told students it will stay remote for the rest of the academic year as case numbers rise in its home state of Massachusetts.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — The COVID-19 pandemic has tested, informed, and may even be changing the legal landscape. It is spurring debates about government power, criminal justice reform, global trade, environmental regulation, immigration, and more. These are some of the issues Law School faculty discussed.
Read More about University of Chicago Law faculty discuss long-term effects of the pandemic on institutions and societyLaw graduates share online bar exam experiences
ABA JOURNAL — Approximately 30,000 people took the exam, and it’s believed to have been the first professional licensing exam administered remotely, according to Judith Gundersen, president of the NCBE. In an email to the ABA Journal, she said it appears that more than 98% of applicants had no software issues.
Read More about Law graduates share online bar exam experiencesMany law graduates report internet and software issues with New York’s online bar exam
BLOOMBERG LAW — More than 40% of law school graduates who took the recent online bar exam in New York said they encountered tech problems during the test, according to a new survey from a pair of state lawmakers who want to let lawyers in training ditch the exam.
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