2020 law graduates outperformed employment projections
REUTERS — The law school class of 2020 fared better than expected on the employment front, considering they graduated in the chaotic early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about 2020 law graduates outperformed employment projectionsPepperdine Law students win sports arbitration and moot competition
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law alumna Nicole Geiser (JD ’21) and third-year JD/MDR student Tatum Lowe have won the semester-long ILC Cup sports arbitration and moot competition. The competition was sponsored by the law firm Ingles Laurel Calderon, which is the leading sports law firm in the Philippines.
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THE STATE JOURNAL — Former and current WVU College of Law students say the clinical law program is an indispensable part of the curriculum.
Read More about West Virginia University Law students and graduates describe the importance of clinical programsSummer associate recruiting returns after slow 2020
REUTERS — Summer associate recruiting is well underway, and early reports suggest that many law firms are looking to bolster the number of law students they hire after taking a conservative approach the previous cycle—the first of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about Summer associate recruiting returns after slow 2020UMass Law Justice Bridge program receives grant from local bank
DARTMOUTH WEEK — The UMass Law Justice Bridge program received a $120,000 grant July 21 from Bristol County Savings Bank, through its Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, to bolster the program’s mission of providing quality legal representation to economically disadvantaged clients.
Read More about UMass Law Justice Bridge program receives grant from local bankNortheastern Law professor Rashida Richardson selected for White House science and technology policy post
NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern law scholar Rashida Richardson has been appointed to a new White House role in which she will help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to data, automated systems, digital privacy and security, and civil rights.
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Rashida Richardson selected for White House science and technology policy postUniversity of South Dakota Knudson Law dean Neil Fulton discusses the job market for recent graduates
RADIO 570 WNAX — As students begin classes this summer at the USD School of Law in Vermillion, last years graduates are, for the most part, moving on to their careers.
Read More about University of South Dakota Knudson Law dean Neil Fulton discusses the job market for recent graduatesBar examiners plan return to in-person exams after July administration
REUTERS – The National Conference of Bar Examiners last month announced it does not plan to give jurisdictions the option to give the two-day attorney licensing test online again, and will return to only providing an in-person exam starting with the next test in February 2022.
Read More about Bar examiners plan return to in-person exams after July administrationLaw graduates report technical difficulties taking the remote July Bar Exam
BLOOMBERG LAW — The newest reports echo those from exams last February and October, also held remotely in response to the pandemic. Test takers then reported rejected file attachments, the deletion of online essay notes and even being kicked off the test completely because of facial recognition technology that didn’t work properly. This time around, test takers…
Read More about Law graduates report technical difficulties taking the remote July Bar ExamUConn Law assists graduate in effort to overturn racist property restrictions in state
UCONN TODAY — When David K. Ware ’76 JD, ’20 LLM learned his childhood home was in a development that had been intended only for whites, he decided to do something about racist real estate clauses still on the books.
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