Podcast: UNT Dallas Law dean Felicia Epps offers predictions for the future of the legal profession
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will discuss innovations in legal education…
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SIU NEWS — Fifteen high achieving juniors and seniors from colleges around the country will gain insight on legal careers and preparing for law school at the Southern Illinois University School of Law’s inaugural Diversity Prelaw Summer Institute, May 25-29 – part of SIU Carbondale’s commitment to diversifying the legal profession.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law to host inaugural diversity prelaw summer instituteStanford Law Center on the Legal Profession hosts panel on access to justice
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession has been front and center in state-level efforts to rethink how legal services are regulated to widen access to justice. Since 2020, both Utah and Arizona have dramatically revised the rules around legal practice ownership and unauthorized practice of law. Several other states are…
Read More about Stanford Law Center on the Legal Profession hosts panel on access to justiceA profile on Tulane Law Review editor Antonio Milton
TULANE NEWS — There was one thing that Antonio Milton was certain of as a young child growing up in Carencro, Louisiana, just outside Lafayette — he wanted to be a lawyer.
Read More about A profile on Tulane Law Review editor Antonio MiltonABA diversity survey shows law firm leadership positions are still mostly held by white men
ABA JOURNAL — White male attorneys continue to constitute the highest percentages of equity partners, non-equity partners and associates at law firms, according to an ABA report released Monday.
Read More about ABA diversity survey shows law firm leadership positions are still mostly held by white menUniversity of Houston Law hosts discussion on diversity in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Sixty-four Black attorneys throughout Texas virtually took part in the Dean’s Diversity Dialogue: Texas Big Law, Black Law Partner/Corporate Counsel Summit on April 25 to discuss recruitment and retention of, and collaboration among Texas Black lawyers. Studies show that Black attorneys make up only 4.7% of the legal profession and…
Read More about University of Houston Law hosts discussion on diversity in the legal professionLooking beyond increasing compensation to retain associates
THOMPSON REUTERS — While much has been written about the red-hot market for legal talent and the dismal rates of attrition among law firm associates, little chatter has addressed the reasons why associates are switching firms in record numbers.
Read More about Looking beyond increasing compensation to retain associatesLegal recruiters scramble to attract law school graduates
WGLT — By now, the story is one that has been on repeat since the latter days of the COVID-19 pandemic: workers, especially those who would fill entry-level positions, have been hard for employers to come by. Stories on this topic often center on the challenges of a lack of front-facing workers — like those…
Read More about Legal recruiters scramble to attract law school graduatesLaw firms hope to see summer associates in the office – at least most of week
REUTERS — Law students are gearing up once again for summer associate season, the annual two-way courtship between large U.S. law firms and aspiring lawyers hoping to land lucrative full-time positions after graduation.
Read More about Law firms hope to see summer associates in the office – at least most of weekNearly half of top lawyers at large US companies in 2021 were women
REUTERS — New data shows that nearly half of the top lawyers appointed at the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. in 2021 were female, a sign of some diversity progress across large corporate legal departments.
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