A look at on-demand courses for law students and lawyers
BUSINESS WORLD — Among the biggest struggles of the law profession gearing towards the future is the fact that most law schools today tend to remain traditional and generate “20th-century lawyers” when the world logically requires “21st-century lawyers.” This is according to Richard Susskind, who is among the most cited authors in the world when it…
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THOMSON REUTERS — Despite double-digit salary growth in the legal industry, many firms are grappling with serious staffing concerns. According to the 2021 Law Firm Business Leaders Report from Thomson Reuters, more than one-half of firms (51%) now view acquiring and retaining talent as a high risk to future profitability. As they work to manage these staffing…
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ABA JOURNAL — Offer rates for summer associate spots last year reached their highest mark since 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement. Fifty-eight percent of callback interviews resulted in offers for summer positions, according to the report, Perspectives on 2021 Law Student Recruiting.
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ABOVE THE LAW — For the past few years, law student recruitment for summer associate programs has been incredibly successful, harkening back to a time when law students quickly accepted the offers that Biglaw firms handed out like candy. Amid an unprecedented cash rush for associates and high demand for legal services, the 2021 recruitment cycle…
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REUTERS — Diving into the recent legal market report, we see an industry that is demonstrating resilience, yet could that be derailed by rising compensation costs? The Thomson Reuters’ depicted a legal industry immersed in an escalating war for talent. Ever since major law firms like Milbank began raising their associate salaries in early 2021, the market…
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AP NEWS — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed American segregation. Introducing Jackson at the White House, Biden declared, “I believe it’s time that we have…
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WHYY – Nine months after declaring that racial diversity among judges in Delaware “is inadequate,” Supreme Court Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. released a strategic plan Tuesday to increase the number of Black and Latino members of the Delaware Bar. The report highlighted several numbers that illustrate the disparities in Delaware. For example, Black students made…
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JD SUPRA — 2021 was a year like no other in legal recruiting. Law firms found themselves locked in a battle to recruit and retain lawyers in all practices, particularly in corporate and litigation. In addition, the in-house market has experienced a hiring frenzy of its own. Companies, in virtually all industries, need to hire more lawyers, creating…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Becoming an attorney is not easy. From getting into law school to footing the six-figure bill for three years of classes, to passing the bar exam, the sheer number of hurdles a would-be lawyer must clear is daunting for even the highest-achieving student. But even after successfully navigating all these obstacles, yet another looms…
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NATIONAL JURIST — There are more women, people of color and LGBTQ associates at law firms than ever before, according to a new report by The National Association for Law Placement. Law firm associate of color increased from 36.48% to 41.34%, the largest annual gain since NALP began tracking 29 years ago. Women outpaced men as summer…
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