Michigan adopts Uniform Bar Exam
WSJM — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation intended to bring consistent standards and high quality talent to the legal profession.
Read More about Michigan adopts Uniform Bar ExamAlbany Law student Kristen Davis helps train legal professionals for domestic violence hearings
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — With a top-notch student, two clinics in the Justice Center at Albany Law School are teaming up with the Rensselaer County Domestic Violence and Integrated Domestic Violence Courts this April to help train legal professionals throughout New York’s Third Judicial District involved with a new kind of court hearing.
Read More about Albany Law student Kristen Davis helps train legal professionals for domestic violence hearingsPenn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal profession
PENN LAW — In the most recent bulletin published by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Maureen Reilly, Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Office of Career Strategy, reviewed Great Minds Think Differently: Neurodiversity for Lawyers and Other Professionals by Haley Moss. In her review, Reilly amplifies the importance of understanding neurodiversity in the legal…
Read More about Penn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal professionPitt Law professor Kevin Ashley honored for furthering technology in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG SCHOOL OF LAW — The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics announced the recipients of its second annual CodeX Prize at this year’s CodeX FutureLaw 2022 Conference. CodeX FutureLaw brings together researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, and policymakers worldwide to focus on how technology is changing the legal profession and the law itself…
Read More about Pitt Law professor Kevin Ashley honored for furthering technology in the legal professionWestern New England Law co-hosts event to foster diversity in the legal profession
WWLP — There is a new effort to foster diversity in our justice system with Thursday night’s kick-off event for the “Future Lawyers of Springfield.”
Read More about Western New England Law co-hosts event to foster diversity in the legal professionHow the pandemic has affected legal pro bono work
LEXOLOGY — On March 9, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Pro Bono Partner, Tamara Serwer Caldas, spoke on a panel at the 2022 Pro Bono Institute Conference in Washington, D.C. Ms. Caldas’ panel addressed how changes in society and in the legal industry during the pandemic have impacted pro bono engagement and effectiveness, and what strategies large law…
Read More about How the pandemic has affected legal pro bono workPodcast: Legal search firm partners discuss finding a job during the pandemic
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…
Read More about Podcast: Legal search firm partners discuss finding a job during the pandemicDistrict Attorney offices across the country struggle to retain lawyers
REUTERS — District attorneys’ offices across the U.S. are struggling to recruit and retain lawyers, with some experiencing vacancies of up to 16% and a dearth of applicants for open jobs, according to interviews with more than a dozen top prosecutors and five state and national prosecutors’ associations.
Read More about District Attorney offices across the country struggle to retain lawyersWestern New England Law co-hosts event to foster diversity in the legal profession
WWLP — There is a new effort to foster diversity in our justice system with Thursday night’s kick-off event for the “Future Lawyers of Springfield.” The Hampden District Attorney’s office teamed up with Western New England University Law School to launch this new program. The goal is to cultivate a more diverse legal community in…
Read More about Western New England Law co-hosts event to foster diversity in the legal professionHow the pandemic has affected legal pro bono work
LEXOLOGY — On March 9, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Pro Bono Partner, Tamara Serwer Caldas, spoke on a panel at the 2022 Pro Bono Institute Conference in Washington, D.C. Ms. Caldas’ panel addressed how changes in society and in the legal industry during the pandemic have impacted pro bono engagement and effectiveness, and what strategies large law…
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