Penn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowships
PENN LAW — Upon graduation, 18 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2021 will pursue important and diverse public interest work with the support of prestigious fellowship funding.
Read More about Penn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowshipsUniversity of St. Thomas Law Mentor Externship Program helps graduates start legal careers
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — These all come together in the school’s award-winning Mentor Externship Program, through which each St. Thomas Law student is paired with a lawyer or judge each year of law school to help them gain work experience, develop professional connections and navigate the legal field. “What we aim to do in the program…
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law Mentor Externship Program helps graduates start legal careersABA holds hybrid annual meeting
ABA JOURNAL — The American Bar Association is hosting its first-ever hybrid annual meeting, which will bring together members for both virtual and in-person events in Chicago this week. ABA President Patricia Lee Refo said in a welcome message that the meeting, which runs from Aug. 4 through Aug. 10, has been “our association’s hallmark event since…
Read More about ABA holds hybrid annual meetingOregon moves closer to alternative licensing pathways for lawyers
REUTERS — Currently, Oregon participates in the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) as its primary approach to licensure. The addition of the experiential learning and the supervised practice pathway would offer two more methods with all three ensuring specific competencies are met to practice law in the state.
Read More about Oregon moves closer to alternative licensing pathways for lawyersLegal industry scrambles to fill open positions
REUTERS — “The amount of new openings that are happening now, it’s beyond just coming back from COVID,” said Leopard Solutions sales and marketing VP Phil Flora. “It’s just a hyperactive market right now, where it’s just extremely competitive.”
Read More about Legal industry scrambles to fill open positionsSpike in COVID-19 cases disrupts return to office plans for lawyers with young children
REUTERS — While children are far less likely than adults to become seriously ill from the virus, fear of bringing it home from the office is adding an extra complication for lawyers with kids under 12, who are still not authorized to receive any of the highly effective COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States.
Read More about Spike in COVID-19 cases disrupts return to office plans for lawyers with young children