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Law School Deans Want More Time To Report Job Statistics Due To COVID-19February 16, 2021 at 3:41 PM Delayed bar exams caused a major problem in the employment pipeline.Tags: Law, Law Schools, Quote Of The Day, Job Searches, Law School Deans, American Bar Association / ABA, Employment Statistics, COVID-19 21 people like this. Like ABA offers ethical guidance on responding to negative online reviewsJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:15 PM Tags: New York, Law, Social Media, Web/Tech, Thomson Reuters, Aba, Committee, ABA Journal, Evan, Rochester New York, Daily Record--Legal Currents Column, Law & Technology, NBlack, Nicole Black, American Bar Association ABA, First the Committee 109 people like this. Like The ABA Addresses How To Deal With Negative Online Criticism In An Unsurprising And Probably Unfair WayJanuary 27, 2021 at 5:17 PM The committee’s 'best practices' recommendations are seldom likely to get the results the attorney wants.Tags: Technology, Law, Aba, Small Law Firms, American Bar Association / ABA, Steven Chung Albatross Of Six-Figure Student Loan Debts Stymieing Young Lawyers’ Pursuit Of Meaningful WorkJanuary 6, 2021 at 10:47 AM Three-quarters of graduates finish law school with at least $100,000 of student loan debt.Tags: Law, Finance, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Law Schools, American Bar Association / ABA, Jonathan Wolf, Debt Forgiveness 46 people like this. Like Ask Why ABA Opposes Bipartisan Anti-Money Laundering Rules Before Renewing Your MembershipDecember 9, 2020 at 11:15 AM Could opposition to such a measure really serve the interests of the ABA?Tags: Law, Finance, Aba, Money Laundering, American Bar Association / ABA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jonathan Wolf, Beneficial-Ownership Legislation 37 people like this. Like Litigation Finance And The ABA — A Mixed Bag Of Best Practices (Part II) [Sponsored]October 8, 2020 at 12:13 PM Marla Decker of Lake Whillans discusses how the recent American Bar Association recommendations compare to current standard practices.Tags: Law, American Bar Association, Aba, Marla Decker, Sponsored Content, American Bar Association / ABA, Litigation Finance, Lake Whillans, Lake Whillans Litigation Finance 8 people like this. Like Litigation Finance And The ABA — A Mixed Bag Of Best Practices (Part I) [Sponsored]September 17, 2020 at 2:14 PM Highlighting key issues raised by the ABA and offering suggestions on how counsel might best interpret the document.Tags: Law, Aba, Sponsored Content, American Bar Association / ABA, Litigation Finance, Lake Whillans, Lake Whillans Litigation Finance 2 people like this. Like On Legal Ethics and Artificial IntelligenceAugust 12, 2020 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Law, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Technology, Legal Information, American Bar Association ABA, Kim Nayyer, Kristin Johnson, Marcelo Rodríguez, American Association of Law Libraries Conference, Kristin Johnson Steven Lastres, Steven Lastres 139 people like this. Like Got Law School Debt? Win This Contest To Pay It Off!February 10, 2020 at 1:44 PM How would some loan relief impact your world?Tags: Law, Student Loans, Contests, Law Schools, SoFi, American Bar Association / ABA, Law Students 39 people like this. Like La Verne Law School Opts For State Accreditation Rather Than ClosureNovember 26, 2019 at 11:18 AM The Los Angeles-area school will voluntarily give up its American Bar Association accreditation.Tags: Law, Los Angeles, Law Schools, American Bar Association, American Bar Association / ABA, Law Students, Law School Accreditation, Lyle Moran, University of La Verne College of Law 45 people like this. Like Struggling Law School Will Officially Lose AccreditationNovember 22, 2019 at 1:15 PM At last, the ABA pounded the final nail into the Thomas Jefferson School of Law's coffin.Tags: Law, Law Schools, Aba, Thomas Jefferson, American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Accreditation, Thomas Jefferson School of Law 21 people like this. Like Nominee Tries To Get Away With Mealy-Mouthed Gay Rights Statement And Then Cries About Getting Called Out On ItOctober 31, 2019 at 10:45 AM Don't get distracted by the theatrics -- this is an assault on the ABA as an institution.Tags: Law, Courts, Aba, Don, American Bar Association / ABA, Lawrence VanDyke 43 people like this. Like Only A Small Number Of Law Schools Are At Risk Under The ABA’s New Accreditation StandardMay 22, 2019 at 12:12 PM Considering that most test takers will pass the bar exam within two years, this might not be such a big deal.Tags: Law, Law Schools, Aba, American Bar Association / ABA, Bar Exams, Law School Accreditation 13 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 05.20.19May 20, 2019 at 8:19 AM * Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank reportedly saw suspicious activity in accounts belonging to Donald Trump and Jared Kushner and thought it ought to be reported to the Treasury Department‘s financial-crimes unit, but... that never happened because “[i]t’a the D.B. way.” [New York Times]
* That’s one way to land a Biglaw job: According to Greg Craig, there was nothing “improper or tawdry” about him asking Skansen Arps to hire Paul Manafort’s daughter to get more business. In f...Tags: Law, Mental Health, Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, Law Schools, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Health & Wellness, Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Skadden, Greg Craig, Morning Docket, American Bar Association / ABA, Bar Exams, Law School Accreditation 42 people like this. Like Notes From The ABA Tax Conference: IRS Hiring, Modernization, Taxing The Gig Economy, And Tax InequalityMay 15, 2019 at 2:46 PM The May tax conference had something for everyone -- from pro bono to M&A.Tags: Law, Irs, Tax Law, Aba, American Bar Association / ABA, Steven Chung 41 people like this. Like Maybe This Positive Jobs Report For Law School Graduates Isn’t As Positive As It Seems…April 30, 2019 at 1:13 PM Future graduating classes may be in trouble.Tags: Law, Law Schools, Quote Of The Day, Job Searches, American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Transparency, Kyle McEntee, Employment Statistics 1 people like this. Like The Law Schools With The Worst ‘Ultimate’ Bar Pass Rates (2016-2018)April 25, 2019 at 1:42 PM Plus, the law schools with the best 'ultimate' bar pass rates.Tags: Law, Law Schools, American Bar Association / ABA, Law Students, Bar Exams, Bar Exam Pass Rates, Ultimate Bar Pass Rates 28 people like this. Like The Law Schools With The Best And Worst First-Time Bar Exam Pass Rates (2018)April 22, 2019 at 11:17 AM Yikes! Some of these pass rates are absolutely horrendous.Tags: Law, Uncategorized, Law Schools, American Bar Association / ABA, Law Students, Bar Exams, Bar Exam Pass Rates 2 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 04.22.19April 22, 2019 at 8:15 AM * Impeachment proceedings are “possibly coming”: It’s got a little less oomph than the Game of Thrones tagline that the president is a fan of commandeering, but House Democrats are working on it in the wake of the Mueller report’s findings. [NBC News]
* Per Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, there’s “nothing wrong with taking information from Russians.” And besides which, “Who says it’s even illegal?” But would he have done the same when he was running for president? “I probably wouldn’t...Tags: Supreme Court, Law, Washington Post, White House, Russia, Nbc News, House, House Of Representatives, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Law Schools, Biglaw, American Bar Association, Jones Day, Morning Docket, American Bar Association / ABA Non Sequiturs: 03.24.19March 23, 2019 at 5:30 PM * In the wake of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's retirement, I predicted that Chief Justice John Roberts, a staunch institutionalist when it comes to the Supreme Court, would serve as a moderating influence at SCOTUS -- and so far that seems to be the case, with Adam Feldman noting a "a mild liberalizing over time" in JGR's jurisprudence. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, it's high time for the Court to resolve the messy circuit split on email privacy under the Stored Communications Act, ac...Tags: New York, Technology, Email, Supreme Court, Privacy, Law, Scotus, Rankings, Free Speech, Emails, Law Schools, American Bar Association, Fastcase, Trump, JGR, John Roberts 34 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 03.06.19March 6, 2019 at 8:38 AM * Happy birthday, Your Honor! More than a thousand of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's fans signed up to plank on the steps of the Supreme Court for her 86th birthday on March 15. Do you love the RBG enough to plank for justice? [Washingtonian]
* Allison Jones Rushing, a Williams & Connolly litigation partner, was confirmed to the Fourth Circuit in a vote of 53-43. Rushing is now one of the youngest federal appeals judges to be appointed by President Trump. [National Law Journal]
* According to a new pol...Tags: Supreme Court, Law, Congress, California, Kanye West, Student Loans, Donald Trump, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Law Schools, American Bar Association, Cnbc, Trump, Insider Trading, Cohen, Fourth Circuit, Michael Cohen 26 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 02.28.19February 28, 2019 at 8:35 AM * Uh-oh! In the wake of Michael Cohen's testimony, Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings of the House Oversight Committee sent letters to President Trump's tax attorney from Morgan Lewis and the Trump Organization's outside counsel from Michael Best requesting their appearance for a “transcribed interview.” [National Law Journal]
* After widespread rebuke, the Florida Bar has officially opened an ethics investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz's alleged witness tampering of Michael Cohen via tweet prior to h...Tags: Money, Law, Bill, Women's Issues, Law Schools, Biglaw, Tax Law, Aba, Legal Ethics, ABA Journal, Trump, Florida Bar, Elijah Cummings, Michael Cohen, Milbank, Florida Bar Association 12 people like this. Like Is An ‘Unhealthy’ Lawyer An Unethical Lawyer?January 31, 2019 at 3:49 PM Let’s be clear. The mere fact of struggling with a mental health issue does NOT, in itself, make a lawyer 'unethical.' Tags: Law, Mental Health, Legal Ethics, Health / Wellness, Brian Cuban, American Bar Association / ABA, The Addicted Lawyer 43 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 01.30.19January 30, 2019 at 8:29 AM * What do Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen, Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, and Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino all have in common? They may soon be inmates together at FCI Otisville, one of America's "cushiest" prisons. Oooh, looks like we've got a situation! [INSIDER]
* "New York State’s campaign finance system is generally a scandal, and this is another example of it." Disgraced former New York AG Eric Schneiderman used campaign funds to pay the law firm that represented him during an in...Tags: Prisons, Supreme Court, Law, America, Associated Press, Campaign Finance, New York State, Biglaw, Aba, ABA Journal, Trump, Jersey Shore, Michael Cohen, Clarence Thomas, New York AG, Eric Schneiderman 30 people like this. Like A New Proposal For Law Schools: Fix Your Bar Pass Rates Or Lose AccreditationJanuary 23, 2019 at 3:34 PM This could actually happen, so law schools might want to get prepared.Tags: Law, Law Schools, Quote Of The Day, National Conference of Bar Examiners, American Bar Association / ABA, Bar Exams, Law School Accreditation, Judith Gundersen 31 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 01.23.19January 23, 2019 at 8:37 AM * “Trump is screaming. He’s so mad at Rudy.” After yet another botched interview, President Trump is reportedly “furious” with Rudy Giuliani, and word on the street is that he’s being told to dump the former New York mayor before any additional damage can be done. Best of luck, because he very obviously needs it. [Vanity Fair]
* Justice will prevail... at least until the end of the month: The federal judiciary is still clinging to life amid the government shutdown, and the Administrative Office...Tags: New York, Supreme Court, Law, Washington Post, Social Media, Courts, Donald Trump, Government Shutdown, Rudy Giuliani, Law Schools, Aba, Second Amendment, Trump, Stormy Daniels, House of Delegates, ATL 13 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 11.18.18November 18, 2018 at 8:39 AM * "You were very busy. Wow. Wow. I always knew I liked him." President Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom to the Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday and managed to crack a joke about the late justice's sex life when referring to his wife and their nine children. Wow. [USA Today]
* Speaking about birth control... President Trump has proposed a new way for employers to get around the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate by creating a Title X loophole that would "hijack" programs ...Tags: Crime, Law, California, New York Times, Affordable Care Act, Usa Today, Donald Trump, Law Schools, Biglaw, Aba, ABA Journal, Trump, Antonin Scalia, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Weil Gotshal, Work/Life Balance 11 people like this. Like |
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