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Advocates, Lawmakers Push Gender Equality Legislation to Commemorate Equal Pay Day
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
President Joe Biden brought together gender equality advocates as he called for the passage of Paycheck Fairness Act during the White House’s commemoration of Equal Pay Day 2023.
Read more...Cardona: 'Stop Worshiping at the False Altar' of Rankings Data
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona did not mince words when it came to discussing the future of law school rankings as he lambasted the “unhealthy obsession with selectivity” he says they create.
Read more...Clear Erosion of Justice from Overreliance On Plea Bargains: Report
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
The practice of plea bargaining is increasingly commonplace in the U.S. criminal justice system, but the findings of a newly published, years-long study indicate the practice may be doing more harm than good when it comes to delivering actual justice.
Read more...Alternative Legal Services Providers Enjoy Explosive Growth, Adoption: Report
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Alternative legal services providers (ALSPs) enjoyed tremendous growth as law firms and corporations alike appear poised to continue to utilize their products. To that end, a new study from Thomson Reuters Institute, the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law delineates just how popular the alternative services sector has become over the last two years.
Read more...ABA Midyear Meeting Tackles Test Taking, Ethics, Hot-button Topics
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Representatives from the bar threw their support behind a new code of ethics for U.S. Supreme Court judges while at the same time kicked to the curb a proposal to make law school admissions exams optional. These hot-button topics, along with a slew of other considerations, were addressed at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2023 Midyear Meeting held from Wednesday, Feb. 1, to Monday, Feb. 6, in New Orleans.
Read more...Oath Keepers, Apple and Murder in Hawaii Among Top January Verdicts
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
From Oath Keepers to a Hawaiian murder, here are some notable verdicts from January.
Read more...ABA First-ever Introspective Assesses Impact of Four-part Mission
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
The American Bar Association has audited its chief initiatives in a first-of-its-kind report recently released. The document, entitled the ABA Impact Report, sets to identify and describe the tangible ways the trade group has aided membership to leverage the “power of law” to enhance the legal profession’s quest for justice.
Read more...Students Deliver More Than 2.7M Hours of Pro Bono Work: Report
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
A cohort of close to 17,000 law school students contributed approximately 2.7 million hours of pro bono services last year, according to a recent report from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Read more...U.S. News & World Report Overhauls Law School Rankings Amid Backlash
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
After facing some high-profile criticism for its annual ranking of the top law schools, U.S. News & World Report has decided to make wholesale changes to its ranking process, the publication announced recently.
Read more...Law School Enrollment Drops Drastically, Returns to Pre-COVID Levels: ABA
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Law school enrollment dropped dramatically in 2022 after a noticeable uptick through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to newly published data from the American Bar Association (ABA). After two years of enrollment growth, the data shows first-year law students at ABA-accredited schools plummeted 11%, returning the rate to its approximate pre-pandemic level, according to the ABA report.
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