The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide.Emma Steele The organization is making deliberate moves to fix that disparity. According to the report…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rudy Giuliani’s descent into parody continued this weekend as he walked out of his own birthday party Friday night and into the arms of a process server he’d been ducking for weeks. Giuliani played a central role in the fake electors scheme, leaning on then Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on May 20, 2024 at 10:01 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, May 23, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the…
(Photo by Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management ) Lateral moves are a regular part of Biglaw life, and as with anything built into the culture of a firm, there are certain traditions built around the process — the notice period, the handing off of cases, the goodbye drinks, and of course, the farewell…
The winners, including Times Higher Education, UK upmarket teen educator Oxford Royale Academy and the University of Hertfordshire, were announced on May 6. Paul Howarth THE CEO said receiving the “prestigious award” was an “an absolute career highlight for me and an amazing seal of approval for the tremendous work THE does for one of the…
SCOTUS NEWS By Amy Howe on May 20, 2024 at 10:55 am The Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its merits docket for the 2024-25 term in a scheduled list of written orders on Monday morning. The justices denied review in over 60 cases, including a challenge to a Maryland county’s guidelines…
Travel back with me, if you will, to early April 1865. After losing a battle at Richmond, Virginia, Robert E. Lee retreated west, trying to rejoin other elements of the Confederate Army. Ulysses S. Grant cut off Lee’s retreat at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Lee realized that he was surrounded and out of options. On…
Listen to the article 11 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Earlier this year, Yale University joined a handful of other Ivy League and highly selective institutions that shed their policies making standardized tests optional for applicants. Other prestigious institutions that have recently reverted back to policies requiring…
The regulator is calling on providers in England to “look carefully” at the credibility of their forecasts and make changes to funding models after the review found a decline in financial performance in 2022-23. It painted a picture of declining surplus levels, cash flow and net liquidity, with more providers expected to fall into deficits in…
* Will Trump testify? [Reuters] * Red Lobster files for bankruptcy. All-you-can eat shrimp was a bad choice. [CNN] * ABA committee opening up to alternative licensing. [ABA Journal] * Do lawyers ever stop working? (No). [Law360] * Julian Assange granted appeal ahead of extradition. [Law360] * As Biglaw works to build poach-proof firms, diversifying…