Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. The foundation announced that California State University, Fresno (Fresno State); the City College of New York (CCNY); Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia (ODU); the University of Missouri – Kansas…
The High Court has determined questions of case management and disclosure following on from its previous ruling (considered here) that group claims against Shell Plc and its Nigerian subsidiary relating to oil contamination in the Niger Delta must proceed as “global claims”, in light of the claimants’ failure to identify the particular spills said to …
A Big Week For Not Knowing The Law – Above the Law Skip to content We continue breaking down the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings and the chaos that its new methodology introduced. And we know exactly who to blame for breaking these rankings. Elon Musk recently went in for a deposition…
The budget will provide grants of $1.8 billion to Canada’s three research funding agencies over five years and a $1.1bn investment in interest-free student loans for 2024/25. “[The] budget includes badly needed support for students and leading-edge research,” said Gabriel Miller, president of Universities Canada. “Research and development are a cornerstone of Canadian productivity and…
In digital philanthropy, it has never been more important to seek out and embrace innovations, especially innovations in online donation forms. Your online giving form is the primary instrument you use to process a donation, and it’s also the key tool you use for collecting valuable information about your donors. You’re expecting a lot from…
UPDATED (April 17, 2024): Last night, during a special meeting of the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council, hundreds of faculty overwhelmingly passed votes of no confidence in IU President Pamela Whitten, Provost Rahul Shrivastav, and Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Carrie Docherty. Concerns over free speech and academic freedom are prompting Indiana University…
This post summarizes a published criminal law released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during March 2024. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. Previous summaries of Fourth Circuit cases are available here. Failure to disclose change in witness’s statement before trial and failure to correct the witness’s misleading statements at…
17 April 2024 Bennett Jones LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On April 3, 2024, the Alberta Government released additional details on the Alberta Carbon Capture Incentive Program (ACCIP), which will support and accelerate the development of new carbon…
Encouraging your employees to come together for a good cause is what workplace giving campaigns are all about. But how do you kickstart one? How do you motivate participation? Local giving days are the perfect opportunity for companies and corporations to step up their social impact by implementing a workplace giving campaign. By doing so,…
Recently, I was cleaning out some of my old things, and I stumbled upon the offer letter I received for the first Biglaw job I had at the beginning of my career. The five-page offer letter included a lot of the expected legalese, such as my salary information, how bonuses would be calculated, and other…