The 15 Most Expensive Law Schools (2023-2024)
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Master Your Billing with Rocket Matter and QuickBooks
We know that law school doesn’t teach attorneys how to run a business. Even so, law firms face greater financial complexity than other professions because we hold money as custodians on behalf of other people in special accounts specifically created for that purpose. Managing trust accounts (also known as IOLTA accounts), their recordkeeping, and reporting,…
Top Biglaw Firm Closing 3 Offices, Laying Off Attorneys And Staff
HoLove is shrinking. The post Top Biglaw Firm Closing 3 Offices, Laying Off Attorneys And Staff appeared first on Above the Law. #Top #Biglaw #Firm #Closing #Offices #Laying #Attorneys #Staff
Ninth Circuit: No Immunity For Officer Who Shot Peaceful Protester In The Groin
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Morning Docket: 09.13.24
* Biglaw firm suffers toilet explosion. Skibidi’s forces grow closer every day. [Roll on Friday] * Alina Habba settles with waitress who sued her alleging that the lawyer convinced her to sign away her rights against a Trump company. [Independent] * Newsmax will face Smartmatic trial this month. [AP] * Correspondence reveals that behind closed…
We Are “A Nation of Laws and Not Men,” But if Donald Trump is Elected President, His Appointment of Loyalists to Positions of Power Will Turn the United States Into a Nation Subservient to the Rule of One Man | Jon May | Verdict
At critical junctures in Donald Trump’s presidency, some individuals of unquestionable loyalty to the President stood up to Trump and refused to carry out his orders. Despite their prior service in advancing Trump’s policies, Trump viewed those acts of disobedience as betrayal. In the future, officials in the Trump administration will understand that loyalty means…
Harvard’s Numbers Show Old Affirmative Action Should Have Been Saved
Now that all the data is in, a small group of Asian Americans should hang their heads in shame. The group with the ironic and hypocritical name, Students for Fair Admissions, was corralled by anti-affirmative action advocate Ed Blum and effectively duped and used to sue Harvard over race-based admissions. The result? After six years…
Are we on route to gender equality in higher education?
More women are attending university than ever before and a quarter of the world’s top universities have appointed a female president, but research shows that female academics are being pushed out of academia and are evaluated lower than male lecturers, which could stifle their careers. So what’s the state of play at the moment, and…
First international university opens in Iraqi Kurdistan
The university, located in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan under the licence of prime minister Masrour Barzani, has the capacity for 8,000 students in the first six years and is the premier university in the Middle East to offer direct British degrees. University of London vice chancellor professor Wendy Thomson said it was a…
Canadian study permits projected to drop by nearly half
With the number of Canadian study permit applications processed by the IRCC dropping by 54% in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, ApplyBoard has projected that the overall number will drop by 39% this year compared to 2023 in a new report. According to the report, the current trends signal that around 230,000 new study…