SAEC 2024, which saw participation from 33 student teams across prominent institutions in India, had students working in multidisciplinary teams to build tech-enabled solutions to solve real-world problems on one of the two themes – global net zero goals and artificial intelligence. Each team created a three-minute video pitch, evaluated by a panel of SAEC…
Home Daily News Justice Thomas’ wife reportedly thanked group… U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas’ wife reportedly thanked group for fighting Supreme Court reform By Debra Cassens Weiss September 5, 2024, 10:10 am CDT Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas walks during a break in a voluntary interview Sept. 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C., with the House…
Amid further clarifications on the cap being made back in March, Marc Miller noted in a fresh statement on April 5 that the cap will represent a 28% reduction from 2023 for the groups included in it. “Many variables may influence the number of new international students who arrive in Canada in 2024, for example,…
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the FDA on Thursday morning, unanimously ruling to uphold access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The case’s plaintiff — the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an anti-abortion physician group — had been challenging mifepristone access ever since the drug was approved by the FDA nearly 25 years ago. The long-awaited…
If there has been one constant about the qualifications to own an American law firm, it has been this–you must be a lawyer. With the exception of the District of Columbia, the default rule in U.S. jurisdictions for decades has been that non-lawyers cannot own law firms. However, this is now changing, with many states…
Dr. Brooke A. Flinders has been named president of Frontier Nursing University. Dr. Brooke A. Flinders“I am proud and honored to accept the position of president of Frontier Nursing University,” said Flinders, who is an alum of Frontier. “I loved my time as a student and have been thoroughly impressed by the university’s lived mission…
The current law that governs a juvenile’s capacity to proceed in a delinquency matter matches part of the criminal law that governs a defendant’s capacity to proceed. The Juvenile Code expressly incorporates G.S. 15A‑1001, ‑1002, and ‑1003—the criminal provisions that establish a capacity standard and establish procedure to raise and determine capacity to proceed. G.S….
The Biden-Harris Administration released its first set of draft rules that propose to provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. “Student loan forgiveness isn’t only about relief for today’s borrowers,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona. “It’s about social mobility, economic prosperity, and creating America that…
Fast Company is out with its annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies, and of the 606 companies that made the list, just four are from legal tech. “The 606 organizations that we honor as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024 have met our high bar for demonstrating innovation and the impact of…
Home Daily News 2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could… Law Firms 2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue By Debra Cassens Weiss April 18, 2024, 3:16 pm CDT Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord are in merger talks to create a law firm that…