Build your skills and knowledge to better advocate for intimate partner violence survivors who need legal assistance. The post Learn How To Make A Difference For Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence appeared first on Above the Law. #Learn #Difference #Survivors #Intimate #Partner #Violence #Sponsored
While the new VACs will initially focus on providing biometric collections, it will expand its services to transmit and track passports and other documents. Applicants will still be able to access all the services at Canada’s existing VAC in Mexico City. “With these new centres, Mexico will have four VACs located in the country’s three…
While you no doubt want more donors of all sizes, you especially want loyal donors who make above average size gifts. Because that’s where you’ll get the greatest return on your investment. Today, let’s talk about major donors. Why? They account for the lion’s share of all contributed income. Studies show…
When Americans talk about the death penalty in the United States, we generally ignore a large swath of the middle of the country. In part, that is because only 200 of the 1594 executions that have taken place since 1976 occurred in the Midwest. However, looking at such reliably red states like Kansas, Nebraska, and…
Crystal Churchwell EvansCrystal Churchwell Evans has been named vice president of development and alumni affairs at Fisk University. She served as director of development for Frist Art Museum. Evans is a graduate of Wellesley College and Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management. #CRYSTAL #CHURCHWELL #EVANS #Diverse #Issues #Higher #Education
Robin SchimandleRobin Schimandle has been named director of development for the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources at the University of Nevada Reno. She served the university as director of development for University Libraries. Schimandle holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway. #ROBIN #SCHIMANDLE #Diverse #Issues…
The focus on sustainability is ramping up in higher education, with Times Higher Education’s (THE) recent Global Sustainable Development Congress in Bangkok drawing over 3,000 delegates. It felt almost NAFSA-esque, with a large exhibition hall and headphone presentations on two hall stages running parallel to panels and other side events. The University of Auckland even…
Why do professors think everyone has to personally experience the facts to understand the law? The post Debbie Does The Dormant Commerce Clause appeared first on Above the Law. #Debbie #Dormant #Commerce #Clause
A new legal ethics opinion on the use of generative AI in law practice makes one point very clear: lawyers are required to maintain competence across all technological means relevant to their practices, and that includes the use of generative AI. The opinion, jointly issued by the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association, was…
Erika ThompsonErika Thompson has been appointed associate director of the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University in Texas. She served as the community liaison for the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School within the Houston Public Library system. Thompson holds a master’s in Africana studies from Cornell University…