‘Yessssss! This is awesome!’ As regular readers of this column know, I am a huge fan of “The Office,” which I watch almost every day. In one episode, the main character (Michael Scott) tries to explain that salary isn’t everything in a job and that sometimes job perks can make up for a lower salary….
While ILTACON attendees are sure to be focused on specific generative AI tools this year, there’s a pressing need to make sure that all lawyers and other legal professionals are trained on the underlying technology itself and the issues that they need to be aware of. That’s because the role of lawyers and law firms…
Over the years, Above the Law has seen some very understandable distancing from former employees. Besides the expected layoffs, there are the occasional for-cause terminations that stem from things like BDSM contracts and work sex with junior associates or potty humor that summons the fire department and police to a tarmac. When these people got…
Why reflection matters Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the importance of reflection in our work as teaching faculty and educational developers. It seems to me that as campuses across the United States are in perpetual crisis, and many relationships are tense and fractured, reflecting on what we say and do and…
Three major HE providers – the UK, Canada and Australia – are actively rebalancing international student entry policies. Domestically there are clear reasons for increasingly hazardous policy hurdles. From national sentiment towards migration to housing supply, governments face a serious balancing act. The UK is reviewing the Graduate route visa and presenting student numbers as…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Persistence rates among first-time students are the highest they have been in the past decade, according to a report released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Of first-year students who enrolled in fall…
(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Justice Juan Merchan is not recusing from Donald Trump’s false business records case. Again. Since the beginning of this case, the defendant has argued that the judge is biased by his daughter’s work for a Democratic public relations firm. But even before Trump filed his first recusal…
Dr. Roger Mitchell Jr.Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., has been named president of Howard University Hospital. Adventist HealthCare and Howard University recently announced the appointment as part of their management service agreement and continue discussions for a long-term partnership. “Dr. Mitchell is uniquely qualified to lead Howard University Hospital, bringing decades of strong leadership experience…
Image from Shutterstock. Not much can strike more terror into the hearts of aspiring lawyers than the LSAT and the bar exam. Right now, these tests are having a moment. The LSAT is facing competition from the JD-Next exam, and many states are reconsidering their licensing methods as the bar exam as we’ve known it…
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 30, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! It is often said that much, if not most, of communication comes not in what we say but in how we say it. We might say something that…