Is it time to wave goodbye to this firm, or will a merger partner come to its rescue? Last month, we reported on a Boston midsized firm that had been virtually ransacked by Biglaw firms looking for attorneys to fill their new offices in Beantown. At the time, Burns & Levinson was gauging its merger…
Lee LambertLee Lambert has been named chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. He serves as chancellor of Pima Community College in Arizona. Lambert holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from The Evergreen State College and a juris doctor from Seattle University. #LEE #LAMBERT #Diverse #Issues #Higher #Education
Everyone loves a good bar exam horror story. This week, tens of thousands of people will sit for the July administration of the bar exam. The experience is more than a professional licensing exam, it’s a trial by fire/hazing ritual. But the tradition soldiers on (for most, diploma privilege FTW), and so do the stories…
Bangladeshi students are taking to the streets to protest a proposed government policy that would have seen almost a third of government jobs reserved for the descendants of freedom fighters. Despite the Supreme Court stepping in to reduce the quotas to 5%, the wave of uncertainty the unrest has caused may lead to more Bangladeshi…
In June 2024, Double the Donation organized the industry’s first-ever Matching Gift Idea Exchange. This was an opportunity for nonprofits, schools, and other groups to share their best matching gift materials and be inspired by their peers’ ideas as well. Why? Matching gifts are a powerful tool for fundraising organizations, allowing them to maximize donations…
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It isn’t unusual to think of law school as a path to profit. While you see the occasional bleeding heart litigator who goes to law school so they can prevent ANWR from becoming a cold cash pump, many more go because they want their share of Biglaw’s six-figure starting salaries. Three former law school employees…
Clare O’Neil, who had been serving as home affairs minister for two years – overseeing the Nixon Review and the Migration Strategy – has been moved to the housing and homelessness portfolio. Meanwhile, Andrew Giles, the former immigration minister, will move into the skills and training ministry – but the post will now be demoted…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jul 29, 2024 at 10:32 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Monday, July 29, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 29, 2024, 10:32 AM),…
Published: 7/29/2024 Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the first of our Career Talk Series, which invites faculty, former Cengage student ambassadors and Cengage employees to share their unique journeys into their current roles, highlighting the motivations and inspirations that guided them. Each talk delves into the unexpected twists and turns that shaped their paths,…