Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s most recent practice area rankings, which Biglaw firm is best in megers & acquisitions? Hint: This firm also took the top spot in the M&A rankings last year — actually, the entire Top 10 remained identical throughout the M&A slowdown…
Year-end giving campaigns are a foundation of fundraising programs everywhere. Many nonprofits – both large and small alike – struggle to get them right. Sometimes the appeal letters are off the mark because they have the wrong tone. Even worse, committees try to “group think” their appeal letter resulting in watered-down pablum. Some organizations neglect…
U.S. Supreme CourtU.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the University of Texas at Austin continued to unlawfully consider race when admitting students after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Students for Fair Admissions v….
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Michigan will launch a free community college program for recent high school graduates starting this fall, potentially covering the cost of earning an associate degree or skills certificate for more than 18,000 students. Under the…
An estimated 35,000 borrowers working in public service will get some $1.2 billion in approved student loan relief, according to the Biden-Harris administration. The relief is part of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program that supports public servants such as teachers, nurses, and firefighters by forgiving the remaining balance of their student loans when…
College Dropout. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Yeezus. Kanye West’s albums have been expert classes in creatively sampling prior work. But Ye could stand to be better about giving credit where credit is due. A recent lawsuit accuses West of taking other musicians’ work and using it on his album “Donda” without compensating them for…
New proposed regulations could increase college access for high school students and provide better public data on student outcomes, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Miguel CardonaThe department’s proposal — partly to increase oversight over distance education programs and to promote student-focused student aid programs — adds changes to the federal…
The law practice management platform Rocket Matter this week rolled out the next generation of its software, a “reimagined” version of the product that emphasizes flexibility and customization to meet the varying needs of different law firms and different practice areas. When it launched in 2008, Rocket Matter was one of the first of a…
Tamara K. Taylor has been appointed director of the Career and Professional Development Center at Florida A&M University. She served as the director of Career Education and senior assistant director for Career Coaching and Student Belonging at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Florida…
Weird situation brewing in Florida–. Wait, we need to be more precise. Yet another weird situation brewing in Florida where attorney Matthew Weidner was contacted by another lawyer over a case that he had nothing to do with. And yet his name — signature and all — was right there on the filing. Anyone ever…