Enhancing Communication And Coordination Between In-House Counsel And The Procurement Team: A Key To Successful Procurement Processes

In December 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued The Uniform Guidance, also known as the “Super-Circular” which consolidated and streamlined administrative requirements for federal grants and cooperative agreements. Around that time, I was working for the Kentucky Department of Education first as an assistant general counsel and then as the Assistant Director…

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ACLU Lays Map to Combat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Threats

The American Civil Liberties Union has released a memo analyzing potential anti-DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies that the legal organization said could come from a second-term Donald Trump presidency. “Trump plans to intensify efforts to eradicate DEI programing and inclusive education, banning books and censoring curricula on race, gender, and the lived experiences and…

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Kemp Re-Elected Southern Regional Education Board Chair

Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp has been re-elected to a second, one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. Gov. Brian KempKemp will help lead the nonprofit, nonpartisan interstate compact comprising Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. “The efforts…

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The Top Biglaw Firms In Boston (2025)

(Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images) Boston is brimming with business opportunities, which is just one of the reasons that Biglaw firms are flocking there to throw open their doors. If you’re a lawyer who runs on Dunkin’, Beantown is the place to be. But which firm is right for you? Thanks to Vault’s recently released…

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Finish Your FAFSA, Find Your Future: Solutions for Black Students and HBCUs Navigating the FAFSA Rollout

In April, I outlined the challenges Black students and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are facing with the rollout of the new Better FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, a dynamic that has since led to a multitude of challenges, setbacks, and concerns among students, caregivers and educators as completing the form…

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Supreme Court Goes Out In Blaze Of Mendacity

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) The Supreme Court closed out its season, sidestepping text, precedent, and history — the trifecta! — to invent a new form of immunity to bail out Donald Trump. Weird, because so many of them were asked about this precise issue under oath and offered very different analysis. We also got January 6…

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