Dr. Karen A. TholeKaren A. Thole has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. She serves as director of the START (Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine) Lab at The Pennsylvania State University and as director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network. Thole holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in…
While it is hard to process that the Supreme Court just dismissed the primary sentiment behind the Magna Carta with Trump v. US, there is one thing that may do the job of snapping you back to reality — those student loans of yours! King President Biden’s efforts to forgive student loans in back in…
The post-Dobbs hits just keep on coming for advocates of reproductive freedom. Despite the popularity of choice and the repercussions on maternal and infant mortality, another state will enact a six-week abortion ban. On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling holding the state’s six-week abortion ban — that was passed in rushed…
Viviane Neves Massaro, a Brazilian woman who worked at Canadian company ApplyBoard from June 2021 to July 2022, posted a video on LinkedIn last month speaking about her experiences working in international education in which she alleged she was not supported by her employers when she complained about the behaviour of her line manager. In…
Last month, thanks to the recently released National Law Journal 500 ranking, we found out which U.S.-centric Biglaw firms were the biggest of them all in terms of headcount. Now, as a new companion piece to the American Lawyer’s Diversity Scorecard, we’ll now delve into the LGBTQ+ Scorecard, a ranking of the percentages of self-identified LGBTQ+…
OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jul 1, 2024 at 12:26 pm The justices handed a significant victory to former President Donald Trump in Trump v. United States on Monday. (Katie Barlow) In a historic decision, a divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former presidents can never be prosecuted for actions relating to the…
For many lawyers, Washington, DC is the place to be if they want to do work related to the government, be it litigation, transactional, or even lobbying. But which firms are considered the best in the nation’s capital? Thanks to Vault’s recently released regional rankings, we now know which Biglaw firms are dominating the legal…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) I think I’m safe for the next four years: I’m white. I’m relatively old. I’m relatively rich. And Donald Trump probably doesn’t read what I write about him here (or at The Daily Beast), so Trump probably won’t put me in jail. I did say that if I had to…
The students, 75 women and 71 men, have been awarded the coveted scholarship for a two-year master’s program, and hail from prominent higher education institutions in India. The EU member states where students will begin their programs are France (31), Portugal (19), Belgium (17), Italy (15), Spain (14), Germany (9), Finland (8), Czech Republic (5),…
Do *you* see obstruction here? (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) On Friday, the men appointed to the Supreme Court by Republicans gave a green light to right-wing coups. Maybe that sounds like a bit of an overstatement, but not by much. In a victory for the folks who tried to violently hand the results of…