Dr. Kristin G. EsterbergThe American Association of State Colleges and Universities has announced a new cohort of 35 higher education professionals taking part in its 2024 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). “Once again, AASCU is providing a group of aspiring higher education leaders with an invaluable learning experience to help them grow into their future roles…
There’s something so ugly to me about the rising efforts to ban gender-affirming care for trans children. It’s taking the most vulnerable people in society, at a time when they are their most vulnerable and just turning the knife. So of course it’s connected to the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo. Leo is the man most…
Imagine the curtain falls on a successful performance by your theater company with record attendance. The applause ringing out around the theater is not just for the performers on the stage, but also for the behind-the-scenes heroes—your staff members—who made the show possible. For arts and culture organizations like yours, it’s essential to have a…
Hunter Biden (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images for Usher’s New Look Foundation) Rudy Giuliani did more than almost anyone to flog the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop. Giuliani’s efforts in convincing the right-wing echo chamber that the laptop Biden left in a repair shop should join the Necronomicon and the Spellbook from Hocus Pocus in…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education is challenging a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block the Biden administration’s Title IX final rule in four states, according to a notice of appeal filed Monday in the 5th…
Jasvinder Gill was a senior partner at Hatten Wyatt in Kent, England. But he’s now suspended from the legal profession for two years — and ordered to pay £85,501 in costs — after a disciplinary tribunal found he “used his position of influence and authority in the workplace to create situations in which office relationships, sexual…
Planning for Device Recycling Starts Long Before End-of-Life Arrives The last thing university administrators want to do is turn a major investment, such as the ever-growing collection of technologies in their possession, into piles of decommissioned devices that have reached the end of their useful life. It’s bad for business, it’s bad for the…
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Jonathan Turley more or less abandoned good faith argument years ago in his effort to extend his 15 minutes of fame one Fox cable news hit at a time. Holding onto his crown as the right’s favorite legal commentator hasn’t been easy for the George Washington Law professor, having forced…
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) On June 10, Donald Trump filed yet another motion to dismiss his Florida documents case. In this latest offering, his lawyers Todd Blanche and Chris Kise feigned gross indignation that “The prosecution team destroyed exculpatory evidence supporting one of the most basic defenses available to President Trump in response to…
Smaller events have been getting some prominence lately in Above the Law, as their promoters note an important role as a complement to large industry conferences. Organizers of smaller events point to benefits like non-overlapping panels, deep, niche discussions, high attendee-to-vendor ratios, and networking breaks that are more lunchtime catch-up than elevator pitch. It’s the…