Judge Kathryn Mizelle learned a lot while clerking for Clarence Thomas, including, apparently, her mentor’s fondness for taking luxury gifts from dark money outlets with vested interests in the cases you’re deciding. The same week we learned that Thomas hoovered up millions in gifts, it turns out his erstwhile clerk — appointed to the bench…
Longtime education faculty member Diana Waters found out from a student that Goddard College was closing. When Waters heard this, in April, she told the student: “No, no, no — you’re mistaken. They’re closing the campus, not the college.” Earlier this year, the Vermont college’s board told faculty that the financially struggling college — which…
Soon after Columbia Law Review published Rabea Eghbariah’s “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept,” they were blindsided by a unilateral decision by their Board of Directors scorched earth approach of taking the entire website offline to prevent the article being read. That didn’t work of course, it just encouraged the article to be sent out…
But staffing shortages, budget constraints and an overall lack of resources can keep colleges and universities from reaching their maximum cyber resilience potential. Sometimes, institutions don’t know where their cybersecurity weaknesses lie. This is where third-party input can be invaluable. Penetration testing and cybersecurity maturity assessments take a deep dive into an institution’s environment…
Dive Brief: Love’s Travel Stops is offering its employees tuition-free education and skill development through a partnership with online education and mobility provider Guild, the travel center chain has announced. The program, called “Fuel Your Growth,” is available to the company’s nearly 40,000 full- and part-time employees in the U.S. once they’ve worked with the…
This Biglaw M&A partner says the mood on the market has changed from ‘cautious optimism’ to even ‘more optimism.’ The post FYI Biglaw: M&A May Be Back, Baby! appeared first on Above the Law. #FYI #Biglaw #MampA #Baby
Ed note: This is the second installment in a series. Read the first installment here. After laying the groundwork with strategic planning and understanding the importance of preparation, let’s pivot to amplifying your digital presence. We’ll explore how to effectively use social media and other tools to set the stage for impactful face-to-face interactions. At…
If a Biglaw firm is one of the biggest, does that mean it’s also one of the best? That’s what one of Biglaw’s top firms seems to be banking on. Norton Rose Fulbright — a firm that brought in $2,261,192,000 gross revenue in 2023, putting it at No. 15 in the Am Law 100 —…
I was recently watching the news coverage of a monumental criminal case that wrapped up last week, which I am sure many of you read about. Numerous news networks had dozens of talking heads discussing all of the minutiae of the case, and many of the commentators were either practicing lawyers or former attorneys. Some…
Increasing financial challenges faced by international students in the UK the financial woes the sector will face if recruitment doesn’t diversify and damaging political rhetoric continues were also highlighted by the review. “Recruitment structures need to evolve and diversify, both with country and pathway. For too long the UK has relied on certain markets,…