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A quick way to turn a good offer into a bad one is to over-complicate it. The quick way to make a bad offer good is to make it simpler. To state your fundraising offer in one sentence. One sentence that contains no professional jargon. One sentence of simple, colloquial language. One sentence that focuses…
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Earlier this week, a new lawsuit filed against Fenwick & West posits that the Biglaw firm’s role as attorney for a crypto client induced the plaintiff to invest. The plaintiff, Seven Peaks Ventures, invested in Prime Core Technologies, the parent company of crypto company Prime Trust, purchasing 700,000 shares in the Series A funding round,…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The number of colleges eligible for Title IV financial aid dropped slightly to 5,819 in the 2023-24 academic year, down 1.7% from the year before, according to data released Wednesday from the National Center of Education Statistics. …
Michelle Obama (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Of the two major candidates in this race, only Kamala Harris truly understands the unseen labor and unwavering commitment that has always made America great. Now, unfortunately, we know what comes next. We know folks…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The University of Kentucky dissolved its diversity, equity and inclusion center Tuesday, preemptively addressing concerns over DEI by the state’s conservative lawmakers. The institution will reassign the responsibilities of the Office for Institutional Diversity to other campus…
Somebody has to fight the good fight. No, not the fight against growing rates of homelessness or voter disenfranchisement. The stuff that really matters, like making sure that none of the Wisconsin State Bar’s dues funds go toward helping minorities. Daniel Suhr’s fight to prevent the Bar from funding a diversity scholarship in the name…
Dr. R. Lance HolbertFew community colleges offer courses that are specifically designated as “civic learning,” according to a report examining the current state of civics education in primary and secondary schools. The Community College and Civics Report — a joint project of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center and the American Association of…
Unless you’re trying to commit malpractice or taking the bar exam — everyone knows the first answer to most every legal question is “it depends.” That’s a feature, not a bug. The whole point of an advocate is to find the nooks and crannies within the law that can benefit the client. If the law…