Karen Sloan
Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer at ALM. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign up for Ahead of the Curve—her weekly email update on trends and innovation in legal education—here: https://www.law.com/briefings/ahead-of-the-curve/
February 12, 2021 | Law.com
With Delayed Bar Exams, Law Schools Want More Time for Grads to Secure JobsLaw deans in New York, California and New Jersey have asked the American Bar Association to add a second round of graduate employment data collection, saying late bar exam results and pandemic lockdowns have hampered the ability of 2020 law grads to find work.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
February 11, 2021 | The Recorder
California Bar Threatened With Lawsuit Over Online Bar Exam TechnologyThe Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law argues that California's use of facial recognition software to verify the identities of online bar exam takers and monitor them for cheating is discriminatory against women and non-white examinees.
By Karen Sloan
5 minute read
February 11, 2021 | Law.com
AALS President Is Leaving the Legal Academy for College PresidencyVincent Rougeau has been dean of Boston College Law School since 2011, and will take over as president of the College of the Holy Cross in July. Rougeau will be the college's first Black president, as well as the first lay president in the institution's 178-year history.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
February 10, 2021 | Law.com
Students Ask Harvard Law to Shun Trump OfficialsMore than 200 Harvard Law School students and alumni have asked the school to pledge not to hire senior officials from the Trump administration and lawmakers who supported his agenda.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
February 09, 2021 | Law.com
Law School Reformer Lands New Gig Leading Access to Justice OrganizationDavid Yellen is the former dean of the law schools at Loyola University Chicago and Hofstra University, and has been named the incoming CEO of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
February 09, 2021 | The Recorder
Berkeley Law Institute Receives $10 Million Gift and a New NameThe funding comes from the Helen Diller Foundation and will expand the work of an institute that centers on Israel studies and Jewish law.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
February 09, 2021 | Law.com
Ahead of the Curve: Law Schools Walk the Walk on AntiracismThis week's Ahead of the Curve looks at how three law schools are taking concrete steps to combat systemic inequality and racism within society and on their own campuses.
By Karen Sloan
9 minute read
February 05, 2021 | Law.com
For Women to Climb in M&A, Male Allyship is 'Essential'The co-chair of Cooley's M&A group shares her journey to success and how other women can ascend the ranks of the traditionally male-dominated M&A world.
By Karen Sloan | Zack Needles
1 minute read
February 03, 2021 | Law.com
NCBE Unveils Online Bar Exam Option for July 2021Jurisdictions will have a choice between offering an in-person July bar exam, or one delivered remotely.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
February 02, 2021 | Law.com
Ahead of the Curve: Inspiring Law StudentsThis week's Ahead of the Curve feature standout law students who are breaking new ground on campus, in courts, and even the White House. Plus, a law dean uses Hamilton to assure students that, "They'll Be Back."
By Karen Sloan
8 minute read
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