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Our Approach to Teaching Law Must Change With the Times

The way we work has changed beyond measure in the last year, which is why our approach to teaching law must change as well.
4 minute read

International Edition

A&O-Backed LawTech Centre Launches University Degree in Northern Ireland

The advanced degree program is designed to deliver "lawyers who are fluent in tech", Mark Potkewitz, director of the legal innovation centre said.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hong Kong Law Students in Australia Offered 5-Year Visas

Following China's introduction of the controversial national security law, Hong Kong students and skilled workers are offered a visa extension and a path to permanent residency in Australia.
2 minute read

International Edition

Pandemic and Recession Take Toll on Professional Development Efforts

A new survey shows significant changes in how firms are delivering learning programs. It also shows that learning and development teams have been casualties of the COVID-19-induced recession.
6 minute read

International Edition

DLA Piper Offers Future Trainees Up to £10K To Defer Start Dates

The firm will give future U.K. trainees grants for voluntarily delaying contracts by six months or a whole year.
4 minute read

International Edition

Slaughters and A&O Join Swathe Of Firms Going Virtual For Vac Schemes 

Travers Smith, Baker McKenzie and Skadden have also made similar changes.
3 minute read

International Edition

Cancel Law Student Internships? 'Mais Non,' Say French Firms

As the COVID-19 crisis led law firms in the U.S. to cancel or sharply curtail their summer associate programs, firms in France are maintaining their programs, which are an essential part of legal education.
5 minute read

International Edition

Coronavirus Prompts Peking Transnational Law School to Close Brick-and-Mortar, Shifts Its Courses Online

The school in Shenzhen, the only one in the world to offer both a U.S. law curriculum taught in English and a Chinese Law curriculum, expects to restart classes online this week, using the program at a U.S.-based law school as a guide.
3 minute read

International Edition

US Law Professor Evacuated From Wuhan, Under 14-Day Mandatory Coronavirus Quarantine

Loyola University New Orleans Law Professor Chunlin Leonhard was supposed to spent the academic year in China as a Fulbright Scholar. But the coronavirus outbreak upended those plans.
5 minute read

International Edition

Korean, Japanese Bar Groups Ink Deals with New York State Bar Association

The New York bar group has struck cross-promotional deals with bar associations in Seoul and Tokyo in an effort to draw members internationally.
3 minute read

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