New Jersey Law Schools Delay On Campus Interviews Until Early 2021

Both Rutgers Law School and Seton Hall University School of Law will postpone their on-campus interview (OCI) programs for the class of 2022 until at least January 2021, according to a release. The decision came following both schools' decisions to adopt pass/fail grading for all students for the spring 2020 semester. The one-semester shift in grading means that first-year law students will have only a single semester of grades going into their second-year fall semester, when law firm summer associate OCIs traditionally occur, the release noted, and delaying the interviews allows rising second-year students to log another semester of letter grades before submitting their resumes to employers. The schools are joining numerous other law schools in deferring the interviews until spring 2021. "Our decision to postpone interviews ensures our students are provided with the best opportunity to compete for their ideal summer opportunities," Dean Kathleen Boozang of Seton Hall Law, and co-deans David Lopez, of Rutgers Law's Newark campus, and Kimberly Mutcherson, of Rutgers Law's Camden campus, said in a joint statement.

Rutgers Law Sponsors Webinar Examining Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19

Jay Feinman, Professor at Rutgers Law School in Camden

The issue of business interruption insurance coverage for losses related to the outbreak of COVID-19, including numerous lawsuits filed, and bills introduced in state legislatures and in Congress to mandate coverage and create backup funding mechanisms for insurers, were discussed in a webinar sponsored by the National Council of Insurance Legislators and the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden on April 24. The online event featured a national panel of experts to discuss topics such as the reasons for and the costs of the legislative proposals, and corresponding state and federal constitutional issues. Participating presenters included Jay Feinman and Adam Scales, professors at Rutgers Law School in Camden and co-directors of the Rutgers Center for Risk Responsibility. Also participating were: New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, D-Camden/Burlington; Republican Indiana state Majority Leader Rep. Matt Lehman, president of the National Council of Insurance Legislators; and James Lynch, chief actuary and senior vice president of research and education at the Insurance Information Institute.