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The Legal Intelligencer

Women's Groups at UPenn, Other Top Law Schools Unite to Fight Big Law's Mandatory Arbitration

The organizations say they won't accept funding from law firms that require employees to sign such agreements, nor will they promote those firms to their members.
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New York Law Journal

Women's Groups at Top Law Schools Unite to Fight Big Law's Mandatory Arbitration

Kirkland & Ellis ended its use of mandatory arbitration Nov. 21, following the Harvard letter and a boycott campaign launched by the Pipeline Parity Project.
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The Recorder

Women's Groups at Stanford, Berkeley Law Unite to Fight Mandatory Arbitration in Big Law

The organizations joined those from six other elite schools across the country pledging that they won't accept funding from law firms that require employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements, nor will they promote those firms to their members.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Tips for How to Make the Best of Rest Time and How to Know You Need It

Texas law students yearning for rest and relaxation will get a chance later this month, but winter break isn't just a time for leisure.To make…
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

BYU, NC State Bring on New Top Lawyers

Steven Sandberg, who has been in-house at Brigham Young University since 2006, has been named assistant to the president and general counsel, while Allison Newhart, currently associate GC at Pennsylvania State University, will become vice chancellor and GC at North Carolina State University on Feb. 1.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Battle Continues to Play Out Over Education Law

More than 18 months after legislators passed a controversial education law pushed by then-House Speaker Richard Corcoran, attorneys for the state and…
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Laster Greenlights Lawsuit Challenging Del. Education Spending Gaps

Chancery Court Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said it appeared the current system for allocating public school resources suffered from "deep structural flaws" and that Delaware's public schools have become re-segregated by race and class.
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Legaltech News

Wolters Kluwer Gives $10,000 Award for Innovations Benefiting Law Students

The Leading Edge Prize for Education Innovation award offered prizes to two programs, one looking to identify factors undermining academic performance and the other connecting attorneys and those needing assistance.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Amid Law Student Boycott, Kirkland & Ellis Drops Mandatory Arbitration for Associates

Less than two weeks after Harvard law students called for a boycott of Kirkland & Ellis during the upcoming summer associate recruitment season due to its use of mandatory arbitration agreements, the firm has reversed course and will no longer require associates or summer associates to sign them.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

You Think Legal Education Can't Change? 8 Innovative Ideas from Law Schools

These initiatives from the Fall 2018 semester show that law schools are going beyond the core curriculum to embrace new ideas and technologies.
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