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Return-to-office push prompts law firms to reconsider child care benefits

As calls for a return to the office grow, the stressor of juggling child care weighs heavily on working parents at law firms—namely for those whose livelihoods are often tied to billable hours.



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High-risk, high-reward world of mass torts is a billion-dollar business

It’s a practice area that can yield blockbuster verdicts against deep-pocket corporations—the kinds of cases frequently featured in the news. Mass torts is a field that’s often misunderstood and mischaracterized, praised by some for prompting consumer safeguards and forcing corporate change but also viewed as overwhelmingly white and male with high barriers to entry. And the field has plenty of detractors.



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Sci-Fact: Futuristic films have gotten some things right about tech law challenges

Many films and shows have imagined the future and how technology both helps and hurts society. When it comes to some parts of the legal system, it’s clear that the future is now.



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No summer break for Supreme Court ethics debate

The drumbeat of news about U.S. Supreme Court ethics has not taken a summer recess, even though the justices themselves have.



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Golden Gate Law students with free tuition plan to stay at the school despite concerns

Their tuition is free, and if the law school closes before they graduate, they are somewhat confident an ABA-approved teach-out plan will include schools that will accept them as transfer students.



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'Virtually all' incoming law students think they will be in the top half of their class, new study finds

Updated: A new survey of more than 600 incoming law students found them to be overconfident about how well they will do in law school and poor predictors of how they would perform.



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Florida Supreme Court approves pilot program for online small claims court

Acting on the Florida Bar’s recommendation, the Florida Supreme Court has authorized courts to pilot online courts, so small claim litigants never have to enter a courthouse.



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Following Stanford Law incident at Federalist Society event, associate DEI dean leaves role

Tirien Steinbach, an associate dean at Stanford Law School who was shown in a videotaped campus exchange with a federal appellate judge that went viral, has announced that she is leaving her role.



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ABA executive described as 'accessible' and 'real resource' for law deans set to retire next spring

Bill Adams, a former attorney for the Legal Services Corp. and a law school dean who helped guide schools through the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced that he will be retiring as the ABA’s managing director for accreditation and legal education.



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In new admissions cycle, law schools are trying to avoid 'litigation bait' with race-neutral plans

After last month’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion that found race-conscious university admissions decisions to be unconstitutional, the clock is ticking for law schools determining what to do when the new applications cycle begins in September.



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