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10 Tips on preparing for law school

SimplyLawJobs

Many students start thinking about their career choices while they are still at school. If you’re looking for admission to a law school, you better start preparing early. While you can come from any background in your pre-law years, most people come from a liberal arts background.

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Q&A With Heather Oden: Ball Janik’s COO on the Role Legal Ops Plays Today

Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work’s new “You at Work Spotlight” series focuses on the crucial role business professionals play in law firms of all sizes — including newly emerging career options in the legal industry. In our first interview, we focus on the role of the chief operating officer and the demands the pandemic has placed on legal operations.

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The 2023 Fastcase 50 Announced, Honoring Legal’s Innovators, Visionaries and Leaders

LawSites

Over the years, the list has included a diverse selection of lawyers, legal technologists, policymakers, judges, law librarians, bar association executives, and people from all walks of life who are innovating in the legal profession. (I I was honored to be in the inaugural Fastcase 50 class in 2011.

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Morning Docket: 09.06.23

Above The Law

Law360 ] * Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. appeared first on Above the Law.

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How Law Firms Can Manage Changing Consumer Expectations

MyCase

With markedly increased remote interaction during the pandemic, legal services consumers will expect similar connection to and engagement with law firms in 2021 and beyond. With repeated and loud cries for change, the care for law students and law firm employees by established institutions is at the forefront of online discourse. .’”

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Protest Surveillance: Police Transparency or Doxxing?

The Crime Report

Specifically receiving the brunt of the scrutiny, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) in Oregon livestreamed the protests on their official Twitter feed — sometimes zooming in and lingering on individual protesters’ faces and shoes, apparently trying to identify certain protesters to the public.

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Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse

The Crime Report

Privileging a hard line on drug legalization or decriminalization, policy goals which may well prove impossible to reach, the camp has alienated police officers who could prove to be natural allies. Not coincidentally, Oregon decriminalized drug possession in 2020. I believe that there is a naivete to this latter camp’s logic.