Legal Profession's Upheaval Amid COVID-19, Improved Diversity, Staying Motivated: The Morning Minute
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March 16, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
ONLINE - About 75% of the nation's law schools have shifted to remote courses or are in the process of doing so, as the coronavirus spreads. Karen Sloan reports that about 150 of the 200 ABA-accredited law schools have shut down in-person classes, with many professors unaccustomed to providing distance learning. For comprehensive coverage of COVID-19's impact on the legal industry, go here.
PROGRESS - The news for the number of black attorneys making partner in Big Law isn't "all terrible," The Careerist Vivia Chen writes. The number of diverse lawyers, including black women, promoted to partner by law firm leaders is still woefully low, but there is progress compared with last year's poor showing. At Jones Day, for example, its new U.S.-based partners include three black lawyers—all women.
FLYNN-FOCUSED - President Trump tweeted Sunday that he is "strongly considering a Full Pardon" for his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
SMART TECH- The Singaporean government has given a $10.7 million grant to one of the city-state's law schools to fund a research program that develops smart technologies to be used in legal services. Hannah Roberts reports that Singapore Management University has received the grant to launch a five-year research program in computational law to study and develop open-source legal technologies. In 2016, the Singapore government pledged $13.6 billion in public investment to drive innovation in the city-state in the next five years.
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WHAT YOU SAID
"When I do encounter those days where I don't want to get up, my fiancée usually motivates me to get up by turning on the lights."
— Derek Pershing, partner at Wilson Cribbs + Goren in Houston, on how he stays motivated to exercise about 90 minutes each work day.
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