Aspiring lawyers will need to grapple with revamped essay questions when they apply to law school this year, the first admissions cycle following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision banning race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities. Experts say many law schools have changed their application essays to gain a deeper understanding of candidates and their backgrounds without running afoul of the new court ruling, which says schools cannot consider a candidate’s race when deciding whether to offer them admission. Here’s a look at some of the new questions.
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Perkins Coie and Morrison & Foerster were sued over fellowships they offer to promote diversity … Former federal prosecutor Ed Siskel was named as the top White House lawyer … Judicial watchdog Fix the Court counted 76 instances of judges attending educational trips that resemble “paid luxury vacations” … Judge Julia Smith Gibbons from the 6th Circuit will step down from active service, opening a fourth seat for President Joe Biden to fill … Mediation efforts to resolve Judge Pauline Newman’s lawsuit against her judicial colleagues came to an impasse … The ABA sought public comment on a new rule mandating free speech policies at law schools … Clark Hill expanded its Ireland presence by combining with Dublin-founded HBMO Solicitors … Daugherty Lordan’s demise became a boon to O’Hagan Meyer.
Moves:
- In New York …
Latham & Watkins hired an M&A partner from Cravath … Capital markets partner Alejandro Gordano rejoined Shearman & Sterling from Linklaters … Two Baker McKenzie partners joined K&L Gates’ asset management and investment funds practice, and white collar defense and investigations practice.
- In Washington, D.C. …
Medical device lawyer Jeff Shapiro joined King & Spalding’s government matters practice as a partner from Hyman, Phelps & McNamara.
- In Boston …
Lewis Brisbois added a partner from local firm Donovan Hatem to its professional liability practice.
- In Michigan …
Barnes & Thornburg hired a partner from Bodman in its corporate department.
- In Los Angeles …
Hughes Hubbard & Reed tapped partner Yi-Chin Ho from Kirkland & Ellis to co-chair its China practice.
- In London …
Duane Morris brought on Mark Handley from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle to join the firm’s trial practice group.
More moves to share? Please drop us a note at LegalCareerTracker@thomsonreuters.com.
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Last year, when a Maryland trial judge certified class actions by about 20 million Marriott guests whose private data was exposed in a years-long hack of the hotel’s reservations database, he dealt with myriad complex ascertainability and damages-modeling issues. But none of that painstaking analysis ended up mattering to the 4th Circuit, which decertified several statewide classes in an Aug. 18 decision. Instead, the appeals court homed in on unresolved questions about a class action waiver in class members’ hotel membership contracts. Alison Frankel explains why the appellate court decided that the threshold waiver issue must be decided by the trial court before any class can be certified.
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Additional writing by R Rohit and Kuheli Biswas.
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