The ABA’s policymaking body approved a resolution urging bar admission authorities to create a reporting exception for applicants who have been victims of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment or stalking so that they don’t have to recount any legal, law enforcement, administrative or academic proceedings.
Requiring would-be lawyers to “explain their history of abuse” and track down documentation related to their case “retraumatizes” them, according to a ABA resolution report. And it may dissuade victims from reporting abuse because they worry about disclosing it on their admissions application, it said.
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From the legal industry:
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin defended a new privacy law that shields judges and prosecutors … Law schools should allow students to receive both pay and academic credit for externships, the ABA said … Senator Ron Wyden said that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took more undisclosed travel paid for by a billionaire that he failed to disclose … CrowdStrike turned to Quinn Emanuel to defend it amid fallout from last month’s global tech outage … Eight federal judges have been cleared of wrongdoing over their decision to boycott hiring law clerks from Columbia University … Meanwhile, prosecutors in Alaska have identified another 21 cases in which U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred, who resigned after being accused of sexual misconduct, had potential conflicts of interest … Demand for corporate transactional work was up 2.2% in the second quarter, a new Thomson Reuters report found … Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi faced a federal jury trial in a client embezzlement case … The Senate unanimously approved a bipartisan bill that would add 66 new judges to understaffed federal district courts … A panel found that attorney Jeffrey Clark should have his law license suspended over his role in trying to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss … And Duane Morris was hit with a class action, accusing it of misclassifying some employees as partners.
Moves:
In New York …
Fried Frank added partners Rachel Strickland, Daniel Forman and Andrew Mordkoff to its restructuring practice from Willkie. Strickland will be the new global chair of the practice … Thompson Hine added Ernest Badway to its business litigation practice from Fox Rothschild … Private funds partner Kerry McCormick joined Perkins Coie from Barnes & Thornburg … Clark Hill added Richard Scharlat to its labor and employment practice as a partner.
In Washington, D.C. …
Cross-border disputes partner Waleed Nassar joined Pillsbury from litigation boutique Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
In San Francisco …
Laura Vartain Horn joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the intellectual property practice group.
In San Diego …
Cozen O’Connor hired construction industry litigator J. Michael Schiff from Andrew Myers.
In Charlotte …
Womble Bond Dickinson added Carl King as a partner in its private wealth practice.
In Dallas …
Kaufman Dolowich hired Erica LeBlanc from Sun Holdings. LeBlanc will serve as a co-managing partner of the firm’s Dallas and New Orleans offices.
In Chicago …
Employee benefits litigator Michael Graham joined Thompson Coburn from Willkie.
In Atlanta …
Burr & Forman added attorneys Al Hill, Nida Rizvi, Linda Yang, Andrew Keen and Josie Wall to its corporate practice.
In London …
Davis Polk hired private equity partner Gordon Milne from A&O Shearman … Fried Frank added corporate real estate partner Roger Schofield from Freshfields.
And finally …
McGuireWoods and Blank Rome hired at least a dozen lawyers from small insurance recovery law firm Pasich, which disbanded on Aug. 5 … McCarter & English hired Stephanie Olivo, the former director of compliance for New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. She will split her time between the firm’s Philadelphia office and the Newark and Trenton, New Jersey, offices.
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