Legal Market Insights
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“General Assembly Taps 8 for Judgeships,” 06.02.24.Virginia Lawyers Weekly reports, “In a special session on May 13, the General Assembly elected eight individuals to fill seats on the circuit court, general district court, and juvenile and domestic relations district court.”
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"Summer Associate 101: Focus on Knowledge of Self, Setting," 05.21.24. This op-ed by a lawyer, writing for Daily Business Review, offers advice for summer associates on how to use their experience to learn more about themselves and about the organization.
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“Lawyers are returning to office with ’startling enthusiasm,’ survey says,” 06.05.24.The ABA Journal reports, “A majority of surveyed legal professionals are satisfied with their law firms’ attendance policies, a “rather shocking turnaround” from discussions about the issue immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Thomson Reuters.”
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"Do Lawyers Ever Stop Working?" 05.20.24. Bloomberg Law shares data from their recent Workload & Hours Survey, which shows that the majority of lawyers (and especially female lawyers) work even on their days off and notes, "While…over half of attorneys admit to having a hard time disconnecting, this decrease may be a silver lining in return-to-office policies, which have reinstilled some boundaries between the office and home."
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"State AGs Warn Bar That Its Law School DEI Rules Are Illegal," 06.05.24. Bloomberg Law reports, "More than 20 Republican state attorneys general warned the American Bar Association of potential discrimination violations over diversity requirements in the Bar’s law school accreditation system in a letter." In local news, the Virginia Mercury reports Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joined the group of over 20 state attorneys general asking the ABA to drop diversity and inclusion standards for law schools.
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"NCBE Releases Results of NextGen’s First Pilot Test," 06.03.24. The National Conference of Bar Examiners has released results from the first pilot test of the NextGen bar exam, in which "participants answered drafts of new types of questions being developed for the NextGen exam, and then provided feedback on the questions and on their overall experience taking the pilot test."
