Base closings keep military lawyers busy: among their duties: preserving artifacts, acting as goodwill ambassadors

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Military base closures are giving military lawyers exposure to many legal areas they rarely encounter, with no two closures alike in the issues they raise. Environmental and real-estate problems are common, as communities and private concerns take over parts of bases; the govt cleans up all property itself rather than selling at a reduced fee. Many bases are taken over by coalitions of groups, and workers want a smooth transition to private employment rather than waiting years for a cleanup and transfer to end.

National Security, Military Bases, Management, Practice, Military law

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A 'hostile environment' for women: female law students lag behind men in grades, self-esteem, study finds

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Several recent studies have concluded that women face greater challenges in law school than do men and that these result in lower grades and more drop-outs among women. An article reporting academic records and personal experiences at the University of Pennsylvania, another study conducted by the Chicago Bar Assn, and two others report similar findings, suggesting that bias is rampant in law schools and that women might learn better in a different environment or with different teaching methods.

Social aspects, Research, Law students, Sex discrimination against women, Discrimination in education, Educational discrimination, Women graduate students

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U.S., British firms compete for lawyers: Sidley & Austin at center of controversy for recruiting 12 solicitors

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Both American and British firms have started to violate a long-standing gentleman's agreement that kept them from lateral hires of each other's top attorneys. This happened due to stiffer competition for transnational clients. The Chicago-based firm of Sidley and Austin was one of the first to make such lateral hires and claims that the shift was client-driven, adding that a 1991 change in British procedural rules permitted multinational law firms.

United Kingdom, Officials and employees, International aspects, Practice of law, Sidley and Austin

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