College Candy (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
A US Senator, Lamar Alexander (yes, please send him nasty letters and kick him on the street), stated in a recent Newsweek Article that “an educational schedule of 3 months of summer is not relevant in today’s world and [college] students should take more credit hours and graduate in 3 years, saving 25% in tuition costs.”
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
A couple of weeks ago, news broke that Sullivan & Cromwell was asking 2Ls to make summer decisions more quickly than the NALP rules suggest. You'll remember that law schools banded together to pressure S&C to change it's policy. Will law schools react as strongly if other firms follow the S&C route? We could be about to find out. Above the Law is able to report that Edwards Angell...
WiredNews (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
It's hardly a surprise that being a summer clerk this year wasn't exactly the full five-star experience the summer class of 2009 may have dreamed about in law school. One indication of what a summer intern called "a scary time to be a law student": The number of summer clerks who said they expected to receive full-time job offers was down sharply, according...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Career service offices can be scary places these days, given the tough job-searching environment for law school students. The summer plans of many 1Ls and 2Ls are still up in the air this year, as firm offers are sparse. Many law school students have given up hope of finding a job. One law school may be giving up hope too. Boston College Law School is considering an alternative to a summer...
TTC Shelbyville (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... Views (NI)235,033 hits Links Steve’s Favorites – Blog Roll Visitor Information ttcshelbyville: Classes begin September 1st. Financial Aid questions should be directed to Ron Boyd or Jackie Owens. Registration Schedule posted in Lobbyttcshelbyville: Financial aid checks on 7/7/2009 - Make sure you bring your id with you. Checks will not be released early.ttcshelbyville: Registration for Summer...
Contemplating my needle and thread (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... showing some of my Christmas finishes.Tonights little effort is my tin I made at the workshop class I taught in the summer, its the class I taught the girls how to make a tin finish. So I had to stitch one myself and do a step by step with the finish.The design is by Crossed Wing Collection, and is from the 1998 JCS Christmas Ornament magazine. I really loved stitching this...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... to their offices. The cuts come after Drinker Biddle gave out a 68% offer rate to their 2009 summer class. As far as we can tell, the associates that were laid off were in the corporate department or tax. Litigation associates appeared to be safe. Apparently, some law firm problems can't be fixed by cutting first year salaries. Earlier : Salary Cut Watch: Drinker Biddle Cuts Salaries...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Although November is just around the corner, some 2009 summer associates are still learning about their fates. As one might expect given how late it is in the recruiting season, the news that comes around now isn't always the happiest. Above the Law has received reports that summer associates from McGuireWoods are now hearing back about offers. The interesting part is that the firm has...
KentNewsNet.com (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Michele Fisher, a graduate student in middle childhood education, said she never withdrew from a class in her entire undergraduate years."I never failed a class," she said. "I've gotten grades I didn't like as much."Fisher said she remembered not doing so well in an organic chemistry class she took the summer of her senior year. She skipped a lot and knew that was the reason...
Pinoyborian (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
British Summer Time ended yesterday, which means we have turned back the clock by an hour and goes back to GMT time. I am now used to the concept of daylight saving time (DST), popularly known in the UK as British Summer Time (BST) . I now consciously turn back or move forward (in March when BST starts) all our clocks (including watches and computers) at home a few hours before it effects....
ssonuagarwal | 21/10/2009
... 7:30 am to 5 pm. She also attends school every other Saturday. She has just three weeks off in summer. Her school averages are far superior to the ones in other schools in the district. In other places too, gains from longer hours have been reported. An extra English class means better English scores. Extra work means better grades. Obviously. You don’t need a study to prove
Wanderlust (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
... Guided tours are available for ages 6+. Guided tours may be tailored to meet your needs of a class cours. Other resources: Pre-visit activity bags are available for all scheduled groups. Regularly shown animal life movies are free and available to all. Reserved movies are available to professional tour groups only. The museum conducts weeklong summer classes for kids ages 5-11....
ajc.com (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... about 24 months, but teachers were not working in the same group, and some of them would take the summer or other semesters off.The new program's students will start school at the beginning of next summer and finish by the end of the following summer. It's open to new college graduates with a teaching degree and will include evening and summer classes to accommodate...
Feministing (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... poor state of sexual health in America Yay Rose! I have been working with Rose since we met in my summer class at the National Sexuality Resource Center Summer Program, and she continues to be a bright and constant force for change and continues to redefine what feminism means to her. I had the honor of being awarded by the NSRC in the past and I applaud their constant commitment...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
... gimmicks and initiatives often don’t kick in until it’s too late for intervention to work. Infant class sizes should be cut so that young children get the extra attention they need. Our plans to invest £2.5bn in a pupil premium would guarantee schools that took disadvantaged children the extra cash they need to give these pupils the additional support they need. Schools would be able to...
