School district explains response to potential exposure of staff and student personal information in cyberattack incident

Betty Q. Hixson

Students and former students in Riverhead school district are not being offered credit monitoring and identify theft protection services in connection with the Dec. 3 cyber attack and data breach because only their names, addresses and dates of birth were “potentially accessed by an unauthorized individual,” according to a statement […]

Collaborative New Course Investigation and Fact Development: Immigration Law Provides Student and Faculty Support to Asylum Seekers :: School of Law

Betty Q. Hixson

March 1, 2022 During the 2021 summer semester, the UNM School of Law (UNM SOL) and University of Idaho (UI) College of Law collaborated for the first time, offering an innovative course entitled Investigation and Fact Development: Immigration Law. This course incorporated elements of both traditional legal education and applied, […]

How to Attract Law Student and Lawyer Talent

Betty Q. Hixson

Young lawyers are a significant investment for a law firm. From the hiring process to training, the goal should be to attract and retain lawyers for the long term. If an associate is brought on and ends up leaving, law firms have to start all over and reinvest in hiring […]