Get with the program: College students interested in participating in Kean Miller Connection, a two-day law school preparatory program hosted by the law firm in Baton Rouge on July 19 and 20, have until 5 p.m. Monday to submit applications. There is no cost for the program, but participants must be accepted via the application process. Eligibility requirements include a 3.0 minimum GPA, at least 45 college credits and Louisiana residency, as well as being a minority or female. Applications can be found here, and you can also check out a video about the program here.
Express yourself: In a landmark move that is reigniting debate about the role governments should play in regulating Internet use by their citizens, the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday OK’d a resolution supporting freedom of expression on the Internet. Even China, which filters online content through a firewall, backed the resolution. It affirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable regardless of frontiers and through any media of one’s choice.” The New York Times has the full story here.
It’s a doggy-dog world: A recent study from the Virginia Commonwealth University says that employees who bring their dogs to work experience lower stress levels throughout the work day, report higher levels of job satisfaction and have a more positive perception of their employer. The study was conducted over the span of a week at Replacements, a dinnerware manufacturing company in Greensboro, North Carolina. The most stressed group of workers turned out to be dog owners that left their pets at home. Inc. magazine has the full story here.
