Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I’m Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I’ll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

This week, I’m chatting with Harvard Law School Career Services Dean Mark Weber about Quinn Emanuel’s return to on-campus recruiting, as well as Weil Gotshal’s decision to shorten its partnership track. We’ll also check in on two inspiring single mothers who graduated with their J.D.s this month.