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Friday, April 8, 2022

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With 53-47 confirmation vote, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become first Black woman on Supreme Court



ABA's new CLE policy appears to comply with state ban on diversity 'quotas,' Florida Bar says


'We need to sometimes decompress,' says lawyer about his high-profile partner's death


Chemerinsky: Supreme Court reflects nation's deep divide over Constitution and religion

 

FROM THE APRIL-MAY 2022 MAGAZINE

Judging Jurisdiction: Federal and tribal courts in Oklahoma grapple with the aftermath of McGirt

In July 2020, when Justice Neil Gorsuch read the majority opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma, Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon Cozzoni sprang into action. In that moment, she knew what would happen next: Scores of major crime cases would be landing in her federal court district.

When it comes to lawyers, is the 'Great Resignation' really just the 'Great Reshuffle'?


5th Circuit tosses federal judge from sixth case after he 'candidly revealed' disdain for antitrust law


SCOTUS rules for plaintiff who sued police after prosecutors dropped resisting-arrest charge


Ex-Tesla attorney leveraged her contract expertise into a book and thriving LinkedIn community


Vaccine refusal leads New York courts to fire 103 workers, ban 4 judges from courthouses


Chicago Park District seeks to seal lawyer's suit claiming mayor defamed him in obscenity-laced Zoom call


Duped: New book explores what makes people confess to crimes they didn't commit

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court reflects nation’s deep divide over Constitution and religion

The Supreme Court has four important cases about religion on its docket. Each of these cases, individually and especially together, could bring about major changes in the law concerning the Constitution and religion. »Read more

Florida lawyer gets emergency suspension after she is accused of driving her car into 4 people


SCOTUS should not restrict counsel's investigations in death penalty cases, ABA says


ABA policy summit yields recommendations for racial equity and social justice


Oklahoma seeks death penalty against former lawyer and client in triple murder


Lawyers could carry guns in court if Kentucky governor signs bill


HBO's 'Life of Crime' and a career defending the same


Grammar Rules: The case of the unhyphenated phrasal adjectives

 

The Modern Law Library

Ex-Tesla attorney leveraged her contract expertise into a book and thriving LinkedIn community

In 2020, a contract attorney posted to LinkedIn once per day, every day, for a month. A selection of those posts found its way into a self-published book, "Practical Tips on How To Contract."
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