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“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”

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“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

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Lexis Legal Research Certification

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There are two parts to the certification: Proficiency Certification to reinforce the research lessons learned in your law school research and writing class, and Practice-Ready Certification to learn the practical research skills attorneys use every day in the practice of law.

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Lexis Legal Research Certification

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There are two parts to the certification: Proficiency Certification to reinforce the research lessons you learned in your law school research and writing class. And Practice-Ready Certification to learn the practical research skills attorneys use every day in the practice of law.

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Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

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Julie founded Standd after over a decade practicing law, mostly as a trial attorney at the U.S. At DOJ, Julie served in the Tax Division, Civil Division, and Federal Programs Branch, where she handled cases raising complex regulatory and administrative law questions in federal trial and appellate courts across the US.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Her father then went to law school, eventually becoming the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board. Her mother became an administrator and served as the principal at a public magnet school for 14 years. surgeon general. After Biden nominated Merrick Garland, then a judge on the D.C.

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Divided court declines to reinstate Biden’s immigration guidelines, sets case for argument this fall

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A group of 19 states with Republican attorneys general, led by Arizona, filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting Texas and Louisiana. They portrayed the new policy as “the product of escalating lawlessness by DHS” and another chapter in “DHS’s serial refusals to consider the reliance interests of states.”.

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GWU Adjunct Law Professor Loses Worker’s Compensation Case

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There is an interesting case this week involving an adjunct professor at George Washington Law School, where I teach. Id. ¶ 174. She claims that Defendants’ lawyer had ex parte communications with the ALJ and offered to help her secure a Maryland judgeship. ” Robinson v. Howard Univ., 3d 13, 22 (D.D.C. Robinson v.

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