EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Similar to its federal counterpart, Colorado Rule of Evidence 901(a) provides that The requirement of authentication or identification as a condition precedent to admissibility is satisfied by evidence sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2023

AAER sued Perkins Cole over the fellowship program’s requirement that applicants be “members of a group historically underrepresented in the legal profession,” including people of color and LGBTQ+ people. Harvard , which effectively prohibited the consideration of race in college admissions.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2022

The Supreme Court Monday rejected a request to temporarily block a new admissions policy at a Virginia high school. The new admission policy, as described by the school board, was created to increase socioeconomic diversity, however, the plaintiff argues that the new policy harms Asian students. The school board asked The U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Last June, the Supreme Court invalidated the undergraduate admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, holding that they violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment by explicitly considering applicants’ race. The justices will be reconsidering three cert petitions for the first time. A panel of the U.S.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A proposal to cut an accreditation standard requiring law school admissions tests was criticized by 60 deans in a Sept. 1 letter sent to the…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Specifically, Apple did not advertise positions on its external job website and required all applicants to mail paper applications, as opposed to allowing electronic applications…deterr[ing] US applicants from applying.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In June, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that struck down the admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. By a vote of 6-3, the justices held that the programs violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause because they explicitly took an applicant’s race into account in admissions decisions.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A federal court in the Northern District of California found that Walgreens “substantially contributed” to the opioid crisis in San Francisco by “fail[ing] to perform due diligence as required by regulations” and “not report[ing] suspicious orders to the DEA for 15 years.” Walmart’s $3.1

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees , the Supreme Court held that government employees who are represented by a union but do not belong to that union cannot be required to pay a fee to cover the union’s costs to negotiate a contract that applies to all employees. Supreme Court , seeking review of that decision.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

” The US Supreme Court held in 2020 that a state law that placed hospital-admission requirements on abortion clinics’ doctors was unconstitutional due to the undue burden it imposed. They also challenged a measure banning “the most common method of second-trimester abortion.” The settlement grants USD 3.8

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Students for Fair Admissions v. Supreme Court struck down the college admissions programs of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. In both cases, the lower courts upheld the admissions policies, and Students for Fair Admissions appealed. Harvard College and SFFA v. Bollinger , 539 U.S.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A law school accreditation standard requires full opportunities for underrepresented groups, and on Friday the council of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions…

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The Crime Report

MARCH 14, 2023

The proposed bill would require evidence showing any admission was obtained lawfully before it can be deemed admissible, targeting what it calls “deceptive or coercive interrogation tactics.” The chief public defender also testified that she has had clients coerced into making incorrect statements.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Share This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College. A preview of the case is here. Danielle R. Holley is dean and professor of law at Howard University School of Law.

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Chugh LLP

JUNE 8, 2021

Lawful admission into the United States is required to qualify for LPR status, and the Court ruled that TPS does not provide admission into the United States. The post TPS Does Not Count as Admission to the US for Legal Permanent Residency appeared first on Chugh LLP. conclusion.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

National Law Journal ] * And the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling driving law schools to abandon admissions tests entirely to avoid metrics that can be cherrypicked in future challenges. Bloomberg Law News ] * Legal tech requires lawyers and engineers to talk to each other. Law360 ] * An AI story with a Mr. Roboto reference.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 21, 2022

New York is moving to end a requirement that law school graduates report past arrests and police interactions short of convictions in order to become practicing attorneys, following a new report finding that excessive screening discourages people of color from applying to law school and the bar, reports Bloomberg News.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

The trial court first denied admission, citing the confrontation clause, but eventually found that the statements were admissible because the arguments put forward by Hemphill’s counsel had “opened the door” to the evidence. The Supreme Court rejected that theory. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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The Crime Report

JULY 16, 2021

This latest amendment to the law, called the First Time Weapon Offender Program, is set to expire in 2023 and has no requirement that its efficacy be evaluated. How does Incarceration Affect Recidivism?

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Share This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. O’Connor and then-Solicitor General Mithun Mansinghani, led a 19-state amicus brief in support of Students for Fair Admissions. chance of admission.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

LegalCheek ] * After full body shot it down, ABA Council votes again to end the mandatory admissions test requirement. Yeah, yeah, we get it, but this time we mean that literally. Law360 ] * Kim Kardashian has a new update on her legal studies. Just like with the LSAT: if at first you don't succeed.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2022

The reversal came about after Djokovic’s initial ban from entering Australia to compete in the Australian Open due to a failure to prove he satisfied requirements for a medical exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The Biden administration Thursday released a new program coined “Unite for Ukraine” which offers Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion temporary admission to the US. Part of the process includes not requiring refugees to enter through the southern US border and allowing ordinary citizens and organizations to sponsor refugees.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Share This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. Yet the way colleges use race in admissions today does not match the putative diversity objective. President & Fellows of Harvard College.

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Above The Law

MAY 15, 2023

* LSAT lives to fight another day as ABA halts its new rule to make the exam optional in the admissions process. It seems as though people who care about her could've saved her a lot of money by ending the conservatorship without requiring lawyers get involved, huh?

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Under Maryland Rule 4-263(d)(5), the state must “disclose, without request, all metrial of information in any form whether or not admissible, that tends to exculpate the defendant or negate or mitigate the defendant’s guilt.” ” Syed’s friends and family were present for Phinn’s order.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Nor was the admissions officer at Haas Business School I found myself in front of months later having a similar kind of meandering discussion. and many others like these requires us to know our value and to be able to articulate it with ownership. Answering the questions ‘Who are you?’ What do you do?’ ‘Why

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JURIST

AUGUST 9, 2022

PwC performed BT Group’s FY17 statutory audit , an audit that is required by law. Both PwC and Hughes were required to act in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing when carrying out the audit. Richard Hughes was the audit engagement partner and Senior Statutory Auditor for the audit.

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JURIST

JULY 11, 2022

Parents applying on behalf of their children are also required to provide their child’s birth certificate. It also represents a move to assert Russian dominance over Ukraine after the EU voted to give Ukraine “candidate status” for admission in response to Russia’s invasion.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As the chart shows, this “should” requirement is obviously not being enforced or followed. Unfortunately, they also are seen as increasing the chance that the patent will be both narrowly interpreted and found invalid – and that the statement regarding the prior art will be seen as an admission. 37 CFR § 1.75.

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At the Lectern

JULY 26, 2023

The issues in Doe are: (1) Is evidence that a plaintiff in a civil action suffered a prior sexual assault admissible for impeachment purposes (Evid. 2) If admissible, what procedures and quantum of proof are required to admit such evidence? Code, § 783 ) or inadmissible as a claim that the plaintiff did not suffer injury (Evid.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

They simultaneously approved Gonzalez, his wife, for admission as a lawful permanent resident. Sanchez and Gonzalez argued the detailed vetting that accompanies applicants for TPS is equivalent to the vetting that accompanies inspection and admission at a port of entry.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It governs the admission of refugees into Canada via land borders with the US and requires that refugee applicants seek asylum in the “first safe country” that they arrive in. The STCA was signed between the US and Canadian governments in 2002.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 2, 2023

in which the Dutch court assessed the admissibility of the claimant organisations based, among other criteria, on their funding agreements. These rules are inserted in the revised Article 3:305a Dutch Civil Code (DCC), which concerns the admissibility requirements for representative organisations to file such actions.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2023

Currently, the LPO requires a lawyer to reside in HKSAR for at least three months before or after admission to the court. .” The committee stated its decision was in accordance with the National Security Law (NSL) article 14. Lawyers may also reside as an ordinary full or part-time resident for at least seven years.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In a welcomed move, Dartmouth has reversed its decision to stop using SAT scores in admissions. So, she simply announced a cessation of the use of such scores in admissions. Even the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) yielded to this movement during the pandemic by dropping the use of standardized testing requirements.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission’s increasingly aggressive stance on enforcement remedies, such as requiring admissions of wrongdoing in some cases, and cutting back on so-called Wells meetings — defendants' chief opportunity to communicate with the SEC before facing charges.

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