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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen

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And in any movement, you need a few leaders, a few examples to jump out in front. Across the country we’ve seen a swelling of task forces, work groups, round tables coming out of state bars and state supreme courts, and there are some lessons to be learned from the Virginia experience and their roadmap.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

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So Congress, for the first time, passed a law authorizing the chief justice to hire an administrative assistant. From 1972 to 1985, Cannon served as Burger’s assistant, helping him implement various changes to modernize the court. In that role, he argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court, including U.S. 29, 1941 – Nov.

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