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Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action

Law 360

Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action admissions policies, law firms looking to foster diversity in hiring should view an applicant's Multistate Bar Examination score as the best metric of legal ability — over law school name or GPA, says attorney Alice Griffin. After the U.S.

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US Department of Justice asks Supreme Court to reinstate ban on firearms for persons under domestic violence restraining orders

JURIST

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a reversal of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in United States v. The Fifth Circuit held that the law, 18 U.S.C. § This line of constitutional interpretation has drawn criticism from legal scholars.

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Illinois Supreme Court upholds law ending cash bail

JURIST

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a section of the newly enacted SAFE-T Act that eliminated cash bail in the state was legal under the state’s constitution. The Illinois Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling overturned the lower court ruling, meaning the law will go into effect immediately.

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Legal Technology—Trends and Options to Choose From

MyCase

New technologies continue to evolve the legal landscape. In this guide, we’re breaking down what attorneys need to know about legal technology, including: . A brief overview of legal technology . Different types of legal technologies and their benefits . Emerging legal technology trends to prepare for .

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Prisoner Rights Weakened by ‘Incoherence’ of Prison Law: Paper

The Crime Report

Predicated on myths of “lawless and violent prisoners,” prison law is behind many of the failures of the criminal justice system, argue Justin Driver and Emma Kaufman in “The Incoherence of Prison Law.”. Writing in the Harvard Law Review , Driver, Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School.,

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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

LawTechnologyToday

In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. This is reinforced by ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 Currently, most states have created the duty of technology competency by adopting some form of Model Rule 1.1 Joseph Lawson, Law Library Director at the Harris County Robert W.

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

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For all the discussion of how generative AI will impact the legal profession, maybe one answer is that it will weed out the lazy and incompetent lawyers. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. XYZ Corporation.

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