JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2021

Which is better: money or education? Some of us have chosen money because mostly education is costly, while others (depending on the country) have chosen education as they have a free education system available in their country. I have debated over primacy of education hundreds of times.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 3, 2022

At age 67, Olga Murray retired from a 37-year career as a Supreme Court attorney, working for Chief Justice Phil Gibson and, mostly, for Justice Stanley Mosk. Related: From the Supreme Court to Nepal. “93-year-old But she is not at all the retiring type. ” The Foundation recently launched a new, law-related program.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The one unfortunate exception to this rule has been the Supreme Court’s approval of racial discrimination in education, which has allowed discrimination against Asian students, most prominently, to fester and grow. Racial discrimination is always problematic, and its impact on Asians in higher education, among others, is clear.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2024

The event attracted a diverse array of participants, including judges from the Supreme Court and High Courts, legal professionals, politicians, human rights activists, journalists, and ambassadors from various nations. ” Finally, in 1972, the Supreme Court concluded that Yahya Khan (r. Government of Punjab.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Jim Newsom, lawyer for the defendants, raised this point by questioning whether plaintiffs sought help from the state education department with their children’s Individualized Education Programs. Newsom also asserted that schools can change schedules so that vulnerable students can avoid unmasked people in hallways.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. John Kerry, then U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 5, 2023

ProPublica Thursday reported that US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose that conservative donor Harlan Crow’s holding company paid thousands of dollars in tuition for Thomas’s great-nephew, whom Thomas was raising “as a son.” Thomas did not recuse himself from consideration of the case.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2023

An Australian federal court Thursday published documents detailing the abuse of youth offenders in a Western Australia juvenile detention centre. Court documents filed in the Walters v State of Western Australia case detail substantial allegations of abuse and human rights violations against children held at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed a decision that bans Florida lawyers from receiving continuing legal education credit for programs that require diversity among…

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As a lawyer, I have learned that effective presence is an equal companion to competence, character, compassion and courage. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? I have a small community-based firm.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2023-24 term, involving educational benefits for veterans and a rare appearance by the 16th Amendment. A Washington state couple, Charles and Kathleen Moore, went to federal court to challenge the tax. In Moore v. In the second case, Rudisill v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Share A lawyer’s legal advice is privileged. A court cannot order the lawyer or the client to disclose it. But a lawyer’s nonlegal advice is not privileged. On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear opposing answers to that question in a case known as In re Grand Jury. When it refused, the court held it in contempt.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2024

At a time when legal technology companies are making it easier to access and analyze court documents, what should – and should not – be done to protect confidential court documents that are sealed from public access? That order came on the heels of a memorandum from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Were these actions justified?

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed a one-year suspension of an attorney who asked his assistant to take his continuing legal education classes. Solo…

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. In particular, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers were trained in and outside of Afghanistan to better perform and run the judicial system of the country.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? Except for a brief moment when my mother bought me Grey’s Anatomy and the pictures made me want to throw up, I have always wanted to be a trial lawyer.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2023

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Numerous women in Afghanistan have received education and training to work in judicial and prosecutorial institutions over the past 20 years, often with the help of international aid.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Supreme Court of Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik Monday as its first woman Justice. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed administered the oath to Justice Malik at a ceremony held within the premises of the Supreme Court with several judges, lawyers and Law and Justice Commission officials in attendance.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Additional videos that The Federalist Society has posted on YouTube from its 2022 National Lawyers Convention: I previously linked to the video of Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William H. Harvard: Affirmative Action Goes to Court.” ‘s opening remarks and the news coverage thereof. Yesterday, law professor Eric J.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

Today I attended oral arguments at the US Supreme Court for Trump v. This marks my final Supreme Court attendance as JURIST’s inaugural Washington DC Correspondent. Walking up to the court at 8 AM, there were only a handful of protesters, and I recognized some from when I attended arguments in February in Trump v. In Wayte v.

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LawSites

MARCH 24, 2022

It has been a year since I have reported on a state adopting the duty of technology competence for lawyers , but now there is another: Hawai?i, The Hawai‘i Supreme Court adopted the revision by order dated Aug. i, bringing the total number of states that have adopted the duty to 40. Effective Jan. 18, 2021 , effective Jan.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 23, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche or practice area? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. Five Things You Need to Become a Top Lawyer. Excel through education. I learned that education is freedom.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – As India’s COVID-19 infection rate continues to fall from its grotesque levels in early June, India correspondent Neelabh Bist takes a look at some of the impacts that the second wave of COVID-19 has had on India, its legal profession, and its court system. The junior lawyers of the bar suffered the most.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Have people to bounce ideas off of: those people can be other lawyers, but also make sure you are talking to people who are NOT lawyers as well. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law?

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2021

As of Wednesday, there were more than 11,000 signatures on the petition from lawyers and law students. ” The petition points to the dozens of courts that stated the claims of vast voter fraud during the November 2020 election were unfounded. Nearly 3,000 of these were members of the Missouri, Texas, and DC bars.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Thursday a challenge to the mandatory membership requirements imposed by the State Bar of Michigan. Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association. Donohue and Keller v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on the threat posed to Afghanistan’s legal system and legal community by the prospect of Taliban legal appointments.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

For much of American history, legal education was not open to women, people of color, or the offspring of wage laborers. As the demographics of those seeking to practice law changed, the requirements for becoming a full-fledged lawyer got more difficult. Less than two percent of American lawyers work on legal problems of the poor. .

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments Monday in two cases challenging the validity of race-conscious affirmative action programs in college admission. The cases were separated upon the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson due to her status at the time as a member of the Harvard College Board of Overseers.

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JURIST

JULY 15, 2023

On Thursday, the UK High Court overturned a 2022 law that allowed businesses to hire temporary agency workers to fill staffing gaps because of strike action. This law applied across all sectors – including education. This was coordinated by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe on Monday ruled that the country’s national pledge was an unconstitutional violation of school children’s right to freedom of conscience and parental rights. ” Sogolani was represented by David Hofisi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights who filed Sogolani’s application in April 2016.

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The Crime Report

JULY 16, 2021

Capitol, attorneys who promoted former President Donald Trump’s false claims about election fraud are being forced to defend their actions in court, reports the Washington Post. In Michigan, U.S.

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LawTechnologyToday

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Lawyers could not be in their offices, could not be in meetings, could not be in court. The basic functionality needed, is secure communication between lawyers and their clients as well as their peers. The lawyers would always own their data and the platform would be free. The reasons are many and well-known.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

31, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases challenging the race-conscious admissions programs of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina. Amy talks to lawyers on both sides of the dispute. Send us a question about the court at scotustalk@scotusblog.com or leave us a voicemail at (202) 596-2906.

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JURIST

APRIL 3, 2021

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) v. Alston , a case concerning whether the NCAA’s ban on education-related payments to student-athletes is a violation of antitrust law.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In keeping with this mission, the Justia Portal offers free access to statutes from all 50 states, cases from federal courts and the highest state courts, legal guides, and more! Additionally, Justia Law Schools helps prospective law students (and those already studying to become lawyers) gather information on U.S.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

People aren’t used to this — especially from lawyers. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law?

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