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New York Moves to Ease Arrest Disclosure Requirements by Would-Be Lawyers

The Crime Report

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

ALPS

Catapulted by the leadership of original National Task Force on Lawyer-Well Being member Chief Justice Donald W. Hello and welcome to episode six of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being Podcast Series. The Path to Well-Being in Law. Lemons and his colleague Justice William C.

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Caila A Coleman: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

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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The Collaborative Courtroom: A Proposal

The Crime Report

So, we assign advocates to present the case: one lawyer for the state; one for the accused. Both lawyers present the strongest case for their side, and both attempt to undermine the case presented for the other side. A groundbreaking study by the Rand Corporation and the University of Pennsylvania Law School makes this point.

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The Closing: Trump’s Final Argument Must Be Clarity to Chaos in Merchan’s Courtroom

JonathanTurley

Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations. Three-legged Stool A classic closing pitch by lawyers is to use a physical object like a three-legged stool. If any leg is missing, the stool collapses.

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Bragg and the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution: Why the Trump Trial Could End With a Hung Jury

JonathanTurley

Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. In the instructions, the court will tell the jurors that payments cannot be campaign contributions if they would have been made anyway regardless of the campaign. They also need to point out other gaps.

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America’s Justice System Needs a ‘Course Correction’: Jeremy Travis

The Crime Report

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. GREG BERMAN: You recently told me that you went to New York City criminal court to mark the 50th anniversary of your first visit to criminal court. I spent a day in arraignment court at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. Tell me what you saw.