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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

So, what are the things we do that get YOU thinking this could be the best career decision you make as a Criminal Law Paralegal? Caveat – there is so much information about what Criminal Law Paralegals do, I wish I could relay to you everything Perhaps I could share more in-depth details at another time.

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Types of Criminal Law

LegalReader

If you are facing criminal charges, then you need to consider hiring a criminal law attorney that is in good standing with the bar association for your state and is ready to fight for you no matter how serious your charges are.

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Europe human rights court rules Hungary asylum criminal law violates EU law

JURIST

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Tuesday that Hungary violated EU law by criminalizing organizational support for asylum seekers. The law was dubbed “Stop Soros,” referencing Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor George Soros.

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HRW: El Salvador criminal law amendments violate basic due process guarantees and children’s rights

JURIST

The criminal law amendments passed by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly infringe “ basic due process guarantees and children’s rights,” according to a statement issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday. ” It allows such individuals to be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘It is not the application of Islamic criminal law that frightens us, it is that it is applied without due process…”

JURIST

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 law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective. If you look at extremist regimes, a very disturbing pattern emerges—they all violated their own laws.

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Pakistan amends criminal laws on sexual assault while excluding chemical castration as a punishment

JURIST

The Pakistan Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2021 Thursday which amends the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. While the bill initially contained a provision for chemical castration, it was reportedly dropped by way of a last-minute amendment in Parliament.

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Southwestern Law School Seeks an Evidence Professor

EvidenceProf Blog

SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL in Los Angeles invites applications for the following positions: Multiple full-time entry-level and lateral tenure/tenure-track positions. Our primary curricular needs include Business Associations, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Property.