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Rick DeMedeiros: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

Yes, from high school on, I knew I wanted to be an attorney, but I wasn’t entirely sure in which area I would specialize. However, by the time I graduated from law school, I was already gravitating toward workers’ compensation. Recently, defense counsel was deposing one of my clients, who was at home testifying on Zoom.

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The Nuclear Option: States Could Take Over College Admissions

JonathanTurley

Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, who previously called the conservative justices “partisan hacks,” was recently criticized for suggesting that he might be willing to lie about the weight given to race at this school. Some schools would also likely want to allow greater differentials for one category of applicants: athletes.