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Fastcase Names Its 11th Annual Class of Fastcase 50 Innovation Honorees

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Ben Jackson , Co-Founder and COO, Immigrants Like Us. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law, Michigan Law. We celebrate the diligence, discipline, passion, and creativity of these Fastcase 50 honorees. Danielle Holley-Walker , Dean and Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law. Margo Schlanger , Wade H. and Dores M.

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Pandemic-Related Legal Ethics Opinions: A Compendium

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Synopsis: An attorney may withdraw from representation, with the permission of the Immigration Court, based on fear of contracting COVID-19 as a result of in-person appearances in the proceeding, where such fear renders it difficult for the attorney to carry out the representation effectively. McCauley, Ethics Counsel, Virginia State Bar.

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Can U.S. Policing Be Saved?

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Diversifying the police force is not the answer to reducing police violence,” said Jennifer Cobbina, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Jennifer Cobbina. The experience of abusive and over-policing are not just the result of discretionary bias by individual officers,” she said. “It