The Crime Report
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Jail deaths increased 33 percent between 2001-2019, with suicide the leading cause, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Over 77 percent of the inmates who died in 2019 were still awaiting trial. But BJS also noted that from 2000 to 2019, an average 81 percent of jail jurisdictions in the U.S. reported no deaths during the calendar year.
JURIST
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Five major publishing companies have filed a lawsuit against Shopify over pirated learning materials like PDFs of ebooks and test materials. Macmillan Learning, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, McGraw Hill and Pearson Education allege that the e-commerce platform failed to remove listings and stores that violate each publishers’ trademarks and copyrights.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
DECEMBER 2, 2021
What are the hottest practice areas now? Ready to hear the cold hard truth about the future of the paralegal job market? Do you know what the MOST sought-after practice area specialty of paralegals is right now? Now is the time to know your “why” as a paralegal and start making the right moves in your paralegal career. Did you take the “power of the pause” last year to do an assessment of your paralegal career?
JURIST
DECEMBER 2, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Lawyers from across Afghanistan have sent letters to the Taliban cabinet seeking the restoration of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association after the Ministry of Justice took over its premises and assumed its lawyer licensing power last week. On November 23, armed Taliban fighters entered the Association’s offices in Kabul , forced objecting lawyers and staff inside to leave, and announced the installation of a new president said to have no professional experie
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The Crime Report
DECEMBER 2, 2021
The pursuit of profit is “inextricably intertwined” with America’s system of carceral labor, and criminal punishment, according to a forthcoming paper in the Wisconsin Law Review. Mass incarceration cannot be separated from the fact that the carceral labor system is powered and incentivized for financial gain and profit, writes the paper’s author, Laura I.
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HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“Roe v. Wade Made Viability the Key to Abortion Law; A half-century ago, science and legal precedent led the Supreme Court to make fetal viability the standard in abortion law”: Joshua Prager has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
JURIST
DECEMBER 2, 2021
A dispute between the Chief Justice of Nepal and other members of the country’s Supreme Court and bar has been going on for weeks now. With the independence of Nepal’s judiciary in question, both the judicial system and its services have been affected. Recently, the procedural rules of the top court were amended to introduce a new lottery system for the allotment of cases.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“Good Reasons to Go Slow on Abortion Precedents; Overturning them all at once poses risks to legal and political stability; Gradualism is a better way”: Law professor Richard M. Re will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
JURIST
DECEMBER 2, 2021
The UK’s Ministry of Defence announced Wednesday that it will permit people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to join the armed forces if they no longer have a detectable amount of the virus. The announcement came on World AIDS Day as part of the Defence Ministry’s continued efforts to recognise breakthroughs in the treatment and prevention of HIV.
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HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“Will the Justices Let Go of Abortion? Overturning Roe v. Wade wouldn’t settle the issue, but it would create the possibility of a settlement.” Peggy Noonan has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
JURIST
DECEMBER 2, 2021
The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a case involving a Mississippi law banning all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This case arises out of a lawsuit between Jackson Women’s Health Organization—the only abortion provider in the state—and the state of Mississippi. Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act , passed in 2018, outlaws abortions after 15 weeks.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“The Supreme Court’s Biggest Concern About Overturning Roe? What That Will Mean for Itself. As Wednesday’s oral argument made clear, the justices care far more about the high court’s reputation than the lives of millions of women.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 2, 2021
An informal networking organization that matched law students and new lawyers with mentors has become a nonprofit organization that's set to grow nationwide.
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HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“During Arguments Over Roe ‘s Fate, Justice Breyer Played Right Into the Conservatives’ Hands; The most senior liberal justice showed why it’s time for him to retire”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 2, 2021
This is an order you really must read. The post Biglaw Firm Called Out For ‘Calculated Sabotage’ In Epic Benchslap appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“Illinois Abortion Clinics Are Preparing for a Potential Post-Roe World; Abortion providers say they are already seeing influx of patients from out of state — and expect more”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Isabella Stewart Gardner museum. Photo by Donna Lumayag via Gardner museum. The largest art theft in US history, in which 13 pieces of artwork, including several Rembrandts, were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990, remains unsolved to this day despite a $10 million reward. But, according to the Boston Globe , a recent public admission by former local jeweler Paul Calantropo that one of the stolen items, a gilded bronze eagle finial, was presented to him for sale on
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HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“Justice Sotomayor Gets Political on Abortion; She loses her cool during the Supreme Court’s oral argument”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 2, 2021
A survey of residents in two cities where police misconduct has been high on the agenda found that support for defunding the police takes second place to fears about rising crime, reports USA Today. Louisville, KY residents have heavily scrutinized law enforcement since March 2020 following Breonna Taylor’s death, when police officers used a no-knock warrant to break into her apartment while she slept.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“The Supreme Court’s mind is made up: The abortion debate was a kangaroo court.” Law professor Sherry Colb has this essay online at The New York Daily News. The essay contains a lengthy response to Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s question , during yesterday’s oral argument, about whether safe haven laws suffice to eliminate any need to consider the burdens of motherhood.
Attorney at Work
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Does your law firm work allocation model leave too many associates behind? Historically, work allocation in law firms has primarily been driven by partner s. When a partner chooses an associate to help them with a matter, their skills are important, but so is the associate’s proximity and the impression they’ve left on that partner. As their working relationship deepens and the associate’s experience widens, they can quickly become the go-to person when that partner needs help.
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HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“The Roberts Court Is Poised To Unravel Roe v. Wade’s Precedential ‘Paradox'”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at Newsweek.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 2, 2021
The largest barrier by far to innovation in this area is the resistance from lawyers. The post The Bar Exam Is A Barrier To Access For Legal Services And Access To Justice For Many appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“The Only Mother on the Court”: Law professor Melissa Murray has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Progressive prosecutors are reopening investigations of deadly police shootings that resulted in no charges under their predecessors, spurring pushback from police unions.
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