Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 11, 2021

Numbers You Should Be Tracking. If you are a paralegal working in a law firm with an annual billable hour requirement, there are a few numbers that you should be tracking every month. They are the numbers that management tracks. I know, it’s stressful enough to meet those paralegal billable hour targets, PLUS meeting all of those work deadlines, NOW I’m asking you to add something else on top of your already-crammed day?

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MARCH 11, 2021

“No Immunity for Alabama Cop Who Tased Girl in Throes of Seizure; Five years deep into litigation, the 11th Circuit rejected an officer’s move to shield himself from liability for using his taser on an incapacitated 17-year-old”: Izzy Kapnick of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

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MARCH 11, 2021

In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the Malaysian High Court granted a Malaysian Christian the right to use the word “Allah” in her religious practice, effectively ending the Home Ministry’s 1986 ban on the use of the word in Christian publications. Wednesday’s decision ended a long legal battle pursued by Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill, a Christian Malaysian, after eight of her educational CDs were seized at an airport for containing the word “Allah” in the title.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

In my new article, "The Constitutional Right to an Implicit Bias Jury Instruction," I make the argument that a defendant should have the right to have the jury instructed not hold his race against him, just as a defendant has.

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 11, 2021

Legal technology writer Molly McDonough posted an article about the Utah Outreach Court ( [link] ). That court takes a courtroom to the litigants, in some instances to the homeless person's campsite, using a repurposed mobile command center vehicle and tents. Read more ».

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 11, 2021

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been talking about anonymous political donations and the Supreme Court for a long time. Now, Whitehouse is using his new position as the chair of a key Senate subcommittee to bring more attention to the issue. The senator on Wednesday held. The post Senate Judiciary holds hearing on “dark money” and Supreme Court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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My Paralegal Place

MARCH 11, 2021

Misusing a word can be embarrassing (looking at you, person who says “irregardless“) but misusing common legal terms when you work in the legal industry can actually harm your career. This is especially true if you are applying for a new job in the legal profession, whether it be an […]. The post Misused Common Legal Terms: Don’t Make These Mistakes appeared first on.

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MARCH 11, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar security forces continued their vicious crackdown on unarmed civilian protesters Thursday, killing as many as 12 at various locations across the country. Most of the killings took place in smaller centers and neighborhoods, as protesters avoided gathering en masse in the downtown areas of the largest cities. The killings, which appeared to be mostly by gunfire or sniper fire aimed at individuals resulting in fatal shots to the head, came just a day after the UN S

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MARCH 11, 2021

“After judge takes umbrage at dissenter’s ‘sound and fury’ quote, 5th Circuit grants en banc rehearing”: Debra Cassens Weiss of ABA Journal has this post.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Nouman provides ghostwriting and copywriting services. His educational background in the technical field and business studies helps him in tackling topics ranging from career and business productivity to web development and digital marketing. He occasionally writes articles for carpet cleaning. Working from home has become the new normal. However, it can be difficult to ensure productivity when you work at home.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“Court ruling means hundreds of state criminal cases will be shifted to tribal or federal courts”: Samantha Vicent and Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World have this report. Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman reports that “ Oklahoma court says Cherokee, Chickasaw reservations still exist.” And David Lee of Courthouse News Service report that “ Triple Murder Conviction Tossed After High Court Ruling on Oklahoma Tribal Land; An Oklahoma appeals court agreed with a death-row

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LegalReader

MARCH 11, 2021

The headline from the website or billboard brought you in: “Over $100 Million Recovered” and you thought ‘I could be 1 of that $100 Million’. Statistically that’s far from reality.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“When Rulings, Respectfully, Offer Peek Behind Curtains at Court Collegiality; A missing ‘respectfully’ or ‘with respect’ can connote particularly strong feelings”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Living with a disability, along with its corresponding effects, may pose various challenges to a person. However, this shouldn’t hinder you to be the best version of yourself.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“Our Lonely Chief Justice; A recent solitary dissent by John Roberts points to his isolation from the court’s other conservatives”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has said it will enforce a federal band on lenders who discriminate against applicants on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. According to The Hill, the CFPB announced its decision on Tuesday. In an official statement, the agency explained that it has interpreted the Equal Credit.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“Georgetown Law professor terminated after ‘reprehensible’ comments about Black students”: Lauren Lumpkin of The Washington Post has this report. And Michael Levenson of The New York Times reports that “ Georgetown Law Fires Professor for ‘Abhorrent’ Remarks About Black Students; The law school said Sandra A.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 11, 2021

On Friday, March 12, at 12 p.m. EST, Yale Law School, Take Back the Court, and Yale’s chapter of the American Constitution Society will co-host the second panel of a two-part symposium titled “The Supreme Court in Crisis: Structural Reform for a Broken Institution,” focusing. The post Yale Law School to hold panel on Supreme Court reform proposals appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“An appeals court blasts state’s early effort to end capital punishment and questions prison conditions of a former death row inmate”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report. And Kelan Lyons of The Connecticut Mirror reports that “ 2nd Circuit rules CT’s ‘special circumstances’ law for former death row inmates is unconstitutional.” You can access today’s ruling of a two-judge panel of the U.S.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Yesterday, the ABA released Opinion 498 on Virtual Law Practice. A year into the pandemic, the ABA opinion attempts to make virtual practice seem like a big scary monster that lawyers should avoid if possible or approach with so much fear that they’re doomed to failure from the start. What a wasted opportunity.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers”: Gene Johnson of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the automatic life-without-parole sentences given to two men for murders committed when they were 19 and 20, saying judges must consider the youthfulness of such defendants in sentencing them.” You can access today’s 5-to-4 ruling of the Supreme Court of Washington at this link.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 11, 2021

An easy way to teach law students technology is incorporating it into existing classes, according to April Dawson , the associate dean of academic affairs…

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MARCH 11, 2021

“Ninth Circuit Weighs Whether Inmates Are Constitutionally Entitled to Direct Sunlight; Last year, a federal judge ordered the city and county of San Francisco to provide inmates with an hour of unfiltered sunlight every week; On Thursday, the city argued before the Ninth Circuit that there is no such constitutional right”: Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (YouTube video link) that occurred today before a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 11, 2021

El gobierno cubano aprobó una ley de bienestar animal la cual ha sido largamente esperada después de décadas de ignorar las demandas de los ciudadanos de una legislación sobre los derechos de los animales. El Proyecto de Ley de Bienestar Animal requiere que las agencias estatales y las organizaciones de bienestar animal cumplan con los deberes relacionados con la salud física y mental de los animales y prohíbe todas las formas de maltrato animal, las cuales conllevan multas de hasta 7,000 pesos.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“Gay Conversion Church Loses Appeal Over Vimeo Account”: Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News has this report. Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service reports that “ 2nd Circuit Blesses Vimeo Clamp on Gay-Conversion Content; The federal panel endorsed immunity for the website, which had banned a pastor over videos in which he identified as a ‘former homosexual.’ ” And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Ashley Cullins has a post titled “ Vimeo&

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