Paralegal Bootcamp
AUGUST 5, 2022
If you’re reading this blog post, I don’t have to tell you about the desire to work hard, achieve, or care about what you do. You’re reading this because you already think of your work as a paralegal in the foremost-important way to succeed: As a Career! Getting Started. I received my Paralegal Certificate in December of 2019 and graduated RIGHT into the Pandemic!
Paralegal.edu
AUGUST 5, 2022
On August 20, 2022, at 10:00 AM Central in the Joe M. Green Auditorium at South Texas College of Law, Center for Advanced Legal Studies will hold its 70th Commencement Ceremony for graduates of its paralegal programs. This will be the first commencement ceremony held in person since the global COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. CALS is committed to making it a special event for graduates and their friends and families. 6 months ago graduation was held virtually and 121 paralegal credentials were c
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JURIST
AUGUST 5, 2022
Russian state-run news agency TASS Friday reported that the Director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch Alexander Shiplyuk has been jailed for high treason. According to t he institute’s scientific director Vasily Fomin, Shiplyuk is faced with charges of high treason after an investigation into the institute.
EvidenceProf Blog
AUGUST 5, 2022
A party can move to strike a prospective juror for cause based upon implied bias by the juror. One ground for such implied bias is a connection with one of the witnesses in the case. Even if the prospective juror.
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JURIST
AUGUST 5, 2022
Amnesty International Thursday released a report which accused Ukraine of basing troops in residential areas, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to say that the report “tries to shift the responsibility from the aggressor to the victim.” The report quoted Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, as saying “We have documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war when they operate in popula
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JURIST
AUGUST 5, 2022
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Friday filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Ukraine v. Russian Federation. Human rights experts in Ukraine and across the world have accused Russia of genocide during its invasion of Ukraine. Until today, the UK has declined to intervene or officially label Russian aggression in Ukraine a genocide.
Above The Law
AUGUST 5, 2022
It's a disgrace any time Putin's regime looks more reasonable. The post Brittney Griner Given 9 Years In Russia Is A Reminder That The U.S. Issued A Life Sentence For Pot Possession IN MAY appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
AUGUST 5, 2022
Statistics Canada has released a report showing a drastic increase in hate crimes from 2019 to 2021. The report shows a 72 percent increase largely across religious, racial or ethnic, and sexual orientation lines. The report shows an alarming 293 percent increase in hate crimes against East or Southeast Asian people between 2019 and 2020, which continued to rise from 2020 to 2021.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“Dahlia Lithwick on the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Crisis”: You can access the new episode of “The Gallup Podcast” with Mohamed Younis via this link.
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JURIST
AUGUST 5, 2022
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino Friday announced a temporary import ban on handguns. The ban will become active on August 19 and will cover weapons like pistols or revolvers that are designed to be shot with one hand. The majority of handguns sold in Canada are imported, so the ban is expected to virtually end all handgun sales.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“An Unearthed Cache of Letters From a SCOTUS Secretary Reveals How Unliked Some Justices Were; In letters recently uncovered, a former secretary for SCOTUS justices in the 1930’s wrote about life at the court and her least favorite justices”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.
Above The Law
AUGUST 5, 2022
Amazing new resource for anyone monitoring election laws. The post LexisNexis Keeping Everyone Informed About Their Voting Rights Until The Supreme Court Takes Them Away Next Year appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“Judge Calls 1st Amendment Doctrine ‘Increasingly Made Up’ in Ruling On Strip Club Ordinance; As part of its review, the panel grappled with which intermediate scrutiny test to apply”: Avalon Zoppo of Daily Business Review has this report on a concurring opinion that Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom issued Monday.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 5, 2022
* Monkeypox is officially a public health emergency. Let's mind our manners so this doesn't go apeshit, capiche? [ NBC News ]. * DeSantis isn't having any of that Constitutional Sheriff mess when it doesn't fit his policy choices. What happened to discretion? [ Wesh ]. * Officers face disciplinary action for letting a white privilege card slide. This isn't hyperbole.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“Getting Originalism Wrong; The great success of originalism is that it offers an external constraint on judges that is more objective than any contemporary vision of justice”: GianCarlo Canaparo and Thomas Jipping have this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
Above The Law
AUGUST 5, 2022
Where appropriate, start (or continue) to share your fallibility as a lawyer. It helps to humanize you. The post Coping With Worry As A Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“As SCOTUS Mulled Bruen , the NRA Lobbied in the Shadows; A quarter of the briefs filed in support of the NRA came from organizations and individuals who have been paid by the gun group; Only one disclosed the connection”: Will Van Sant has this report online at The Trace.
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LegalReader
AUGUST 5, 2022
If it is a drunk driving case, then it is usually relatively straightforward to attribute blame on the drunken driver as they were already partaking in illegal activity just by operating their vehicle.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have the Last Laugh on Samuel Alito; The Dobbs decision is clearing the political ground for a resolution in favor of abortion rights”: John F. Harris has this essay online at Politico Magazine.
Above The Law
AUGUST 5, 2022
The Circus Continues : Alex Jones and the three-ring trial moves to the punitive phase after the jury awards $4.1 million in compensatory damages. High Horses : Russia's justice system is railroading Brittney Griner, but America is more than willing to deliver its own injustices. Bottom Line : The best firms for compensation according to a survey of professional happiness.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“The fine print: Why implementing a Supreme Court ruling can sometimes take longer than you think; Usually the arcane process that unfolds after a Supreme Court opinion is handed down doesn’t matter to most Americans; Occasionally it has real world impacts.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 5, 2022
Where are the special bonuses? They might not be coming after all. The post Layoffs Instead Of Special Bonuses? Biglaw Firms Strike Fear Of Unemployment Into Associates’ Hearts appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“DeSantis names Renatha Francis to Florida Supreme Court (again); Francis was nominated in 2020, but determined to be unqualified”: Lawrence Mower of The Tampa Bay Times has this report. Today. the Office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a news release titled “ Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Judge Renatha Francis to Serve on the Florida Supreme Court.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 5, 2022
Georgia allows embryos to be claimed as dependents Embryos with a “detectable human heartbeat” can be claimed as dependents on state income tax returns in…
HowAppealing
AUGUST 5, 2022
“After Supreme Court decision, a once-denied Christian flag is raised at Boston City Hall”: Danny McDonald of The Boston Globe has this report.
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