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Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models

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Current restrictions on how lawyers structure their businesses stand in the way of meaningful access to justice for many Americans, so states should follow the lead of Utah and Florida and test out innovative law firm business models through regulatory sandboxes, says Zachariah DeMeola at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. (..)

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Why Did Texas Cops Seize $42K From This Man?

The Crime Report

Photo courtesy Institute for Justice. Rather than accept the violation of his rights, Woods is fighting back with representation from the Institute for Justice , our public interest law firm. Jaba Tsitsuashvili is an attorney and Daryl James is a writer at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, Va.

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Restrictions on Family Contacts Darken Holiday Season for Inmates

The Crime Report

The impact has been especially hard during the holiday season, says the Vera Institute of Justice. According to one report cited by Vera, Pennsylvania authorities in 2019 required mail sent to prisoners, including greeting cards, to be routed through a processing plant in Florida where it was photocopied and then sent back to inmates.

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ABA Midyear Meeting 2019

LegalTalkNetwork

Of particular mention, we sat down with ABA President Bob Carlson, whose small firm (Corette Black Carlson & Mickelson, P.C.) During his tenure, Bob has endeavored to help small firms as well as protect and bolster the work of his predecessors including initiatives in diversity and inclusion, access to justice, and legal technology.

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At The TLTF Summit, It Was All About Making ‘Who Luck’ Happen, To Drive the Future of Legal Tech

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the managing director of an Arizona ABS law firm, a veteran legal tech executive and thought leader, and the leader of an innovation program at a major law school. Such was the mix of people in attendance at this summit that, had a giant Florida sinkhole suddenly opened under the J.W. Could they Do It Again?

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Customs and Trade News Weekly Snapshot

Customs & International Trade Law

FDA issued guidance for industry that describes how firms can voluntarily engage with the FDA before marketing food from genome-edited plants. Florida man pleads guilty to conspiracy to smuggle turtles to Germany and Hong Kong and falsely labeling the turtles on related paperwork. air cargo facilities and landside operations.

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 10 – Terry Harrell

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It was Hillary Bass out of Florida, appointed Terry to lead the working group to advance wellbeing in the legal profession, which was an all-star group of people who were responsible for launching the ABA’s Employer Wellbeing Pledge two years ago, which has been wildly successful. Your law firm is worth protecting and so is your time.

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