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Criminal Justice

Should defendants without court-appointed lawyers be released? Should charges be dropped? Judge weighs remedies

Criminal Justice

Accent stereotypes can influence judgments about guilt, study finds

Practice Technology

How agentic AI services are revolutionizing contract management and compliance

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court will decide whether Oklahoma can fund Catholic charter school

Practice Technology

LexisNexis launches new AI program for law firms

Practice Technology

Access to Justice 2.0: How AI-powered software can bridge the gap

Sentencing/Post Conviction

As Jan. 6 leaders call for retribution, judges warn against revisionism

Careers

DOJ revokes job offers to young lawyers in elite honors program

Constitutional Law

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ birthright citizenship order

Judiciary

Ex-National Bar Association president removed from bench for ‘racially charged’ comments about justice system

Law Firms

BigLaw firm took several pages from ‘Retaliating Employer’s Handbook,’ suit alleges

Bar Associations

Bar associations could be targeted, Trump DEI order says, spurring response from 2 of them

Civil Rights

Justice Department freezes all cases in Civil Rights Division

First Amendment

Lawyer arrested at state bar meeting for carrying petitions reaches settlement

Bar Exam

LA wildfires will not stop California’s plans to offer new bar exam next month

Judiciary

Justice Jackson wore cowrie shell collar to inauguration; was it ‘a sartorial expression of her dissent’?

Legal Education

As Los Angeles deals with wildfires, law schools offer support

U.S. Supreme Court

Death row inmate can pursue due process appeal over sex-life evidence admitted at trial, Supreme Court says

Immigration Law

DOJ says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement

Animal Law

Elephants don’t have standing to sue to leave the zoo, top Colorado court rules

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