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Immigration Law

ABA launches nationwide pro bono campaign to help families facing deportation

Antitrust Law

FTC’s revised antitrust suit against Facebook survives motion to dismiss

Practice Management

Why lawyers should consider change—for better or worse

Law Firms

The 2021 class of summer associates was ‘most diverse ever measured in every way,’ new NALP report says

The Modern Law Library

Outcomes in state supreme courts aren’t as simple as blue vs. red

Ethics

Suspension upheld for lawyer accused of concealing inventories of shipwreck gold

Education Law

Elite universities violated antitrust law in financial aid collaboration, lawsuit claims

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor and Barrett flag Sentencing Commission’s longtime lack of a quorum

Law Firms

Law firms came ‘dangerously close’ to losing almost a quarter of their associates in 2021, new report says

Bar Exam

While NCBE sticks with in-person February bar exam, one state supreme court greenlights planning for future alternatives

U.S. Supreme Court

Did Gorsuch misstate the number of flu deaths? The transcript—not the justice—was wrong

Criminal Justice

Ex-film industry lawyer gets prison time for blackmailing woman he met on ‘sugar daddies’ website

Ethics

Lawyer accused of sending harassing emails to BigLaw opponents had previously filed abortion lawsuit

Judiciary

Staffer did not impersonate judge in online hearing, court employees say

Judiciary

Federal judge says it’s ‘almost insane’ to assert wife’s stock holdings affected his decisions

Law Professors

Law prof’s remarks about ‘Asian elite’ put her back at center of controversy

Law Professors

Harvard law prof and civil rights lawyer dies at 71

U.S. Supreme Court

Will SCOTUS block vaccine mandates? Decision could come quickly

Bar Exam

Draft version of redesigned bar exam will be shared by NCBE soon

Lawyer Wellness

Institute for Well-Being in Law will host first virtual conference later this month

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