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Law Students

Organization that prepares law students for corporate work picked up by LSAC

Law Schools

UC Hastings law school will advocate for name change because of namesake’s role in massacres

Law Firms

Pioneering Utah justice will join BigLaw firm opening Salt Lake City office

Lawyer Wellness

Cap billable hours for lawyer well-being, state bar report says; survey found this group is least satisfied

Trials & Litigation

Opioid plaintiffs in $50B suit failed to prove a public nuisance, judge tentatively rules

Judiciary

Judge ousted partly for racial comments; he once asked Black employee whether he dealt drugs to buy car

Criminal Justice

Defense lawyer in Idaho murder case accuses Mormon church counsel of communicating with client

Judiciary

Senate confirms first openly LGBTQ woman to a federal appeals court

Ethics

Lawyer unhappy with case transfer calls judge the B-word during Zoom hearing

Judiciary

Retired judge who posted nude photos on swingers website shouldn’t be disciplined, his lawyer argues

Lawyer Pay

BigLaw firm announces special bonuses; blog notes key word is ‘discretionary’

Constitutional Law

Supreme Court appears ready to allow abortion providers’ challenge to Texas abortion law

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS accepts climate-change case on EPA authority to limit carbon emissions

Criminal Justice

Rittenhouse prosecutors have ‘formidable challenge;’ meet the judge who banned ‘victim’ reference

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows vaccine mandate for health workers that didn’t offer religious exemption

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: US renews ABA status as law school accreditor; lawyer gets NBA scoring gig

Criminal Justice

Former prisoner at CIA black sites is first person to describe torture there in open court

Pro Bono

Pro bono work increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports show

Death Penalty

Inmate convulses and vomits during lethal injection in state with history of problem executions

Bar Exam

New York sees decrease in pass rate for July bar exam

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