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Law Students

43% of law students reported food insecurity worries during pandemic, survey finds

Real Estate & Property Law

Can real estate disclosure laws protect buyers from the supernatural?

Verdicts & Settlements

DOJ agrees to pay $88M to settle suit over flawed gun check before South Carolina church shooting

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court revisits Second Amendment with challenge to New York concealed-gun restrictions

Rule of Law

Poland is fined nearly $1.2M per day in battle with EU over judicial independence

Legal History

‘Groveland Four’ were wrongly accused in 1949, prosecutor says in motion to clear their names

Trusts & Estates

Bible note changed writer’s will, Tennessee appeals court rules

Law Schools

Founder’s role in massacres leads to reckoning for Hastings law school

Law Schools

Some law schools report ‘eye-popping increases’ in median LSAT scores for incoming 1Ls

Constitutional Law

ABA urges Supreme Court to rule US can sue to block unconstitutional Texas abortion law

Constitutional Law

Is the proposed wealth tax constitutional? Answer depends on ‘direct tax’ definition

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS continues to hold the line on qualified immunity

Ethics

Lawyer is disbarred after accusations of ‘pervasive incivility’ and ‘reckless indifference to the law’

Criminal Justice

Suspended lawyer gets jail time for smuggling drugs into jail

Evidence

Emojis help make one case and destroy another; corruption defendant used winking emojis

Practice Technology

Consumers increasingly desire remote legal services, Clio CEO says

Juries

Did pandemic make jurors more skeptical of scientific evidence? Some see a change

Law Firms

Law firms encourage workers to return to office with these perks

Law Firms

Hunt for Girardi Keese assets leads to some unusual recoveries and Erika Girardi appeal

Attorneys with Disabilities

Has COVID-19 made the workplace more accessible for lawyers with disabilities?

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