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Legal Education

Law school applicants and applications have decreased, new LSAC data shows

First Amendment

2nd Circuit partly rules for jury-nullification advocate challenging limit on protests near courthouses

Annual Meeting

ABA honors 5 female trailblazers with Margaret Brent awards

Diversity

ABA amicus brief asks Supreme Court to uphold use of race-conscious admissions policies

Judiciary

Abortion-rights lawyer who argued SCOTUS abortion decision is nominated to federal appeals court

Pro Bono

Attorneys advocate for cancer patients and their caregivers through longtime ABA project

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer flips the bird at opposing counsel after judge leaves the bench in Infowars host Alex Jones’ defamation case

Judiciary

Federal judge’s $216K, contingency-fee separation agreement with county leads to public reprimand

U.S. Supreme Court

ABA urges Supreme Court to hear case of inmate convicted based on faulty DNA evidence

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: With Supreme Court shift on Indian law, will it reconsider a recent landmark ruling?

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Go-between sentenced in law prof’s murder; $4.25B opioid settlement announced

U.S. Supreme Court

Sporting a new beard, Justice Alito defends abortion decision, remarks on ‘growing hostility to religion’

Law Schools

Justice Thomas told GW Law he is ‘unavailable’ to teach constitutional law seminar after student outcry

Law Schools

Board of UC Hastings law school recommends name change in response to founder’s role in massacres

U.S. Supreme Court

House bill would push Supreme Court justices into senior status after 18-year terms

Disability Law

Sleepwalking employee who got into next-door colleague’s hotel bed isn’t protected by disability law, 5th Circuit rules

Careers

Pay for 2021 law grads is at all-time high as percentage of BigLaw jobs increases, NALP says

Career & Practice

‘ABA Profile of the Legal Profession’ report shines a light on judicial diversity

Judiciary

5th Circuit revokes federal judge’s lifetime ban of prosecutor from his courtroom

Criminal Justice

Self-described ‘lottery lawyer’ is found guilty in scheme to defraud his lottery-winner clients

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