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Criminal Justice

How elimination of cash bail is working in Illinois after 1 month

U.S. Supreme Court

Even after scaling down, SCOTUSblog will cost about $250K per year, co-founder says

Judiciary

Judge removed for brandishing gun he kept attached under bench with magnet

Legal Education

LSAT scraps ‘logic games’ section, adds more logical reasoning

Criminal Justice

Trump lawyer Sidney Powell agrees to write letter of apology as part of plea deal in election-interference case

Trials & Litigation

Trump’s claim of absolute immunity isn’t supported by Supreme Court precedent

Legal Education

University of Akron School of Law offers guaranteed admission for qualified Ohioans

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Hip-hop star seeks new trial over lawyer’s alleged use of artificial intelligence to draft closing argument

U.S. Supreme Court

Ethics code is ‘a good idea’ for Supreme Court, Justice Barrett says

Law Firms

Citing its ‘value system,’ Davis Polk rescinds 3 job offers over groups’ anti-Israel statements

Criminal Justice

Lawyer wants to be jailed with client until long-awaited competency exam takes place

What's on the Shelf?

Long-lost trial transcript answers many questions about ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson and baseball’s ‘Black Sox Scandal’

Legal Rebels Podcast

How generative AI is already changing contract review

Careers

Race, ethnicity, parents’ education level produce differing job outcomes for class of 2022 law grads

Privacy Law

Standing by in case of ‘dystopian problems,’ court allows use of keyword search data to find suspects

U.S. Supreme Court

For second time, Supreme Court temporarily allows ‘ghost gun’ regulations

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

vLex releases new generative AI legal assistant

Immigration Law

Migrant family-separation settlement provides path to asylum, 8-year ban on Trump-era policy

Diversity

ABA’s Equity Summit shines light on DEI issues in legal profession

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will hear ‘backdoor censorship’ case of council member arrested for placing document in binder

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