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Legal Education

Law school participation for online and in-person classes compared by gender in new report

First Amendment

6th Circuit blocks ethics probe of judicial candidates who touted GOP links, anti-abortion endorsements

Asked and Answered

Stressed about holiday parties? Think about skipping them, says lawyer in recovery

Law Schools

New law school will charge only $24K in full-time tuition

Civil Procedure

Community resident has standing to sue over planned removal of Confederate statue, top Georgia court says

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Cardozo Law will fight junk science with $15M; sheriff convicted for restraint-chair misuse

Law Firms

Pierce Bainbridge, former partner reach deal in suit by paralegal who alleged sexual assault

Criminal Justice

Lawyer pleads guilty in staged accident scheme; victims underwent unnecessary surgery

Election Law

Estimated 4.6M Americans can’t vote in midterms because of felony convictions, new report says

Ethics

Alex Jones case shows inadvertent disclosure of electronically stored information is a real risk

Fourth Amendment

2 Trump appointees battle as 9th Circuit upholds chalking tires; dissent accused of analysis by ‘hyperbole’

Law Firms

These law firms are shunning Kanye West; one says end to representation wasn’t a firing

Practice Technology

Rocket Lawyer announces partnership with Golden State Warriors

Law in Popular Culture

Astros cheat, lawyers prosper and fans strike out in sign-stealing scandal

U.S. Supreme Court

Kagan temporarily blocks Jan. 6 committee subpoena for Arizona GOP leader’s phone records

Ethics

Lawyer accused of relying on staffer to take CLE classes gets sanction reprieve if he accepts indigent cases

Criminal Justice

Lawyer is acquitted on tax and wire-fraud charges for wiring $6.5M in client funds to Swiss bank account

Trials & Litigation

Court reporter is ordered to meet deadline or go to jail, with her equipment, until work is done

Education Law

Biden administration announces PSLF plans, and ABA suggests extension of student-loan payment pause

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS justices became ‘targets for assassination’ after leak of abortion opinion, Alito says

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