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Obituaries

Law dean known for encouraging creative thinking around diversity in legal ed dies at conference

Legal Education

After repeat failures to meet bar pass standard, ABA gives Cooley Law School extension

Criminal Justice

Old allegations that county attorney cannibalized children are a ‘pack of lies,’ he says

U.S. Supreme Court

Kagan joins majority as Supreme Court allows state to recoup Medicaid costs from injury settlement

Criminal Justice

Former judge is killed at his home; suspect, a former defendant, said to have other targets

Lawyer Wellness

New research examines attorneys’ sense of work value and health

Judiciary

Appeals judge accused of excessive delays agrees to retire

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Michael Avenatti sentenced in money theft of Stormy Daniels; Reagan shooter released without restrictions

Law Schools

Georgetown Law retains incoming scholar despite his ‘lesser Black woman’ tweet

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court backlog is the largest in percentage terms since at least 1950

Ethics

Plaintiffs lawyer Tom Girardi, estranged husband of ‘Real Housewives’ star, is disbarred

Law Firms

Law firms hire experts from other disciplines to advise clients on risk and compliance

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Judge allows counterclaim alleging Brown Rudnick ‘radically’ exceeded its fee estimates

Ethics

‘Are you serious, judge?’ Twice-asked question leads to lawyer’s public censure

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court imposes further restrictions on habeas corpus

Criminal Justice

Congress should ‘take swift, evidence-informed action’ to stop gun violence, ABA president says

Diversity

BigLaw makes diversity gains; which firms did best?

Ethics

Pro-Trump lawyer’s challenge to bar’s mental exam order can’t be heard by federal courts, 11th Circuit says

Criminal Justice

Lawyer is accused of having sex with clients on office video, including while he awaited online hearing

U.S. Supreme Court

Kagan and 3 conservative justices dissent as Supreme Court blocks Texas restrictions on social media

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