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Supreme Court Nominations

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson writes first appellate opinion; she’s seen as a potential SCOTUS nominee

Death Penalty

New Tennessee law helped inmate leave death row; judge’s ruling creates possibility of parole

Ethics

Lawyer is suspended for coaching client using chat function during virtual trial

Legal Marketing & Consulting

Lawyer can’t pursue suit over negative online reviews by nonclients, 7th Circuit rules

Law Professors

In federal complaint, UIC law professor claims ‘sensitivity training’ violates his civil rights

Obituaries

Lawyer who helped establish legal services for the poor dies at 86

Law Schools

Georgetown Law places new hire on administrative leave after ‘lesser Black woman’ tweet

Supreme Court Nominations

Possible SCOTUS nominee saw impact of criminal justice system in uncle’s case

Legal Rebels Profile

Acing the Exam: Kellye Testy made sure the pandemic wouldn’t disrupt law school admissions process

Legal Rebels Profile

When Raffi Melkonian started #AppellateTwitter, he didn’t know it would become a strong community

Legal Rebels Profile

Erin Levine hopes to make divorce less complex, expensive and stressful

Legal Rebels Profile

Lawyers can use Scott Kelly’s platform to build tools and apps for their practices

Legal Rebels Profile

Defense attorneys have a powerful tool to review electronic evidence, thanks to JusticeText

Legal Rebels Profile

Camila Lopez’s People Clerk gives small claims court litigants in California new options

Legal Rebels Profile

Building Bots: Tom Martin merged a love of law and technology to design custom legal chatbots

Law in Popular Culture

Can the true-crime genre help attorneys with their jury trials?

Ethics

This state allows a judge to summarily disbar lawyers; it recently happened in a divorce case

Obituaries

Miss USA 2019, a lawyer who worked for social justice, dies at age 30

Supreme Court Nominations

White House confirms potential Supreme Court nominee as the short list grows

Ethics

There’s no need to ‘act on every scrap of tittle-tattle,’ justice says in nude-pics ethics case

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