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Judiciary

Retired judge who posted nude photos on swingers website shouldn’t be disciplined, his lawyer argues

Lawyer Pay

BigLaw firm announces special bonuses; blog notes key word is ‘discretionary’

Constitutional Law

Supreme Court appears ready to allow abortion providers’ challenge to Texas abortion law

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS accepts climate-change case on EPA authority to limit carbon emissions

Criminal Justice

Rittenhouse prosecutors have ‘formidable challenge;’ meet the judge who banned ‘victim’ reference

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows vaccine mandate for health workers that didn’t offer religious exemption

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: US renews ABA status as law school accreditor; lawyer gets NBA scoring gig

Criminal Justice

Former prisoner at CIA black sites is first person to describe torture there in open court

Pro Bono

Pro bono work increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports show

Death Penalty

Inmate convulses and vomits during lethal injection in state with history of problem executions

Bar Exam

New York sees decrease in pass rate for July bar exam

Law Students

43% of law students reported food insecurity worries during pandemic, survey finds

Real Estate & Property Law

Can real estate disclosure laws protect buyers from the supernatural?

Verdicts & Settlements

DOJ agrees to pay $88M to settle suit over flawed gun check before South Carolina church shooting

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court revisits Second Amendment with challenge to New York concealed-gun restrictions

Rule of Law

Poland is fined nearly $1.2M per day in battle with EU over judicial independence

Legal History

‘Groveland Four’ were wrongly accused in 1949, prosecutor says in motion to clear their names

Trusts & Estates

Bible note changed writer’s will, Tennessee appeals court rules

Law Schools

Founder’s role in massacres leads to reckoning for Hastings law school

Law Schools

Some law schools report ‘eye-popping increases’ in median LSAT scores for incoming 1Ls

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