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Lawyer Discipline

Lawyers who critique critical race theory may challenge Connecticut’s anti-bias ethics rule, 2nd Circuit says

Immigration Law

What laws could Trump invoke to fast track deportations?

Lawyer Pay

Associates at this BigLaw firm can choose one of 3 billable-hour budgets

Constitutional Law

Bar admission denied for applicant who won’t take constitutional oath

Criminal Justice

Wife convicted of murdering prominent attorney husband claimed to reveal real killer at her sentencing

Access to Justice

Pilot project allowing nonlawyer legal providers gets OK in Washington

Criminal Justice

Texas lawyer allegedly killed and cremated son, saying he mistook him for intruder

Constitutional Law

Appeals court upholds nationwide TikTok ban-or-sale law

Trials & Litigation

Naval Academy can consider race in admissions, federal judge rules

Aviation & Space Law

Rejection of Boeing plea deal on DEI grounds causes consternation

Legal Education

Applications for law school up an ‘unnatural’ 35% from 2023

Supreme Court Report

Lawyers spar in Supreme Court over constitutional rights in transgender health care case

Judiciary

Judge gave ‘reasonable impression’ she was letting immigrant evade ICE, ethics charges say

Environmental Law

Lighting a Spark: Students learn about environmental justice from attorneys in public service project

Judiciary

2 federal judges have changed their minds about senior status; will 2 appeals judges follow suit?

Executive Branch

Biden should pardon Trump, as well as Trump’s enemies, says Watergate figure John Dean

The Modern Law Library

Horse-loving lawyer left the law to help run a Colorado ranch

Judiciary

Judge with propensity for hugging workers said he had ‘loose screws’ in head after thwarted kiss, ethics complaint says

Law Firms

Muslim lawyer can’t sue over revoked BigLaw job offer based on this theory, federal judge rules

Criminal Justice

Trump’s lawyers cite Hunter Biden pardon in NY hush money dismissal bid

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