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U.S. Supreme Court

Alito’s leaked draft opinion shows Supreme Court is likely to strike down Roe v. Wade

Lawyer Pay

Panel attorneys who represent children, indigent adults in New York courts flee low pay

First Amendment

Man who created fake police Facebook page can’t recover damages for his arrest, 6th Circuit says

Bar Associations

7th Circuit upholds Wisconsin’s mandatory bar, says precedent applies until Supreme Court overrules it

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules for group seeking to fly Christian flag at Boston City Hall; Gorsuch takes bite at Lemon

Legal Education

In recently released data, ABA parses out bar passage rates by race, ethnicity and gender

Careers

As associate hiring spiked in 2021, how many new hires left within the first year?

Libel

ACLU lawyers reviewed op-ed that led to Johnny Depp’s defamation claim, its GC testifies

Ethics

Infowars host’s lawyer says the N-word in a dropped-pants comedy routine; should he face discipline?

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS clarifies First Amendment debate over content regulation of signs

Practice Management

MyCase rolls out new cloud-based drive for backing up and syncing files

Criminal Justice

Former paralegal in federal prosecution office is convicted for outing witnesses

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS will hear inmate’s appeal of DNA testing; prosecutor accidentally shoots himself

First Amendment

4th Circuit upholds restrictions on lawyer ads seeking drug and device clients

Law Firms

Dentons loses appeal to overturn $32.3M malpractice judgment; verein conflict at issue

Legal Education

After spike up in 2021, MPRE mean scaled score slightly decreases

Civic Education

Most Americans want to see changes in elections, new ABA civics survey finds

U.S. Supreme Court

How is ‘amicus’ pronounced? Justice Breyer and Judge Jackson disagree with each other and the majority view

Paralegals

One-time jailhouse lawyer creates legal jobs program for the formerly incarcerated

Legal Education

If you pass the bar on first attempt and want to be a lawyer, you’re likely to get hired, 2021 grads say

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