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U.S. Supreme Court

With 53-47 confirmation vote, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become first Black woman on Supreme Court

Judiciary

5th Circuit tosses federal judge from sixth case after he ‘candidly revealed’ disdain for antitrust law

Judiciary

Vaccine refusal leads New York courts to fire 103 workers, ban 4 judges from courthouses

Law in Popular Culture

HBO’s ‘Life of Crime’ and a career defending the same

Judiciary

Former judge faces prison time after pleading guilty to sexual assault of 2 court employees

U.S. Supreme Court

Barrett, Sotomayor comment on judging (the aim isn’t a policy result) and collegiality

Continuing Legal Education

ABA’s new CLE policy appears to comply with state ban on diversity ‘quotas,’ Florida Bar says

Judiciary

Judge dies at 61 after feds raid his home

The Modern Law Library

Ex-Tesla attorney leveraged her contract expertise into a book and thriving LinkedIn community

Immigration Law

US House should support bill establishing independent immigration courts, ABA president says

Court Security

Lawyers could carry guns in court if Kentucky governor signs bill

Ethics

Florida lawyer gets emergency suspension after she is accused of driving her car into 4 people

Prosecutors

Prosecutors in this city are ‘leaving in droves;’ what’s to blame?

Obituaries

‘We need to sometimes decompress,’ says lawyer about his high-profile partner’s death

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court won’t hear challenges to mandatory state bars

Supreme Court Nominations

Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson moves to Senate with some GOP support

Death Penalty

SCOTUS should not restrict counsel’s investigations in death penalty cases, ABA says

Diversity

Diversity increases with law school deans, according to new AALS study

Criminal Justice

Oklahoma seeks death penalty against former lawyer and client in triple murder

Trials & Litigation

Chicago Park District seeks to seal lawyer’s suit claiming mayor defamed him in obscenity-laced Zoom call

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