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Legal Education

At some law schools, why are those who teach called ‘instructor’ rather than ‘professor’?

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: ABA president remembers 9/11; female judges in Afghanistan live in fear

Law Firms

Jenner & Block settles with landlord in dispute over rent payments during pandemic

Constitutional Law

7th Circuit refuses to block Indiana abortion restrictions

Criminal Justice

Law school clinic wins reversal of 1993 conviction based on prosecutor’s remarks about ‘trickster lovers’

Report from Governmental Affairs

Join the Student Debt Week of Action

Constitutional Law

DOJ sues to block Texas abortion law, cites conflict with federal constitutional duties

Personal Lives

Dating app is for lawyers, legal professionals and those who want to meet them

Trials & Litigation

Litigator calls ‘trickery’ allegations ‘ludicrous’ in spat with NFL team’s ex-general counsel

Ethics

Lawyer accused of drawing gun in social distancing tiff should get 9-month suspension, hearing board says

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court will resume in-person oral arguments, but the public can’t attend

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS stays execution, agrees to hear request for pastor’s hands-on, out-loud prayer in death chamber

Law in Popular Culture

‘Framing Britney Spears’ examines the singer’s conservatorship

Election Law

Lawsuits challenging new voting restrictions in Texas cite these constitutional protections

Trials & Litigation

John Pierce, lawyer for Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants, is planning his return

Criminal Justice

District attorney is accused of offering bribes to prosecutors, suborning perjury

U.S. Supreme Court

Denying disability benefits to Puerto Rico residents violates equal protection rights, ABA amicus brief says

Ethics

Lawyer accused of calling opposing counsel ‘lowlife bottom-feeder’ says term was ‘entirely truthful and accurate’

Ethics

Ethics opinion addresses lawyers’ ‘passive investment’ in firms in jurisdictions allowing alternative business structures

Criminal Justice

How could the DOJ counter Texas abortion restrictions? Law prof suggests prosecution

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