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Diversity

Law professors aim to show value of diversity in new study

Criminal Justice

Negotiating the trauma of working with prisoners, pro bono and after hours

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer, 75, is oldest American to scale Mount Everest; fake claims made of SCOTUS justice’s arrest

Bankruptcy Law

Lawyer described as ‘Don Quixote of student debt’ relief decides to run for Congress

Federal Government

US can’t consider race or sex in distributing pandemic funds to restaurants, 6th Circuit says

Judiciary

Judge who used N-word says she was forced to resign in ‘judicial wilding’

Ethics

Lawyer is fined after he flips the bird during Zoom oral arguments

Health Law

This firm is fighting mandatory COVID-19 vaccines with legal filings and warnings

Ethics

Lawyer is disbarred after missing multiple hearings; he blamed PTSD caused by his medical condition

Practice Management

Challenging COVID-19 restrictions can boost business, but beware of political consequences

Asked and Answered

A year after his COVID-19 recovery, Above the Law founder David Lat makes some big changes

Judiciary

California judge gathers signatures of internment survivors on 48-star flag

Diversity

16 BigLaw firms have no Black partners, including firm ranked No. 1 for diversity

New Attorneys

Sotomayor sees challenging world for today’s law graduates

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Judge rejects $2B Roundup settlement; Dershowitz pursues defamation suits

Careers

Oklahoma attorney general abruptly announces resignation; his office is sorting out tribal case decision

Careers

Years after challenging drug dealer to change, judge swears him in as a lawyer

Law Firms

Several law firms plan to make Juneteenth a permanent paid holiday; will it become an industry standard?

Law Schools

Florida law dean hopes school will rescind his firing; faculty resolution also supports him

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Kristen Clarke confirmed as DOJ civil rights chief; SCOTUS chief justice speaks to law grads

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