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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

U.S. Supreme Court

One justice was ‘especially vocal’ in opposition to enforcement mechanism for SCOTUS ethics code, report says

Immigration Law

County can’t prevent chartered deportation flights at airport, 9th Circuit rules

Law Schools

Notre Dame has become a pipeline for SCOTUS clerkships and a magnet for justices

Judiciary

Judge acknowledged his ‘profane outburst’ shocked himself, Florida court says in imposing suspension

Criminal Justice

Must Hunter Biden’s indictment be dismissed after presidential pardon? Special counsel doesn’t think so

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