International

A second child during China’s one-child policy becomes an immigration lawyer in the US

“I came into this world as the second child of my family during the stringent era of China’s one-child policy. To avoid governmental persecution, we took refuge in a secluded rural area where my mother was forced to give birth at home without any medical attention. As I grew older, my inquisitive nature drove me to question why my sister and I lived apart, and why I seemed to be the cause of additional paperwork at school.”

Dec 1, 2023 1:30 AM CST

ABA withdraws 2 online statements on Israel-Hamas war

Two statements on the Israel-Hamas war by ABA President Mary Smith have been withdrawn and are no longer available on the association’s website.

Nov 30, 2023 1:10 PM CST

Cyberattack bedevils Kansas courts, requiring them to ‘go analog,’ while UK law firms grapple with vendor breach

The Kansas judicial branch is still dealing with the aftermath of an Oct. 12 cyberattack that affected computer systems used by district and appellate courts.

Nov 28, 2023 3:30 PM CST

Campus politics playing bigger role in prelaw students’ law school considerations, survey says

As conflicts related to the Hamas-Israeli war flare up on law school campuses, more than half of prelaw students—58%—want to attend a law school where their politics will align with those of others on campus, according to a survey by Kaplan conducted just before the war started and released Tuesday.

Nov 28, 2023 9:17 AM CST

Assistant public defender suspended after anti-Israel Marxist newspapers found in PD waiting room

An assistant public defender has been placed on paid leave because he was thought to be the person responsible for placement of Marxist newspapers with anti-Israel content in the waiting room of the public defender’s courthouse office in New Britain, Connecticut.

Nov 20, 2023 11:22 AM CST

Program provides senior lawyers opportunities to teach law students abroad

Do you have an interest in sharing your experience and expertise as a practicing lawyer by teaching for a few weeks at a law school in Eastern Europe, Asia or Africa? The Senior Lawyer Visiting Professors Program might be for you.

Nov 15, 2023 9:44 AM CST

Federal judge wants clerks to confirm they aren’t part of antisemitic or Islamophobic groups

A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, is asking his incoming law clerks and interns whether they have done anything—or belonged to groups that did anything—that could be construed as celebrating or condoning the “massacre perpetrated by Hamas in Israel.”

Nov 10, 2023 1:42 PM CST

PD resigns after video is said to show her tearing down posters of Hamas hostages

A lawyer who worked for New York County Defender Services has resigned after a viral video purportedly showed her tearing down posters displaying hostages held by Hamas.

Nov 9, 2023 3:02 PM CST

BigLaw firms ask law school deans to respond to antisemitism in campus protests

Updated: Deans of the nation’s top law schools received a letter on Wednesday signed by 24 major law firms, encouraging them to condemn the anti-Israel protests and harassment flaring up on campuses.

Nov 2, 2023 1:41 PM CDT

Chemerinsky: ‘Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks’

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is calling on campus officials across the country to denounce “blatant antisemitism.”

Oct 30, 2023 3:48 PM CDT

How reckoning with trauma can help you, your clients and the legal profession

Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing seeks to suggest not only how lawyers can provide better client service to traumatized people but also how lawyers, law students and judges can deal with their own traumas.

Oct 25, 2023 3:06 PM CDT

Citing its ‘value system,’ Davis Polk rescinds 3 job offers over groups’ anti-Israel statements

Davis Polk & Wardwell has rescinded job offers to three law students who participated in or had leadership positions in groups that issued statements siding with Hamas in its attack on Israeli citizens.

Oct 18, 2023 9:23 AM CDT

Generative AI creates fake images that bring to life real stories from Australia’s offshore detention camp

While a project, “Exhibit A-i: The Refugee Account,” has already gained media attention in Australia and has been shown to the country’s minister for immigration and members of Parliament, it also has led to a discussion about the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence. The technology has evolved to a point where it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fake.

Oct 12, 2023 2:33 PM CDT

Winston & Strawn rescinds NYU law student’s job offer over ‘inflammatory’ Israel comments

Winston & Strawn has rescinded a New York University School of Law student’s job offer after learning about anti-Israel comments that the student made in an online newsletter Monday.

Oct 11, 2023 10:10 AM CDT

Law firms ask Tel Aviv lawyers to work at home; ABA president condemns Hamas attacks

Law firms are asking their lawyers in Tel Aviv, Israel, to work at home following attacks by Hamas militants that have generated statements of concern by lawyers, bar associations and the president of the ABA.

Oct 10, 2023 11:23 AM CDT