After rejecting several proposals earlier this month that would have opened up Florida’s legal marketplace to nonlawyer financial interests and practitioners, the Florida Supreme Court has tasked the Florida Bar with coming up with alternative plans to strengthen access to justice.
During her speech on the first day of hearings on her U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged that her opinions are on the long side and explained the reason why. Jackson said she believes in transparency, and litigants should know precisely what she thinks and the basis for her decisions.
Sen. Josh Hawley expressed concern about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentences in seven child pornography cases during his statement on the first day of her nomination hearing.
Democrats praised Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as her nomination hearing kicked off on Monday, while Republicans questioned her views and expressed anger over Democratic handling of past nominees by Republican presidents.
JusticeText, a technology platform that assists public defenders with processing video and audio evidence, recently won a pitch competition at the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The creators of JusticeText were featured as 2022 Legal Rebels by the ABA Journal in February.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has received a unanimous “well qualified” rating from the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, the highest qualification.
David M. Rubenstein received a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Chicago Law School, and since then, the 1973 graduate has gifted $61 million to cover scholarships for other law students.
The Law School Admission Council announced a plan Wednesday to allow prospective law school applicants to take undergraduate courses—possibly in lieu of the LSAT.
As school districts across the country deal with complaints from people who say they are opposed to teaching critical race theory in the classroom, the University of Minnesota Law School isn’t dodging the controversy.
Ever since the U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia, attorney Adam M. Smith’s phone has been ringing off the hook. Smith is in demand. As sanctions pile up around the world in response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, he is also thinking on his feet.
