Attorney at Work
MAY 28, 2025
Recruiter Jenny Leon says lack of a book of business is the biggest reason lawyers are unable to leave their firms. The post The Hotel California: How You Know Its Time to Leave Your Law Firm appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
JURIST
MAY 31, 2025
While Colombia has made notable progress in protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender-diverse (LGBT) individuals, the country must urgently address widespread discrimination and violence still faced by these communities, a UN human rights expert has warned Friday. Graeme Reid, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, concluded a fact-finding mission across multiple Colombian cities.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 27, 2025
Brent Newton is a Practitioner in Residence at Penn State Dickinson Law. Law review articles have long been criticized for being out of touch with actual legal practice and having little influence on judicial decision making. Perhaps most notably, in 2011, Chief Justice John Roberts expressed such criticism in comments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuits judicial conference: Pick up a copy of any law review that you see you know, the influence of Immanuel Kant on evidentiary appro
Above The Law
MAY 27, 2025
The Navy has never gone this long without a fully empowered chief of naval operations. Former officials and analysts say the consequences of that are stacking up by the day.
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EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 27, 2025
Section 15A-1215(a) of the North Carolina Code provides that The judge may permit the seating of one or more alternate jurors. Alternate jurors must be sworn and seated near the jury with equal opportunity to see and hear the proceedings.
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JURIST
MAY 30, 2025
The European Union (EU) ratified the UN High Seas Treaty on Wednesday, joining a global effort to protect the ocean, curb environmental damage, tackle climate change, and preserve biodiversity. Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal, and Slovenia are among the 29 Member States to ratify the Treaty, making it the largest ratification by a group of countries to date.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 27, 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh in on the bid for compassionate release by a New York man convicted of murder for hire a quarter-century ago. The justices decision to grant review in Fernandez v. United States was announced on a scheduled list of orders released after the holiday weekend from their private conference on Thursday, May 22.
Above The Law
MAY 27, 2025
On May 16, Butler Snow landed on the unhappy end of a Show Cause order from an Alabama federal judge. It seems as though the firm’s recent filing included some legal research and the judge noted, “the court has conducted independent searches for each allegedly fabricated citation, to no avail.” The firm, representing a prison official on behalf of the state for allegedly failing to protect an inmate stabbed 20 times — over multiple different occasions — responded sw
EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 29, 2025
Federal Rule of Evidence 701 states that If a witness is not testifying as an expert, testimony in the form of an opinion is limited to one that is: (a) rationally based on the witnesss perception; (b) helpful to clearly.
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Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.
Attorney at Work
MAY 30, 2025
Wayne Hassay | If reform is to be meaningful, it must begin with historical honestyand resist both the elitism of the past and the lure of unchecked commercialism. The post The 1908 Problem: Unshackling Access to Justice Through Legal Ethics Reform appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
JURIST
MAY 26, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday expressed concerns over Qatar’s alleged discriminatory policies against the ethnic minority Bahai community. HRW Deputy Middle East director at HRW Michael Page stated: The Bahai community of Qatar has endured decades of government discrimination and intimidation, and authorities have consistently ignored community leaders [sic] repeated efforts to engage the government in dialogue and seek redress.
ABA Journal
MAY 28, 2025
Media personality and reality TV star Kim Kardashian has finished a legal apprenticeship program that offers an alternate path to becoming a lawyer in California.
Above The Law
MAY 30, 2025
Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Im trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow. As a flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news. All the times I was thiiiiiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through.
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HowAppealing
MAY 31, 2025
“How the Supreme Court Made Legal Immigrants Vulnerable to Deportation; The court decisions are an abrupt turnaround for a population that entered the country legally and shared detailed information about their whereabouts with the government”: Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times has this news analysis.
Attorney at Work
MAY 29, 2025
Karin Conroy | While AI images offer speed and creativity, traditional photography, helps build trust and connection. The post AI Images vs. Authentic Photography: Whats Best for Your Law Firm Website? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
JURIST
MAY 25, 2025
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Trk, on Friday sharply criticized recent legislation that allows civilians in Uganda to be tried in military courts. This comes in response to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by parliament on Tuesday. In January, t he Supreme Court of Uganda ruled in the case Attorney General v Kabaziguruka , declaring that the General Court Martial (GCM) lacked jurisdiction to try civilians under th
FDA Law Blog
MAY 27, 2025
By Dr. Naomi Lowy, Principal Drug Regulatory Expert FDA recently announced, CEO Forums: An FDA Listening Tour to Engage Pharma CEOs. These are scheduled to take place in several cities on both coasts in June and July (Link here). This tour to engage with pharmaceutical and biotech CEOs is unprecedented. According to the announcement, Commissioner Makary will be holding these along with Principal Deputy Commissioner Sara Brenner, M.D., M.P.H and Director of FDAs Center for Biologics Evaluation a
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Above The Law
MAY 29, 2025
Ed. note : This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Sonya L. Sigler back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. In the first four articles of this series, we explored how noticing your energy, shifting your mindset, aligning your choices, and building intentional daily practices create a strong foundation for self-care.
HowAppealing
MAY 29, 2025
“Chief Judge Questions Judicial Boycotts in Tossing Complaint; Dismissed complaint over judge not hiring Columbia clerks; Says boycotts may embroil courts in public controversies”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. You can access the order of Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Steven M. Colloton at this link. As the order explains: A judges participation in a hiring boycott against graduates of a private university does not fit the ordinary meaning of political activity, b
EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 28, 2025
Similar to its federal counterpart, Utah Rule of Evidence 704(b) provides that In a criminal case, an expert witness must not state an opinion about whether the defendant did or did not have a mental state or condition that constitutes.
JURIST
MAY 28, 2025
British-Egyptian writer and human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being unlawfully detained by the Egyptian government, according to an investigation by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Following the 18-month investigation, the panel concluded that his arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment violated international human rights law and constituted a clear attempt to silence a prominent government critic.
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Law 360
MAY 30, 2025
As more than half of young lawyers cite workplace toxicity as the reason they left their jobs, a panel of attorneys said Friday that many of the professionals they've listened to aren't willing to dismiss bullying as a rite of passage.
Above The Law
MAY 27, 2025
In Season 9, Episode 3 of Notes to My (Legal) Self , I had the pleasure of speaking with Sam Moore, Senior Director of Innovation at SkillBurst Interactive (acquired by BARBRI). Sam’s mission is clear: to help attorneys bridge the gap between technology and practice. In this episode, we explored the skills lawyers need to embrace the AI revolution and the evolving landscape of legal tech education.
HowAppealing
MAY 31, 2025
“Nationwide Injunctions? Only if the Supreme Court Has Spoken. District judges shouldnt be able to make policy in cases that require them to announce new law.” Law professor Jed Rubenfeld has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
My Shingle
MAY 27, 2025
Over the course of this three-part video series, I set out to train a custom AI agent (project GPT) to generate and respond to discovery requests under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules for the District of Maryland. My goal was to give the AI both procedural know-how and factual documents… The post Using GenAI to Assist with Discovery appeared first on My Shingle.
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