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 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.
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JURIST
MAY 23, 2025
The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military base, critical to the UK and the US, for an average of 101 million pounds per year. Diego Garcia has played a crucial role in ensuring the security of the UK and its allies across the Middle East, East Africa, and South Asia for more than 50 years.
EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 23, 2025
Indiana has passed a new landmark eyewitness identification bill that is designed to address the leading cause of wrongful convictions. The bill was was championed by exonerees, the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic, and the Innocence Project, which has a.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce
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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Attorney at Work
MAY 27, 2025
Jared Correia | Before entering into another loosely defined relationship, consider adding the following clauses to your fee agreements. The post Client Engagement Agreements: An Underused Tool in a Lawyer’s Arsenal appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
JURIST
MAY 24, 2025
Army-backed militias, collectively known as the “Wazalendo,” committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday. HRW accused the Congolese military (FARDC) of collaborating with the militias in the South Kivu province and urged Congolese authorities to sever ties with the coalition.
Paralegal Bootcamp
MAY 23, 2025
You just found out you’re going to trial. Cue the panic button. Maybe you’ve been a litigation paralegal for a while, but it’s your first time supporting a litigation team at trial, or maybe you’re new to the paralegal profession. Either way, your brain is racing: What if I forget something? How will I even know if I forget something if I don’t even know what I’m supposed to have at trial?
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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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.
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.
Attorney at Work
MAY 23, 2025
Jamie Spannhake | Your legal mind is your most valuable asset. Use these tools to keep it sharp, steady and calm. The post Legal Minds Under Pressure: Top 5 Ways Lawyers Are Using Mental Health Tech in 2025 appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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 23, 2025
It's an issue I researched extensively in connection with the Adnan Syed case: When does defense counsel's failure to contact alibi witnesses constitute ineffective assistance. The latest example can be found in the recent opinion of the District Court of.
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HowAppealing
MAY 22, 2025
“Deadlocked Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma; In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school”: Abbie VanSickle and Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times have this report. Justin Jouvenal, Laura Meckler, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “ Supreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public school; With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in plac
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
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
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.
Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha
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?
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.
HowAppealing
MAY 22, 2025
“Republican Bill Would Limit Judges Contempt Power; Democrats have argued that House Republicans measure would rob courts of their power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore judges rulings”: Michael Gold of The New York Times has this report.
LawSites
MAY 23, 2025
The judge presiding over the long-running copyright litigation between Thomson Reuters and Ross Intelligence today issued a memorandum opinion explaining his April 10 issuance of an 11th-hour order postponing the scheduled trial to allow Ross to file an interlocutory appeal of the judges partial grant of summary judgment.
JURIST
MAY 24, 2025
The US Supreme Court split evenly Thursday over a challenge to the attempted establishment of the countrys first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional. The US Supreme Courts opinion did not explain its ruling. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa are Catholic churches that received sponsorship from Oklahomas Charter School Board to establish the Catholic school St.
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Above The Law
MAY 28, 2025
How could a law student go about building peace? You could graduate and snag a Biglaw gig and funnel most of the money to direct action organizations that feed and help folks get out of poverty. You could host negotiation or mediation clinics that foster conflict resolution skills so communities can resolve issues without resorting to violence. You could even use ChatGPT!
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.
HowAppealing
MAY 22, 2025
“Julia Grant 23 To Clerk at U.S. Supreme Court; Former Clinic Student Will Work for Justice Brett Kavanaugh”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.
ABA Journal
MAY 28, 2025
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