Above The Law

MARCH 11, 2025

fold-ins are actually just money grabs — and the lawyer representing them knew it — there should be consequences. If it was, lawyers make mistakes from time to time. Diddy Is Furious With Lawyer Behind Viral Druski & Odell Beckham Jr. But if the Druski and Beckham Jr.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The UN Sunday called for the reinstatement of women lawyers and judges who have been fired from their roles under Taliban rule. In her meeting with Sharai, Otunbayeva highlighted the importance of women lawyers and judges in society, “whose expertise remains critical for enabling equitable access to justice for Afghan women and children.”

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2020 and 2021, your firm may have had to make quite a lot of changes quickly to meet the new remote normal. Those who shifted to hybrid or online systems in 2020 and 2021 should refine their systems to get to their next level. Juda Strawczynski (@JStrawczynski) is Director of practicePRO , Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Co.’s

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring added on Thursday three lawyers representing jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to its list of “terrorists and extremists.” Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director Denis Krivosheev condemned the October 13 arrest of Navalny’s lawyers.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Several years ago, I published a piece here on Attorney at Work titled “ Solo Lawyers: Where Is Your Office?” Back then, lawyers working anywhere but a traditional bricks-and-mortar office with their firm name on the door typically glossed over their nontraditional working environment. Remember when working remotely was taboo?

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But danger lurks behind certain technology, or the way lawyers and staff might use it. What are some scary things WFH has revealed about lawyers’ tech habits? He is the author of several books including “Microsoft Office 365 for Lawyers,” “The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft Outlook” and “OneNote in One Hour.”

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. The post Thinking Like A (Potential) Lawyer Goes Viral On Jubilee appeared first on Above the Law. Go Terriers! You can find the full clip here. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Lawyers are professional communicators, constantly exchanging emails with clients, opposing counsel and other contacts. At Content Marketing World 2021, I learned valuable tips for upping my email game from HBT Marketing Chief Creative Officer and renowned marketing expert Nancy Harhut (@nharhut). NH: Focus on the facts.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

For lawyers, the Rules of Professional Conduct demand that we keep client confidence ( ABA Model Rule 1.6 ) while maintaining a normal client-lawyer relationship ( Rule 1.14(a) Few lawyers are medical professionals, qualified to make a diagnosis, let alone properly spot the signs of a true cognitive issue. As Model Rule 1.14(a)

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Three lawyers representing Russian dissident and critic Alexei Navalny were detained Friday following raids of their residences. Alexei Navalny has been in custody in Russia since January 2021. While detained, Navalny’s lawyers can no longer represent him. All three later appeared in court.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2023

A UK Association of Prison Lawyers (APL) survey published Monday reveals that prison lawyers are at risk of quitting if legal fees are not raised. The report asserts that prison law legal aid work is ‘no longer sustainable’ due to the ‘exhausting and poorly paid work’ undertaken by lawyers.

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JURIST

JULY 9, 2024

Amnesty International urged Egypt to lift travel bans recently imposed on human rights lawyers Nasser Amin and Hoda Abdelwahab in a press statement issued Tuesday. The post Amnesty International urges Egypt to lift travel bans imposed on humans rights lawyers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2022

Afghan law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan have been reporting on the ground since the Taliban took Kabul in August 2021. Here, a women lawyer in Kabul speaks on the plight of female lawyers still in the country. The economy of female lawyers has collapsed. I was threatened, but I still want to help.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – One of our law student correspondents in Myanmar sends this update on the latest arrests of protestors and dissidents opposed to the new military government that seized power in the country in the February 1 coup : Right now, they’re targeting the lawyers. 10 Feb 2021. He’s now being chased too. U Kyaw Toe.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

She now faces two counts of transmitting insulting messages via a computer system under Sierra Leones Cybersecurity and Crime Act 2021. Her multiple requests for bail have been refused while her mental health is being affected, according to her lawyer. Offences such as libel and defamation should be decriminalized.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 4, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Armed Taliban fighters broke up a press conference by Afghan lawyers about to start at a Kabul hotel early Sunday morning, arresting several of the lawyers in attendance. The lawyers arrested were held for about half an hour before being released.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

government can punish lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients or punish judges who rule certain ways. From American Bar Association : We support the right of people to advance their interests in courts of law when they have been wronged. We reject the notion that the U.S.

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JURIST

JULY 21, 2023

Egyptian authorities released human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki and human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqeron Thursday, one day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted pardons to both men. ” The post Egypt authorities free human rights researcher and lawyer after presidential pardons appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 17, 2021

The lead lawyer representing Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government in the several criminal cases initiated against them by the junta said on Friday that a gag order has been issued preventing him from speaking about Suu Kyi’s cases to the media, foreign diplomats or international organizations.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1993, and is the Author of Florida Insurance Law, Thomson West Publishing, 2007–2021. I cannot stress that enough.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The most notable improvements included a 35 per cent increase in the delivery of unconcious bias training and a 14 per cent increase in the availability of flexible working to all lawyers. However, gender parity in higher roles remains distant, and the study found an almost 0 per cent increase in woman in senior roles in 2021.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Whereas 2020 ended with a newfound sense of the possible, 2021 ends with us still not knowing what is ahead, and therefore which way to turn. Whereas 2020 ended with great promise for regulatory reform, 2021 ends with little further progress on that front – and even retreats to some extent. Do lawyers return to the office or not?

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? For reference, an earlier list was compiled by the legaltechdesign.com website in 2018 and posted at: [link] The following list was compiled December 13-15, 2021. We share what we found below.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for the release of imprisoned Uyghur activist Valijon Kalonov on Monday, who has been forcibly detained in a Uzbekistan psychiatric hospital since 2021. For example, his most recent lawyer did not appeal his forced psychiatric treatment, in spite of admitting that Kalonov does not suffer from a mental illness.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 4, 2022

What We Learned in 2021. In December 2021, Dave Ries, a frequent co-presenter with the authors, wrote an excellent summary of the cybersecurity portion of the ABA’s 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report. ABA Formal Opinion 483, “Lawyers’ Obligations After an Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack” (October 2018).

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The professional life of lawyers in Myanmar was not easy even before the coup, Now, it’s worse. In Myanmar – especially for litigation lawyers – popularity, social connections and the favor of court clerks play a greater role in their success than specialization and lawyering experience.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2023

India’s Supreme Court Collegium Wednesday reconsidered the proposal to appoint openly gay lawyer Saurabh Kirpal as a Delhi High Court judge, and observed that every individual is “entitled to maintain their own dignity and individuality based on sexual orientation.” Saurabh Kirpal is an Indian lawyer, author and LGBTQ+ Activist.

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ABA Journal

MAY 26, 2022

A Charleston, South Carolina, lawyer charged last week with entering the U.S. 6, 2021, riot has been fired from his… Capitol during the Jan.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It’s a battle as old as WordPerfect versus Word: Should lawyers type? Since lawyers have keyboarding skills, how many can be assigned to one admin assistant? All the extra stuff that you, the lawyer, get to do — or worse, pile up because you are too busy to handle it. According to the “ 2021 State of U.S.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

She was honored by CAPA (California Association of Paralegal Associations) with the Paralegal of the Year award in 2021 and with the 2022 Gayle O’Connor GO Spirit Award. He was recently honored with the 2024 Legal Professional of the Year – Law Practice Management award by the California Lawyers Association.

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ALPS

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Lawyers complained that ChatGPT was not entirely useful to them because it was limited to data prior to September 2021 – a huge limitation for an attorney doing research or anything requiring access to data after 2021. It really prevented a lot of lawyers from using ChatGPT in any major way.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In July of 2021, Judge Preska concluded Donziger was guilty of all six misdemeanor contempt charges against him, ruling that he “repeatedly and willfully” defied court orders to turn over information requested by Chevron that was necessary to enforce their judgment against him.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. John Kerry, then U.S.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 27, 2021

While referrals from colleagues, friends and family top the list of reasons clients choose a particular lawyer or firm, studies show that buyers are also influenced by several factors. Client testimonials, case studies, and other recognition in outward-facing marketing materials have proven impactful for law firms and individual lawyers.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, Attorney at Work’s Top 20 Articles of 2021 captures the zeitgeist of what’s on the minds of small law firms. Yesterday at TechnoLawyer, we published our annual awards, aptly titled TechnoLawyer Top 10 Products of 2021. Nowadays, any lawyer can buy certain 50 state surveys off the shelf.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 6, 2021

Not every lawyer can or should be a thought leader. Career and marketing coaches counsel lawyers to become thought leaders. For lawyers, being perceived as an expert enhances their ability to attract clients and referrals. They don’t care whether the lawyer handled a precedent-setting appellate case. The Leadership Part.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2024

Li has been detained by the Chinese authorities since August 2020 and was returned to Hong Kong in March 2021 after he finished serving his sentence for illegal entry into China. The post Jimmy Lai’s lawyers appeal to UN against China torturing witness appeared first on JURIST - News.

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