Above The Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The post ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists (2024) appeared first on Above the Law. Who will be the winner of our fifteenth annual law-related Halloween costume competition?

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JURIST

MAY 5, 2024

Asylum Aid, a leading UK charity providing free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers and refugees, announced on Friday that it was launching legal action against the Home Office’s Safety of Rwanda plan to “ensure that all individual cases against removal to Rwanda are properly considered.”

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The post ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Winner (2024) appeared first on Above the Law. Who was the lucky winner of this year’s law-themed Halloween contest competition?

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 17, 2024

Annette Choti | The legal marketing landscape will be heavily influenced by tech — but not just AI. How will these trends shape your 2024 marketing strategy? The post Top Digital Marketing Trends for Lawyers in 2024 appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Irish criminal barristers have withdrawn their services as of Tuesday, 3 rd October, due to a dispute over the rate of legal aid fees. The dispute relates to the fees paid to criminal barristers by the Director of Public Prosecutions under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) scheme.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The post Introducing The 2024 Legal Tech Buyer’s Guide! Ensure your firm is on the cutting edge with this brand new primer on doc management, AI, CRM, billing and payments, and more. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

These were the top 7 actionable strategies and tips for litigation paralegals to accelerate their paralegal career in 2024. Westlaw and LexisNexis, are legal information databases, which you probably got student access to while you were in school. I’m beyond upset to the point of just giving up in the legal field.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

Last Wednesday Poland challenged the legality of two major EU legal acts that are part of the “Fit for 55” package currently before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Concerning the EU ETS Directive, Poland claims that the wrong procedure as well as the wrong legal basis have been used to adopt it.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2024

The ICJ in its judgement on February 2, 2024 , affirmed its jurisdiction to hear Ukraine’s claims and confirmed its authority to adjudicate the dispute under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The year 2024 was one of change. In the midst of a largely unpopular back-to-office push, technological innovation and development occurred at a rapid clip.…

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2023

Irish barristers have scheduled another in a series of protests regarding pay in relation to Criminal Legal Aid cases. The purpose of this event, which follows similar demonstrations in March and April 2022, is to “again mark the failure of the Irish State to honour its rule of law obligations in criminal legal aid funding.”

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JURIST

JUNE 19, 2023

A majority of New York City Council members on Monday sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams urging him to drastically increase funding for legal aid services in the city. ” The letter, authored by Councilperson Shaun Abreu, a former tenant rights attorney, referenced several issues facing legal services in the city.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Because size matters in the legal profession. The post The 200 Largest Law Firms On Earth (2024) appeared first on Above the Law. Which are the planet's largest law firms?

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

He also “urge[d] the legislature to send [him] legislation [in 2024] that includes therapeutic guidelines.” ” The post California lawmakers introduce bill to legalize psychedelic mushroom therapy appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Reflections on the wild ride that was 2024 and bold predictions for the new year. The post 2024 In Legal Ops: AI, Adaptation, And Whats Next appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2024

This allows the company to continue its operations as a press and media outlet while the legal proceedings are ongoing. On July 16, 2024, Federal Minister of the Interior and Community Nancy Faeser announced a ban on COMPACT-Magazin GmbH, citing that it is directed against the constitutional order.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Twenty-six countries expressed on Thursday their support for a legal initiative to hold the Taliban accountable at the International Court of Justice for systematic human rights violations against women and girls in Afghanistan.

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LawSites

MAY 16, 2024

In what has become an annual tradition, nominations have now opened for the American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2024

The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced Monday during the Foreign Affairs Council that EU ministers agreed on a “legal framework” to increase its military support to Ukraine and bypass Hungary’s opposition to the project.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

“Legal Scholars Discuss the Influence of the Supreme Court; Jeannie Suk Gersen and Keith Whittington participate in the 2024 Election Speaker Series”: Nicola Smith of Dartmouth News has this report.

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Paralegal.edu

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In April 2024, the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) conducted a comprehensive site visit of Center for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) as part of the renewal of accreditation efforts started in 2023.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The criteria that will define successful legal ops teams. What Does ‘Readiness’ Mean In 2024 And Beyond? The post Readiness 2.0: appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Since Brexit, people-smuggling from Germany to the UK has, according to the BBC , fallen under a legal loophole with the UK no longer being a member of the EU. ” The International Organisation for Migration reports that over 250 people died attempting to reach the UK from 2014-2024.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with the following CEOs in his annual Ari Kaplan Advisors CEO roundtable about the opportunities of 2024 and the expectations for…

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 6, 2024

On 56 December 2024, 18 private international lawyers from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore came together at the University of Melbourne for the 2024 Asia-Pacific Colloquium of the Journal of Private International Law (JPIL). The colloquium was the first since 2018, when it had been held in Japan.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Human rights organizations sounded the alarm on Tuesday over the deteriorating health of Chinese legal scholar and human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly a month to protest his ongoing ill-treatment in detention.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2024

This unified action comes in response to what legal professionals are describing as a dangerous escalation by the government targeting their community. The aggressive tactics used during the raid, including violence against some lawyers, have sparked condemnation and outrage within the legal community.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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JURIST

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Given the rise in legal challenges and political controversies surrounding the 2024 US election, more issues are anticipated to arise both before and after the presidential election scheduled for November 5, 2024. The Constitution’s Electors Clause states that “[election] day shall be the same throughout the United States.”

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Technology advanced quickly—faster than ever before—with legal technology companies updating their software at rates never before seen in… This year was one of confounding contradictions.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Because size matters in the legal profession. The post The 30 Largest Law Firms In Europe (2024) appeared first on Above the Law. Which are the largest law firms in the EU? You may be surprised by how many are U.S.-based.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2024

All of them are from CIED ( Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho , a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving legal culture through study and research, promoting critical and reflective debate to contribute to the development of the country.

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Paralegal.edu

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Center for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) is excited to announce the availability of a new bachelor’s degree program designed specifically for paralegals and other legal support professionals. Classes in the Bachelor of Law and Business degree program begin January 29, 2024.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Most legal professionals are wordsmiths, with much to share from their work and… At the ABA Journal, we revel in our readers’ passion and engagement.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 7, 2024

“Ghost guns, transgender care on Supreme Court agenda as election looms; A new term begins Monday, with hot-button social issues on the docket and the possibility of legal disputes about the 2024 presidential vote”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 3, 2024

With great sadness did we receive notice that Erik Jayme passed away on 1 May 2024, shortly before his 90 th birthday on 8 June. From there it was only a small step to calling for a guardian ad litem for an artwork, just as for a child, in legal proceedings.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 23, 2024

It says something about our collective attitude towards generative AI in legal that this blog’s most-read story of the year was about lawyers getting sanctioned for hallucinated case citations.

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