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 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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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.
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.
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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
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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.
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?
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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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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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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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
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 23, 2025
A few years ago, I wrote an article about how fax numbers are still an important tool in the legal industry in some contexts. Indeed, some legal professionals cling to faxes even though email seems like a more preferable method of communication, likely owing to habit and the fact that fax might leave less of a digital footprint than email. Although fax was seen as a technology of the future in Back to the Future II , fax has been an outdated communication method for years.
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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.
HowAppealing
MAY 28, 2025
“Some judges reject DOJ claim that Jan. 6 pardons apply to other crimes; Prosecutors sided with seven defendants charged with other crimes discovered in Jan. 6 investigations, but several courts have refused to dismiss cases”: Tom Jackman of The Washington Post 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.
Above The Law
MAY 23, 2025
Omarosa Manigault Newman has been known as many things over the span of her career: writer, political aide, and a stand-out contestant on the show The Apprentice are just a few. And while it is probably hard for most of our readers to relate to her experiences as a TV star or butt of a Stephen Colbert joke that compares her book to day old sushi, there is one thing may of us can relate to.
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