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‘Glassdoor For Judges’ Prepares To Celebrate 1-Year Anniversary Of Upending The Clerkship System

Above The Law

Law school clerkship advisors told me dismissively that, Harassment doesnt happen in clerkships; its just women adjusting to their first jobs; and Were blessed to work with only good judges — all our alumni have positive clerkship experiences; and I dont need your Project; I know about all the judges.

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“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”

HowAppealing

“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

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Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

LawTechnologyToday

Julie founded Standd after over a decade practicing law, mostly as a trial attorney at the U.S. At DOJ, Julie served in the Tax Division, Civil Division, and Federal Programs Branch, where she handled cases raising complex regulatory and administrative law questions in federal trial and appellate courts across the US.

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Purposes and consequences: A conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer

SCOTUSBlog

Who were your role models when you were studying law, and did any of them inspire you to become a justice? One can prepare to be the most qualified lawyer for the position, but the truth is that you depend on being nominated by someone else and I believe that each and every member of the Supreme Court understands that.

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GWU Adjunct Law Professor Loses Worker’s Compensation Case

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting case this week involving an adjunct professor at George Washington Law School, where I teach. She claims that Defendants’ lawyer had ex parte communications with the ALJ and offered to help her secure a Maryland judgeship. Id. ¶ 174. I d. ¶ 154.

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Dear Stephen Breyer

SCOTUSBlog

The bar section is filled with quite a few lawyers who will be sworn in to the Supreme Court Bar after the day’s opinions, including the California Lawyers Association Taxation Section with an especially well-timed visit. A simple joke in your telling lifts us all, albeit often with groaning.”

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Whither Equity? NFIB v. OSHA and BPSOF v. Wu

LettersBlogatory

But I do think that procedural simplification has led to a decline in the bar’s understanding of the substantive differences between law and equity, which were supposed to be unaffected by Rule 2. It would make for better lawyers.