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Gain Experience with Paralegal Pro Bono Work

Paralegal Bootcamp

The partner tells me that the DC partner was the head of the firm’s pro bono department, and I’d be the lead litigation paralegal on a case involving a civil rights violation in Alabama prisons. That firm had an entire pro bono department where those attorneys only worked on pro bono cases. You won’t know until you ask.

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Doctors and families with transgender children seek injunction against Alabama bill criminalizing gender-affirming care to minors

JURIST

Two doctors joined two parents on behalf of their minor children to file a complaint Tuesday in federal court against the governor and the district attorneys of Alabama, Shelby County, and Jefferson County, to block Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (“VCCPA”) from going into effect on May 8, 2022.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

James Harlan served in Congress and as Kentucky’s attorney general, and was a devoted follower of Henry Clay, to the point that Clay’s politics and James’ were almost interchangeable. Instead, Lincoln put Kentucky under martial law. Harlan’s dissent proved influential in changing the constitutional law of the nation.

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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

SCOTUSBlog

The co-chairs of the commission, which will complete its report within 180 days of its first public meeting, are Bob Bauer, an NYU law professor who served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama, and Cristina Rodríguez, a Yale Law School professor who served as a deputy assistant attorney general during the Obama administration.

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Trumpunity: Sunstein Calls For Broader Use Of Defamation Lawsuit To Curtail “Fake News”

JonathanTurley

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. First, he is discussing not the lawsuit that I raised against the attorneys making these claims outside of court.

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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

JonathanTurley

The testimony put the controversial demands of New York Attorney General James into sharp relief. The charges brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James were curious from the start. Even though the Alabama Supreme Court previously reduced the punitive award by half, the U.S.

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

JonathanTurley

attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen. Now two Capitol Police officers injured during the riot, James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, have sued on similar grounds with many of the same inherent flaws.