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What I Learned in Paralegal School vs On The Job

Paralegal Bootcamp

This article will explore the relationship between the theoretical knowledge gained in school and the practiced skills honed as a paralegal on the job through interactions with fellow paralegals, attorneys, and online resources. How School Helped Me Build a Strong Foundation 1. This is what you’ve been looking for!

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Can the ‘War’ on Gun Violence Learn From the Mistakes of the War on Drugs?

The Crime Report

For decades, attorneys, activists, academics, and even judges have openly critiqued the War on Drugs and its associated harsh enforcement policies such as mandatory minimum sentencing. Benjamin Levin is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.

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Paralegals: What If Your Client Claims Innocence?

Paralegal Mentor

Cooley Law School. We discuss the Innocence Project and the Post Conviction DNA Testing Statutes that opened the door for exoneration of the innocent around the country. In 2006, Professor Mitchell received the Justice For All award from the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for her Innocence Project work.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. But they were still frog-marched into a plea bargain by their defense attorney or the prosecutor or the judge or some combination thereof. Photo by Brandy Brewer.

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Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware

JonathanTurley

Even before the deal was cut, Weiss allowed major crimes to expire under the statute of limitations (despite having an agreement to extend that period). He also agreed to a deal that would have avoided any jail time and would have given Hunter an immunity bath that would have drowned the entire criminal code.

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Can Biden Resurrect the Justice Department ‘Slush Fund’?

The Crime Report

In 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions ended a controversial Bush- and Obama-era practice that allowed corporations to settle financial claims by making substantial “donations” to pre-selected non-profits. Reviving the practice would violate the Article I Appropriations Clause and a statute known as the McDade Amendment, Larkin Jr.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment. Virginia , the court did find the statute unconstitutional. He and his co-counsel, Philip Hirschkop, took the case to the Supreme Court. 29, 1941 – Nov.

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