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Criminal Defense Attorneys Facing Work Without Pay Because Of Poor Budgeting

Above The Law

Wainwright secured the right to an attorney for defendants facing felony charges, even if they couldn’t afford the representation. Would have been nice if it went just a little bit further and ensured that the representing attorneys would be duly compensated for upholding their part of the Constitution.

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Will You Survive? How Trump’s Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career”

The Estrin Report

Trump isnt just going after his rivals as promised on the campaign trail, Trump is also going after lawyers of his rivals. Picking fights with lawyers is tricky. They know their rights, and fight battles in their home court in front of judges, also lawyers. They are smart. Theres a bigger issue in all this chaos.

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New York Moves to Ease Arrest Disclosure Requirements by Would-Be Lawyers

The Crime Report

New York is moving to end a requirement that law school graduates report past arrests and police interactions short of convictions in order to become practicing attorneys, following a new report finding that excessive screening discourages people of color from applying to law school and the bar, reports Bloomberg News.

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Washington State Faces Defense Attorney Shortages

The Crime Report

Franklin County in Washington state is facing a lawyer shortage as newly booked inmates are not being assigned defense attorneys for the last two months, Cameron Probert reports for Tri-City Herald. Franklin County officials are looking to add $300,000 to the Office of Public Defense to attract more lawyers.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

So I am a recent transfer to the law school, but I would say probably, more importantly, I’m a proud aunt, first-generation law student, and first-generation college student. So really involved in the South Dakota State Bar, American Bar Association, and the Young Lawyers Division. Introduce yourself.

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Caila A Coleman: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

Have people to bounce ideas off of: those people can be other lawyers, but also make sure you are talking to people who are NOT lawyers as well. Talking to people who are not attorneys will help ensure that your strategy is translating well, and they can help you think of options outside of the law that you may have overlooked.

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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.