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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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The Underpaid Paralegal

The Estrin Report

As paralegals, it’s our job to provide support to attorneys and clients, dedicating countless hours to research, investigation, drafting, and client engagement. You serve as the point of contact when the attorney is not available. You also put in just as much dedication and effort into every case as the attorney.

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The “Underpaid” Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

As paralegals, it’s our job to provide support to attorneys and clients, dedicating countless hours to research, investigation, drafting, and client engagement. You serve as the point of contact when the attorney is not available. You also put in just as much dedication and effort into every case as the attorney.

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Marina Shepelsky: How to Be a Top Lawyer in Your Niche

The Estrin Report

Marina Shepelsky Founder, CEO Shepelsky Law Brooklyn, NY Fordham Law School, 2002. Now as founder and CEO of three-lawyer Shepelsky Law, she practices immigration law along with family and divorce law. I applied to medical school, which didn’t work out,” Shepesky recalls. Supreme Court.

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Increasing Law Firm Polarization Will Degrade Rule Of Law

Law 360

As evidenced in recent instances of law firms separating from attorneys who represented certain industries or espoused certain views, firms and the legal practice itself have grown troublingly polarized and intolerant of dissent, says Rebecca Roiphe at New York Law School.

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NY Courts Faulted for Lax Approach to Misconduct

The Crime Report

The New York State court system has routinely failed to demand personal accountability for prosecutorial misconduct, argues attorney and journalist Rory Fleming in New York Focus. The group plans to expand to other New York City boroughs soon. Although former Gov.

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Justice System

The Crime Report

jurisprudence , says a New York Law School Legal Studies Research Paper. . But FAS is rarely taken into consideration by courts during sentencing decisions, write New York Law School professors Michael L. According to the New York Law School study, racial minorities are more likely to have FAS.