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APRIL 3, 2025

New York , involving the right, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, of criminal defendants to confront witnesses against them. Villareals attorney objected that such an instruction interfered with his clients right to confer with his counsel. The court denied review on March 24 in Franklin v.

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JUNE 6, 2025

Even though I had interned for a judge, I never saw trial practice up close from the attorneys’ side of the bench, and I learned valuable lessons related to objections, examinations, presentation of exhibits, and many other parts of the litigation process. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothm an.law.

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APRIL 10, 2025

from Columbia Law School in 2024. While a student at Columbia, Fitch gained professional experience in the offices of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Federal Trade Commissions Rulemaking Group, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the New York State Office of the Attorney Generals Antitrust Bureau, and the Open Markets Institute.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 5, 2025

Michael argues that although private international law is increasingly important in our interconnected world, it has fallen out of favor at top U.S. law schools. To quote from the Essay: Private international law has not lost its jurisprudential import. Symeonides (Willamette University College of Law) Carlos M.

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Above The Law

JULY 15, 2025

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s 10-0 decision that state Supreme Court Justice Naita Semaj should be censured said the six-year jurist acknowledged she violated misconduct rules on numerous occasions and demonstrated at least the appearance of bias. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 11, 2025

New York Post has coverage: For Nat Cedillo, jet-setting from one hotspot city to another each week is no cheap thrill…I travel from Mexico City to New York City so that I can attend my law school classes, Cedillo, 30, an aspiring intellectual property attorney, tells The Post.

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JURIST

MAY 4, 2025

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday filed lawsuits against Hawaii, Michigan, New York, and Vermont over “unconstitutional” and “ burdensome” climate change initiatives. First, the DOJ filed suits against the states of New York and Vermont over their climate superfund laws.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Trump made the announcement in a statement on Thursday evening, calling Sauer a “deeply accomplished, masterful appellate attorney.” A Rhodes Scholar and a graduate of Harvard Law School, he clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit for Judge J. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2025

Department of Justice on Thursday limited the American Bar Association’s decades-old role in rating candidates for life-tenured positions in the federal judiciary, curtailing its ability to vet new nominations by Republican President Donald Trump. I don’t see why that same principle wouldn’t apply to legislators.

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JULY 7, 2025

Ultimately, neither happened : While TikTok briefly went offline, President-elect Donald Trump said that after his inauguration on January 20, he would issue an executive order "to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect" and "confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark."

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Above The Law

JULY 14, 2025

From the New York Times : “The question to the Supreme Court justice seemed lighthearted, following inquiries about her favorite song and what book she is reading. attorney offices, including in D.C. 6 “Eliminating ABA Accreditation for Texas Law Schools is Flawed Proposal, Some Deans Say.” Read more here. #2

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2025

The dispute pitted the state’s Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, who opposed the creation of the charter school, against the state’s charter school board, which had approved the school’s application. But by the end of the term, Barrett may have silenced those critics.

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Above The Law

JUNE 23, 2025

From Politico : “A California court has upheld a recommendation that attorney John Eastman should lose his law license because of his central role in President Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election. to allow non-lawyers to have ownership interests in law firms.” Read more here. #3 Two headlines for #8.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 4, 2025

To say last week’s February California bar exam didn’t go smoothly would be a gross understatement. The technical meltdown has garnered not only local legal, but national mainstream media, attention.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 9, 2025

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1966, Souter spent two years in private practice at Orr and Reno, a small firm in Concord. Souter then began a stint in state government, working for Warren Rudman, then the attorney general of New Hampshire.

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Above The Law

MAY 5, 2025

New York University Law School has taken a startling turn toward repressing student protests on campus. The students participated in sit-ins on March 4 and April 29 outside the office of NYU President Linda Mills’s office in Bobst Library and in front of the office of the law school dean.

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Above The Law

MAY 5, 2025

According to Lat: In New York City, an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Foley Square, across the street from federal and state courthouses, to rally for the rule of law and to protest recent attacks upon it.” recently opened a new firm and named it Dragon Lawyers. Read more here (gift link).

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Above The Law

MAY 19, 2025

Im also pleased to share the recent announcement about my nomination to the ABAs Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar , which is the entity responsible for law school accreditation. attorney in D.C. attorneys office of the probe. 6 Theres a Darker Reason Trump Is Going After Those Law Firms.

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Above The Law

MAY 27, 2025

But as legal ethics expert Bruce Green , a professor at Fordham University Law School, points out, its not a gag order. From Courthouse News Service : Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is trying his hand once again at a bill that would force the U.S. From Businesswire : Law firms throughout the U.S. 9 Law Power.

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Above The Law

MAY 12, 2025

This week holds lots of travel in store for me, including a quick trip to San Francisco for a conversation about Supreme Court reform with folks from the Brennan Center for Justice and a visit to Texas A&M Law School to discuss works-in-progress with other legal ethics scholars. Texas lawyers can receive 3 hours MCLE, including.5

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Not only have third-year law students’ permanent job offers been revoked and summer internship programs been canceled, but government agencies are now pulling out of law school recruitment events for future legal roles. The annual event saw more than 1,700 job seekers from 20 law schools at last year.

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Above The Law

JUNE 9, 2025

Department of Justice attorneys in response to the Trump administration’s ongoing purge of the department, has launched a pro bono legal network to represent DOJ attorneys being ‘unfairly targeted’ by the Trump administration.” 10 “Attorney Discipline Moves Into Public Eye.” Read more here. #6 Read more here. #10

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Above The Law

JULY 7, 2025

From the New York Times : Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour remixes American history, and her own. The superstar’s new stage show turns reclamation, personal and musical, into joyful extravaganza. Those conferences helped infuse technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship into law school programs across the country.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 16, 2025

New cases may pass conflict of interest checks but not moral conflict. Trump has issued executive orders targeting two law firms representing his perceived enemies, and attacked firms and law schools he says are violating presidential initiatives against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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Above The Law

MARCH 17, 2025

From the New York Times : President Trumps retribution campaign against law firms, legal experts and analysts say, is undermining a central tenet of the American legal system the right to a lawyer to argue vigorously on ones behalf. The number of applicants to the nations nearly 200 law schools is up 20.5%

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Above The Law

APRIL 14, 2025

First, from the Houston Chronicle : President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ordering federal agencies to terminate their contracts with Susman Godfrey LLP , a Houston-based law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation suit against Fox News. Attorney Ed Martin. Read more here.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

In response to questions about Reuveni, Attorney General Pam Bondi said: At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States. Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences. From Reuters : A fourth major law U.S. Read more here.

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Above The Law

APRIL 28, 2025

Second , from the HuffPost : Attorney General Pam Bondi hinted at hunting down more judges hours after a Wisconsin judge was arrested for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. 3 Angst Builds Inside Federal Agency Over Trumps Moves Against Law Firms. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. #3 That is wrong.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2025

Law360 has coverage: Universal Music Group on Monday urged a New York federal judge to dismiss a defamation suit from hip-hop star Drake against the record label over the hit dis track “Not Like Us” by his rival Kendrick Lamar, casting Lamar’s lyrics as opinion and hyperbole. Louis School of Law.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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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The Crime Report

JANUARY 21, 2022

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 Estrin Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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 Estrin Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

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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Attorney at Work

JUNE 1, 2022

Over time, I realized that firms across the country were hesitant to invest in younger attorneys’ development due to fear of an attrition-driven mass exodus of clients. Training and coaching programs were seen as incredibly risky endeavors. law firm talent over the past few years. Invest In People. Make a Plan.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 19, 2022

In my former work life, I was a freelance art buyer at several ad agencies in New York City. Another lawyer recommended law firm marketers look to their professional organizations for more knowledge about copyright. Ruth has a regular column here on Attorney at Work.) But First, a Little Background. RC: Bwahahaha!

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Law 360

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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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