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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals

Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer. Tampa, Florida. Stetson University College of Law, J.D. How did you get started in the legal profession? Elena Kohn.

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Child 3930: The Implausible and Wonderful Life of Tom Buergenthal

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the passing of one of the greatest figures in human rights law, my former colleague Tom Buergenthal. Tom will be laid to rest this afternoon in Florida. Tom would make it with his mother to the United States and ultimately studied law, with a J.D. What followed next was even less plausible.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

SCOTUSBlog

In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D.,

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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

JonathanTurley

Trump potentially faces four major prosecutions in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and New York before the 2024 election. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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Crimson Tide: A New Study Shows the Continued Decline of Free Speech on Campuses

JonathanTurley

Conversely, the top performers this year are, notably, all public universities — Michigan Technological University, Auburn University, the University of New Hampshire, Oregon State University, and Florida State University.