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How to Become a Certified Paralegal

Blackstone Career Institute

Differences between civil actions and criminal cases will be thoroughly taught, along with ethics and duties of professional legal assistants, efficient methods for conducting legal research, and preparation for beginning your career as a paralegal. Discuss constitutional law elements and effective legal research methods.

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Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze

LawSites

To decide which cases to prioritize, he collected a variety of syllabi for basic law school courses such as constitutional law and torts and extracted the key cases. He has also developed a Chrome extension legal research assistant, Counsel Companion. He also has the full text of every briefed case.

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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals

Attorney at Work

There, I graduated from college at University College London and enrolled in the college of law to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer. What was your experience like after graduating from law school? You see, attorneys are not simply machines who can conduct legal research and regurgitate rules of law.

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The New Administration: A Boon for Investigative Journalism

LLRX

This commentary by Michael Ravnitzky is a call to action as he states that the upcoming four years present a critical period for diligent and fearless investigative reporting, ensuring that the administration's actions are thoroughly examined and the public remains well-informed.

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Deferred Resignation Email to Federal Employees, January 28, 2025

LLRX

OPM – Fork in the Road Frequently Asked Questions Below is the email that was sent to federal employees on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer. If you did not respond to that email and wish to accept the deferred resignation offer, you may do so by following these steps. 1) Send an.

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How AI could take over elections and undermine democracy

LLRX

Archon Fung , Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School, and Lawrence Lessig , Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard University, pose the question: "Could organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in specific ways?

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Don't Look, Don't Tell

Legal Research is Easy

I know I'm going to get screamed at for this but. You remember the story about the Emperor's New Clothes ? Seems a king was tired of his wardrobe and wanted something "new." So he searched around and found a couple of "new" fashion designers who told him they had come up with a "new" design - something that would just blow him away.