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EU dispatch: Greek neo-Nazi party appeal prompts bar association probe as lawyer makes Nazi salutes in court

JURIST

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Panagiotis Lampropoulos is a recent graduate of the University of Bristol Law School (UK). He is currently doing a year of required military service in Greece. .

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Can the ‘War’ on Gun Violence Learn From the Mistakes of the War on Drugs?

The Crime Report

That’s a lesson worth applying to current strategies addressing the epidemic of gun violence, writes Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. In 2000, 54 percent of the state court defendants convicted for weapons crimes were black, as compared to 44 percent white.

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Michigan School Shooting Case Could Open the Door to More Novel Prosecutions

The Crime Report

The defense could argue the school bears responsibility for letting Ethan go back to class and for not checking his backpack, and that the parents were not the primary drivers of the tragedy that occurred.

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How to Become a Successful Lawyer After School

The Empowered Paralegal

Completing law school is just the start of your journey. It takes training to learn how to be the best. The most common areas include family law, personal injury and even criminal law. On the other hand, we have the less know legal fields like environmental and even entertainment law. Be Creative.

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What I Learned in Paralegal School vs On The Job

Paralegal Bootcamp

Understanding Legal Procedures I was exposed to multiple areas of law such as Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Business law, etc., Noor worked as a marketing assistant and funding coordinator for several different law firms. She loves being a paralegal and has hopes to attend law school in the near future.

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Double jeopardy clause bars Georgia from retrying man acquitted by reason of insanity

SCOTUSBlog

Share So what would you expect if a state supreme court wrote an opinion directly inconsistent with “perhaps the most fundamental rule” of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in the area, an opinion that would get a failing grade in any law school course on criminal law?

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Forensic Testimony Distorted by ‘Implicit’ Racial Bias: Paper

The Crime Report

Far from an objective and equalizing tool, forensic testimony perpetuates the “presumption of guilt” for people of color involved in the criminal legal system, argue the authors of a forthcoming Criminal Law Bulletin article. Puracal and Lewis & Clark Law School Professor Aliza B.