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‘Glassdoor For Judges’ Prepares To Celebrate 1-Year Anniversary Of Upending The Clerkship System

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The JAA would extend the same basic workplace protections that apply to most other workers, to judiciary employees who support the daily functioning of our courts; and it would ensure that judges who interpret federal anti-discrimination laws, are themselves subject to them. Many thought LAPs Clerkships Database couldnt be done.

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Over 50 Bar Organizations Stand Up For The Rule Of Law

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So far we’ve seen Perkins Coie and Williams & Connolly take their stands in court, Rachel Cohen stake her employment at Skadden , and the American Constitution Society call on law school deans to take a public stand for the rule of law. We reject efforts to undermine the courts and the profession.

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Former Justice Breyer Speaks At Harvard Panel On Legal Interpretation

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(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Moderated by Andrew T.

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Breyer shares views on treatment of female classmates at Harvard during law school talk

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In a discussion at the George Washington University Law School on Tuesday, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer admitted that he did not fully…

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South Dakota’s Pilot Bar Alternative Switches Out Studying Outlines For Community Service

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The Public Opinion has coverage: As many as 50 South Dakota law students will be able to bypass the bar exam over the next five years under a set of rules for alternative licensure recently approved by the state Supreme Court. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

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The LSU Law School Professor Free Speech Hot Potato Saga Continues

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After a court just ordered LSU to reinstate law professor Ken Levy citing his free speech and due process rights, LSU continued its strategy of appealing decisions that aren’t in its favor. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Judge Answers Charlie Adelson’s Request For Resentencing

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When the Court imposed its sentence, it did not refer to or mention the scoresheet at all, demonstrating the Court was not relying on the computation of the lowest permissible prison sentence, the judge wrote in his order. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.