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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 is essential to learn how to be a successful lawyer and become one of the best in your field. The best lawyers in the industry have learned how to master the skills over time. It takes training to learn how to be the best. Develop Research Skills.

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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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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

Only 11 states report having minimum qualifications for lawyers who represent impoverished people facing a lifetime behind bars, according to the nonprofit Sixth Amendment Center. Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska.

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Top 7 Skills Lawyers Need During the Pandemic

SimplyLawJobs

We recently caught up with guest blogger, Aaron Mayer, to discover the top 7 skills lawyers need during the pandemic. This is no different for lawyers. In this unprecedented time, laws are changing frequently, as is how and where we work. In this unprecedented time, laws are changing frequently, as is how and where we work.

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Justice System

The Crime Report

The link between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and criminal behavior is rarely acknowledged as a mitigating factor in U.S. jurisprudence , says a New York Law School Legal Studies Research Paper. . But FAS is rarely taken into consideration by courts during sentencing decisions, write New York Law School professors Michael L.

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On LawNext: Rasa Legal Founder Noella Sudbury On Simplifying Criminal Records Expungement

LawSites

Noella Sudbury became interested in the issue of criminal records expungement soon after law school, while working as a criminal defense lawyer. She later joined the cabinet of then Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams as a senior policy advisor on criminal justice.

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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., Hands-on Legal Software When I started as a paralegal on the job, I realized that West Law is not the only legal software that law firms use.

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