JURIST

DECEMBER 31, 2021

UNICEF sounded the alarm Friday over surging numbers of child casualties amid armed conflicts. “ From Afghanistan to Yemen, and Syria to northern Ethiopia, thousands of children paid a devastating price as armed conflict, inter-communal violence, and insecurity continued,” the organization said in a statement. . UNICEF reported that in conflicts around the world, grave violations of children’s rights include killing and maiming children, recruiting child soldiers, sexual violen

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 16, 2021

She 'engaged in a pattern of abuse of staff, attorneys and litigants.'. The post Judge Removed From Bench After Calling A Judge ‘Fat B*tch’ And Another Judge ‘Uncle Tom’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will provide more than $110 million in grants to help returning citizens re-integrate with civil society and to improve correctional educational and employment services for current incarcerees. Another $141 million will be earmarked for programs aimed at improving the judicial system’s handling of child abuse. The announcements from the DOJ are the latest in a flurry of holiday season grants geared towards focusing on critical but often underfunded areas of the ju

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. “The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”. This year, my report is tainted by a degree of pessimism. As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

South African lawmakers Tuesday rejected a proposed amendment to the country’s constitution that would allow the expropriation of land without compensation as a way of addressing apartheid injustices. The ruling party now says they will resort to legislation to facilitate the process. The proposed amendment to Section 25 of the South African Cosntitution failed to reach the two-thirds threshold requirement.

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Paralegal Brief Submitted Articles

DECEMBER 14, 2021

One might think after the turbulence of the past two years it would be naive to make predictions about the year ahead. As the saying goes ‘forecasting is difficult; particularly when forecasting the future’.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Is this the first of many Am Law 100 firms to make such a move? The post Quinn Emanuel Will Allow Lawyers To Work Remotely, Indefinitely, From Anywhere In The Country appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The rise in violent crime across the U.S. has been concentrated in “low-income communities of color” which have disproportionately experienced the impact of school closures and reductions in basic services during the pandemic, according to a study by the University of California-Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP). The first-of-its-kind study adds a different perspective to the narrative suggesting America is confronting a new crime wave as a result of liberal, “soft-on-crime

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The Process Street

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It was a year of milestones here at Process Street. Perhaps the one we’re most excited about: 1 million workflows ! That’s right, since launching Process Street users have now created more than 1 million workflows on the platform. That’s 1 million ways you’re helping us with our mission of making recurring work everywhere fun, fast, and faultless for teams everywhere.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Although artificial intelligence has been the subject of academic research since the 1950s and has been used commercially in some industries for decades, it is…

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JURIST

DECEMBER 24, 2021

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange filed an appeal Thursday to challenge a decision of the London High Court of Justice, which opened the door for his extradition to the US on charges of spying. If the appeal is granted, the case will be heard at the UK Supreme Court. The Queen’s Bench Division of the London High Court of Justice overturned the Westminster Magistrates’ Court’s decision earlier this month preventing Assange from being extradited.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Law360 , the legal news service owned by LexisNexis, is today introducing audio versions of every story it publishes. For every story published on Law360, readers will now see an icon they can click to listen to an audio version of the article, read by a relatively lifelike male or female “newscaster” voice. Rachel Travers , vice president and general manager of Law360, said this is the first legal news service to offer this feature. “We know that the legal profession has many

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Post jurors' personal details on 8chan? He'd never! The post After Sh*tshow Hearing, Court Blocks Steve Bannon Posting Discovery Docs Online appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The pursuit of profit is “inextricably intertwined” with America’s system of carceral labor, and criminal punishment, according to a forthcoming paper in the Wisconsin Law Review. Mass incarceration cannot be separated from the fact that the carceral labor system is powered and incentivized for financial gain and profit, writes the paper’s author, Laura I.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral argument in Patel v. Garland , an immigration case that raises a question about federal court review for noncitizens who were denied certain types of discretionary relief. For just over 90 minutes, the justices explored statutory text, legislative history, and the presumption of judicial review. The case involves Pankajkumar Patel, a citizen of India who has lived and worked in the United States for nearly 30 years.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Prosecutors in Michigan will have to prove that the parents of alleged school shooter Ethan Crumbley were grossly negligent or reckless to obtain a conviction…

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul comments on reports of a pending bank failure that would be the first since the Taliban took power in August. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Aah legal tech. How far we’ve come. How far we haven’t. Today I am introducing Legal Tech Look-Back , a recurring series of posts that will turn back the calendar on legal tech news. What was the news in legal tech five or 10 or 15 years ago this week? That is what this series will focus on. Why? Well, curiosity for one. And, as I suggested above, possibly a reminder of how far we’ve come or of how little we’ve achieved.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Does he even get why he's so popular with Fox News? The post Alan Dershowitz Eulogizes Beloved Civil Rights Leader As ‘Bigot’ Because That’s How He Rolls appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Jail deaths increased 33 percent between 2001-2019, with suicide the leading cause, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Over 77 percent of the inmates who died in 2019 were still awaiting trial. But BJS also noted that from 2000 to 2019, an average 81 percent of jail jurisdictions in the U.S. reported no deaths during the calendar year.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hermès’ Birkin bags are swiftly becoming the posterchild of the increasingly widespread – and unauthorized – use of brands’ valuable assets in the metaverse. The French luxury goods brand spoke out this past week, asserting that it “did not authorize nor consent to the commercialization or creation” of 100 virtual Birkin bag-centric non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) that artist Mason Rothschild has been offering up.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A law professor who used abbreviated versions of the N-word and the B-word on a final exam must undergo diversity training “to facilitate his return…

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2021

An unofficial UK-based tribunal Thursday concluded that China has carried out acts of genocide against the Uyghur people in its western province of Xinjiang. The Uyghur Tribunal is an independent people’s tribunal formed last year to investigate ongoing atrocities and allegations of genocide against the Uyghur, Kazakh, and other Turkic Muslim populations in western China.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Even if you had never before heard of the metaverse, you could no longer ignore it after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in October that his company was changing its name to Meta, revealing his vision for the future of online interaction. Ever since, as The Verge writer Casey Newton said , “The metaverse is having a moment.” Well, if companies will now be flocking to the metaverse, it only makes sense that a personal injury firm should get there ahead of them, ready to pursue

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