Paralegal Bootcamp
AUGUST 19, 2021
Paralegals can avoid the unauthorized practice of law (UPL) by becoming familiar with their state’s rules. Rules against UPL specify that paralegals (or anyone who is not licensed to practice law) cannot provide attorney-client services to people, among other prohibitions. Unfortunately, the rules regulating UPL can often be confusing, sometimes resulting in unknowing breaches that can prove costly to a paralegal’s career.
LegalReader
AUGUST 19, 2021
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The Estrin Report
AUGUST 19, 2021
. Meet Jamie Collins, award winning best selling author, national TV guest and yes, Senior Paralegal. I am Jessica: A Survivor’s Powerful Story of Healing and Hope. Unbelievable. Sometimes there are success stories that simply make you fall out of your chair. I have known Jamie Collins for about 10 years. She first contacted me really out of the blue to ask me if I would mentor her as a writer.
JURIST
AUGUST 20, 2021
Women law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar have written this open letter to women law students in Afghanistan, including those also reporting for JURIST, who face an uncertain and potentially grim future under the new Taliban regime. Given the military coup that suddenly upended human rights and the rule of law in the Southeast Asian nation in February, our Myanmar correspondents are not unfamiliar with some of the challenges their Afghan sisters-in-law are now facing.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 17, 2021
After Philadelphia rapper RunUp Rico and a friend were shot to death in Chester, Pa., in February, police there took a new, aggressive approach to finding those responsible. They walked around neighborhoods they believed the group behind the shootings frequented. They handed out fliers asking for help catching the people who orchestrated the slayings of the rapper, whose given name was Rasheen Jones, and Kwann Henderson under the guise of purchasing marijuana.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 18, 2021
If workers can do what is required of them in less than 40 hours per week, then they shouldn’t have to pretend that it’s taking them 40 hours per week just to keep their health insurance.
JURIST
AUGUST 19, 2021
The Warsaw Court of Appeal on Monday overturned the conviction of two noted historians, Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking, for libel. Grabowski and Engelking co-edited a two-volume 1,600-page study published in 2018 titled “Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland [“ Dalej jest noc: losy ?ydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski” in Polish].” In addition to documenting cases of Polish assistance to Jews who escaped before they co
The Crime Report
AUGUST 20, 2021
In 1913, Henry Ford invented the assembly line and cut the time it took to produce a car from 12 hours to 90 minutes. In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. Around the same time, coincidentally, the American criminal justice system began leaning into a till-then rarely invoked practice called “plea bargaining.”.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 16, 2021
A lawsuit filed last month over the fatal shooting of a homeless man with mental health issues alleges police participation in “warrior mindset” and “killology”…
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.
LawSites
AUGUST 18, 2021
It is fitting that Las Vegas is a major mecca of gambling, given that, next week, several hundred people will take a gamble on their safety to attend the physical portion of the first-ever hybrid ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. While I’d planned to be among them, I have decided to hedge my bets and attend virtually.
JURIST
AUGUST 15, 2021
A panel of human rights experts called on the UN member states to place a moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology until there is a regulatory framework that protects human rights. In a statement released Thursday, the group of experts said they were “deeply concerned that highly sophisticated intrusive tools are being used to monitor, intimidate and silence human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.”.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 17, 2021
In many places in America, witnesses subpoenaed to testify in court hearings or trials are generally subject to what some courthouse regulars call “the rule” — a provision in the law that excludes witnesses from the courtroom while other witnesses are testifying. But safe and accessible places are hard to find in many rural courthouses. A new legislative proposal aims to change that in Tennessee.
The Fashion Law
AUGUST 17, 2021
Alexander Wang is being sued for allegedly co-opting the designs of one of its job applicant-slash-contest entrant for a multi-platform ad campaign. In a newly-filed complaint, Jangle Vision, LLC claims that the defendants, including Alexander Wang – the man and the New York-based brand – are on the hook for copyright infringement and unfair competition over their advertising for a collection of rhinestone-adorned accessories, the concept and images for which they allegedly hijacked from those c
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Attorney at Work
AUGUST 19, 2021
Zoom backgrounds are either your favorite thing about online meetings or your glitchy internet nightmare. Since many have discovered Zoom’s cool trick of adding a virtual background, we’ve all been in meetings with colleagues dialing in from aquariums, the ranch in “Tiger King” or the Vatican. But here’s the thing — not all meetings are low-key and pantsless.
JURIST
AUGUST 16, 2021
President Andrzej Duda signed a bill on Saturday which severely restricts restitution and compensation for people whose properties were seized by Nazi occupiers, and expropriated during the country’s communist era. The bill was passed by the Polish parliament on Thursday and will exceedingly affect Jews and their descendants who are the majority whose properties were confiscated during the holocaust and subsequently expropriated by the country’s communist regime.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 18, 2021
The current state of criminal justice data collection and availability across the country is in a “dismal state” and lacks overall transparency , according to a new revealing report from Measures for Justice. . In most cases across the country, certain data regarding the justice system — like demographic data of arrests and incarceration, pre-trial and bail information, as well as release data — simply isn’t collected, or isn’t available to researchers because of law or administrative protection
MyCase
AUGUST 17, 2021
If nothing else, 2020 and 2021 have been years to remember. In a very short timeframe, the world has been through unprecedented change on so many fronts, and more is yet to come. Not surprisingly, the legal profession has not been immune, and lawyers and their firms have been impacted in many different ways. Work-from-home has become par for the course, and firms have incorporated remote working, cloud-based technologies into their law firms at rates never before seen, including e-signature tool
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Attorney at Work
AUGUST 20, 2021
We’ve all been there: Working long hours on numerous matters, we feel we can never catch up, much less get ahead. In the legal industry, this is often the norm. But is the norm actually a “normal” amount of work? In this COVID-19 environment, and amid the “ Great Resignation ,” lawyers and staff who remain in the firm often have more responsibilities and work than before the pandemic.
JURIST
AUGUST 16, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on Sunday. Here, a female law student in Kabul offers her observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding her name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 16, 2021
Higher eviction rates in Philadelphia neighborhoods are linked to higher crime, homicide and burglary rates, demonstrating the neighborhood-wide implications of eviction, according to a report published in the journal Crime & Delinquency (CAD). . While authors have previously documented the financial, physical and educational consequences eviction carries for individual families, the authors of the CAD study — Rutgers University–Camden criminal justice professors Dan Semenza , Richard Stans
My Shingle
AUGUST 18, 2021
Via Bob Ambrogi’s Law Sites Blog, I learned of yet another Captain Obvious study on diversity at biglaw. Spoiler alert (NOT): there’s been little progress or improvement over the past seven years. Though the percentage of minority associates at large firms hovers around 26.
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.
Patently O
AUGUST 19, 2021
By Jason Rantanen. I’m getting ready to teach my Fall 2021 Patent Law class, and that means doing an updated patent grant graph. This year’s version shows U.S. utility patents granted per year from 1840-2020: Data for 2021 isn’t included in the table, but as of July 31, 2021, the authority file contains 195,480 patents. If the pace remains the same, that would predict about 335,000 patents granted this calendar year–around 10% lower than 2020 (356,640 granted patents).
JURIST
AUGUST 15, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), one of the world’s six “supermajor” oil companies , on Wednesday announced it will pay N 45.9 billion (naira) (US $111.6 million) in settling a decades-long legal dispute concerning an oil spill that occurred during the Biafran-Nigerian civil war. A coalition of ten Ogoni community members led by Chief Isaac Agbara in Eleme, Rivers State brought the suit in 1991 seeking damages against the Nigerian branch of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SP
LegalReader
AUGUST 18, 2021
The winds of change are blowing and the growing demand for forensic linguists is a harbinger of fundamental alterations in the world of law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 16, 2021
It is four centuries since John Donne wrote that “no man is an island entire of itself.”. It is four months since the Delta variant upended a “my country first” approach to vaccinating ‘’Global North’’ populations against COVID-19, only to be stunned by the emergence of more rampant variants from un-vaccinated populations in the ‘’Global South.’’. And it is nearly a week since the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the first of five planned reports on how the ‘’North”
Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader
In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a
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