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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. Today, the resistance list grew by a bunch of Bar Associations.

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Thinking Like A (Potential) Lawyer Goes Viral On Jubilee

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The most viral moment comes from a back and forth about DEI and if government agencies receive tax cuts for hiring people of color (they don’t): Sam Seder’s critical thinking chops are presumably heterogeneous, but some of the honing may have come from his time at Boston University School of Law. Go Terriers!

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Law Schools Respond To The Executive Threatening To Cut Federal Funding Over DEI

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And while it’s nice to see schools take stands for diversity, being on the right side of history usually doesn’t pay the bills quite like falling in line. Law schools have already begun scrubbing mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from their websites to stay in the federal funding running.

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The Department Of Education Finally Dropped The ‘No DEI By Proxy’ Shoe We Were All Waiting For

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While the word choice here was “determining” and “predicting,” the real concern is seeing how long it takes for the government to punish “acknowledging the mention of race” or some other protected characteristic by proxy. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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JD Vance’s ‘Hilbilly Elegy’ Deemed Too Woke By The Department of Defense

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Julianne Moores Freckleface Strawberry And JD Vances Hillbilly Elegy Among Cooks Caught In Defense Department Review [Pen.org] Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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Justice Jackson Offers Common Sense Argument For How Judicial Diversity Benefits Everyone

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The Court reasoned that the government may have in interest in having people in positions of authority that represent the demographics of the troops that they lead. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.

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We Need To Talk About What The VanDyke Video Dissent Gets Right

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Before Bruen , we understood there were some arms that the government can regulate — no civilian rocket launchers. After Bruen , a regulating government has to resort to what is effectively mereology. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.