Attorney at Work

JANUARY 18, 2022

Advances in technology and access to legal staffing is helping rural lawyers improve workflows and operate more efficiently. How can rural attorneys consistently get on the same playing field as urban and suburban lawyers? Other legal technology tools can help lawyers handle billing, time-tracking and case management.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices, and we’re highlighting their top five tips here. This week, the spotlight is on immigration and divorce lawyer — and social media star — Marina Shepelsky.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 27, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. This week, we feature criminal defense lawyer John Tolley , who has tried more than 45 jury trials and handled thousands of cases. .

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2024

The Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani Saturday to one year in prison following public comments she made about the country refusing sub-Saharan African migrants from Europe, local media reported. Tunisian lawyers previously went on strike after Dahmani was arrested in May.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The latest installment of “Lawyers Royally Bungling with AI” features an Australian attorney who apparently decided that verifying case citations was just too 2024. A reminder that every time you think this story has been hyped enough that lawyers won’t do it again… they go ahead and do it again.

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JURIST

JULY 26, 2023

The Bar Council Tuesday accused UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of undermining public trust in the legal profession by claiming that a “subset of lawyers” is exploiting illegal migrants for profit. This damaging rhetoric undermines the rule of law, trust in lawyers and confidence in the UK legal system and is to be deplored.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It has become necessary to revive the conversation around paying immigration lawyers to freely give of their knowledge, time, and compassion. The post The Case For Paying Stipends To Immigration Lawyers Doing Pro Bono Work appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It does little good to be a Top Lawyer if nobody knows about it. Whether it happens by accident or design, Top Lawyers are known. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. I have never known a successful lawyer who did not work hard.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The refugee’s lawyers claim that the new laws , which relate to the monitoring of refugees who cannot be deported, are “ arbitrary” and “punitive.” these changes follow a high court ruling that the indefinite detainment of immigrants who could not be extradited was unlawful. .”

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 7, 2024

In January 1972, immigration attorney Leon Wildes received a call from an old law school friend asking for his help with a deportation case involving a musician and his wife. Here’s how you can follow in Wildes’ footsteps and change lives as an immigration lawyer. And that famous couple that retained Wildes?

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Above The Law

AUGUST 31, 2021

You don't have to be an immigration lawyer to help.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The post Bracing for Impact: The Traumatic Stress Facing Immigration Attorneys in Times of Mass Deportations appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers. Secondary Traumatic Stress encompasses the behavioral and emotional responses to continued, indirect exposure to traumatic events.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 28, 2021

Texas immigration lawyer Adam A. Malik has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for seizing and retaining his iPhone when he returned to the…

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This white paper explores some of the biggest challenges you can expect to face when practicing immigration law. The post What All Lawyers Need To Know About The State Of Immigration Law appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

MAY 21, 2024

A surge in migrants crossing the southern border has created a case backlog in immigration courts and “a serious shortage of lawyers to help navigate…

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2024

These changes include decreasing the time migrants are allowed with their lawyers from a minimum of 24 hours to a minimum of 4 hours. The post US Homeland Security says asylum migrants at Canada border have less time with lawyers as part of new security policies appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. While the lawyer had every intention of refiling within one year, that date was stored only in his memory. A Chicago immigration lawyer moved for an emergency stay of removal for a client after an asylum application was denied.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

“A California lawyer tweeted what she saw in immigration court. The DOJ demanded she delete it.” ” Tal Kopan of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A New York woman was convicted of murder Friday for fatally stabbing her immigration lawyer in March 2022, three days after police escorted her from…

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A Hungarian law firm is partnering with a Los Angeles legal tech company and a legal industry influencer to create an international database of pro bono attorneys willing to represent Ukrainian refugees in need of immigration or asylum aid, and they are looking for more attorneys to sign up. immigration forms or asylum claims.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 4, 2022

The post How Birding Made Me A Better Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law. Find something outside of your daily practice of the law to feed your soul.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The new Journal includes: Articles Ladies Justice: Celebrating Seven Trailblazing Female Firsts on the California Court of Appeal by Justice Shama Hakim Mesiwala Chinese Immigrants in the California Supreme Court: The Earliest Civil Cases by Charles McClain South Dakota v. (Im on the Societys board of directors.)

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ABA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

About 90 lawyers and staff members are moving from Seyfarth Shaw to Berry Appleman & Leiden, expanding the immigration law firm’s head count by almost…

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. John Kerry, then U.S.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Discrimination lawyers would likely be the first to point out that there’s a dark side to today’s tech, too. Lawyers don’t need to become modern-day Luddites, waging war on technology, but they should be aware of its shortcomings. The tech sector is rarely far from discrimination lawyers today.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 27, 2022

I’d like to shine the spotlight on emerging vertical tools that address the needs of lawyers in specific fields like immigration, family law, or (my field) intellectual property. Field of law: Immigration. TrackWithEase is a transaction management solution for real estate lawyers. Headquarters: Dallas.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 27, 2023

What it's really like to be an immigration attorney. The post How Personal Experience Impacts This Immigration Lawyer’s Work appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Tips for taking control of your online presence because it truly does matter what you do (or don’t do) in the places people look for a good lawyer. Despite their own experiences, a lot of lawyers (of all ages) are still skeptical about the value of an online presence for their personal business development purposes.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 15, 2022

A former Chinese dissident who became a New York immigration lawyer was fatally stabbed in his law office Monday allegedly by a would-be client. Police…

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LawSites

JUNE 21, 2023

A new generative AI product for immigration lawyers announced today is designed to help them conduct research, draft and summarize complex legal documents, and engage with potential clients through a chat interface. “Immigration law is an incredibly complex, high-stakes area of law. Called Visalaw.ai Called Visalaw.ai

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Do you want to know what a path from paralegal to lawyer can look like? I started the process, then went to work for a law firm and a team of lawyers that had me sitting second chair at trials, and they paid me very well. Again, that was learned from having a lawyer come to me and say, “Hey, great job marking up this contract.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When meeting with an immigration lawyer for the first time, be prepared to discuss your immigration history and current situation in detail.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Amnesty International Wednesday condemned the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist, Sanna Irshad Mattoo ‘s arbitrary travel ban by the immigration authorities at the New Delhi airport in India. The immigration authorities have not yet provided any reasonable justification for why Mattoo was barred from travel. . .”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in two challenges to lengthy immigration detention of noncitizens who claim they are entitled to a bond hearing before an immigration judge. If so, the question is whether a bond hearing before an immigration judge is required.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Many immigrants come to regret they didn’t get their papers in order when they are detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE).

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SimplyLawJobs

JULY 15, 2021

Our partners, The Student Lawyer are currently running the third round of their mentorship scheme, where they aim to match aspiring lawyers from underrepresented backgrounds with mentors in the legal profession. Please follow the instructions on The Student Lawyer Website to submit your application. Search all legal jobs.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

As society shifts and the need for lawyers to work faster and smarter grows, it becomes increasingly important that lawyers are able to nurture partnerships with freelance paralegals and legal assistants. For one, legal assistants focus solely on administrative work, clearing up time for lawyers to focus on other tasks.

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