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‘Glassdoor For Judges’ Prepares To Celebrate 1-Year Anniversary Of Upending The Clerkship System

Above The Law

In June 2022, I launched The Legal Accountability Project (LAP), the first and only nonprofit working full-time to ensure that judicial law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Its one reason why law schools are part of the problem.

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Lack of Rural Lawyers Leaves Much of America Without Support

The Crime Report

Despite efforts in recent years by a handful of states, universities and legal associations to ease the problem, there remains a glaring lack of lawyers in many far-flung places. While many of the lawyers use the funds to pay off school loans, he said they are free to use the money any way they like.

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Why Writing Skills are Necessary for Paralegals

Paralegal Mentor

Paralegals and paralegal students often have difficulty developing their writing skills to the level expected in the legal industry. Legal professionals rely heavily on both verbal and written communication, so writing skills are essential for both lawyers, paralegals, and legal secretaries. Virginia Koerselman Newman , Esq.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

So I am a recent transfer to the law school, but I would say probably, more importantly, I’m a proud aunt, first-generation law student, and first-generation college student. We target students, anywhere from elementary school to high school. Because I assume nobody has gone off to law school quite yet.

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Zero Tolerance: Survey Finds 33 of 65 Academic Departments Lack a Single Republican Professor

JonathanTurley

The survey covered The Ohio State University, University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Georgia, Cornell University, University of Oklahoma and the University of Alaska-Anchorage.

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

The Crime Report

Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska. Many legal experts say that people facing life without parole should receive the same level of representation as those facing the death penalty.

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Why the Supreme Court—and the Justice System—Need Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Crime Report

I was blessed to have had stellar legal representation. Law schools are expensive, and public defenders are paid so little. Law schools are expensive, and public defenders are paid so little. Free legal representation is highly sought but few are willing to do the work.

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