LawSites

MAY 4, 2021

Nominations open today for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology. Awards will be given in eight categories: access to justice, court, enterprise, individual, technology, law department, law firm, and startup.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2025

As her legal team mounts a defense, they’re trying to mitigate against the evidence that will be used in trial. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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Above The Law

MARCH 6, 2025

(Photo by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images) In the backlash against DEI, someone has to champion a legal defense that will prevent us from spiraling toward a monoculture. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

Affirmative action may have been dismantled in higher education and diversity may be under attack, but this hasn’t stopped students from navigating the pathway to law school. Heres the methodology that was used: We graded schools based on how well each school matches with the U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In our forthcoming Spring 2025 publication, Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, [1] we hypothesize that Generative AI (GenAI) technology will change forever how legal services are delivered and will force law firms to re-engineer their legacy economic model.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It’s easy to get caught up in the fame and glitz, but on some level this was just a live streamed employee who, knowing that the audience heard about their legal troubles, decided to break the 4th wall and say “Lawyers, can’t live with ’em, can definitely live without em!” Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Chronicling the Adelson trial has had its fair share of clever legal arguments and delays, but this development happened out of court. Donna Adelson Moved To Protective Custody At Jail After Alleged Assault, Extortion [Tallahassee] Earlier: Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 6, 2024

* Applications for law school are up 35 percent just in time for these students to compile massive loans before firms replace entry level legal jobs with AI. [ American Lawyer ] * The ranking of best law firm offices in the UK won't be out for a while but here's a sneak peak at what the survey is turning up.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2024

An alum of George Washington Law School’s Class of 1979 has given a gift to create “The Professor Jonathan Turley Public Interest and Public Service Summer Fellowship. Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law and manage a summer fellowship program to fund students in working in the public interest.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.

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Above The Law

MAY 22, 2023

The post Ketanji Brown Jackson Offers Legal Career Tips From Survivor appeared first on Above the Law. Who does she want to vote off the Island?

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Every developed country and advanced society could confirm this, and lawyers and legal scholars are much respected and admired as the supporters of that society. Without them, order and progress cannot be guaranteed where there is a blatant lack of regulations, and no rule of law exists. in Sharia Law, an LL.M.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 31, 2022

George Washington University Law School Professor Dmitry Karshtedt has passed. We often had different ways of thinking about patent law, and I always hoped that some day we might have time to write something together. He joined GW Law in 2015 after a fellowship at Stanford and received tenure in 2020.

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Above The Law

APRIL 18, 2024

Since then, lawyer getting in trouble has been a consistent theme — Nicole Fegan faced some legal trouble over giving a non-client advice and Fani Willis — the lead prosecutor on the case — has been all over the news. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Are you a paralegal Who’s wondering if you should go to law school? Should I take my paralegal career to the next level and go to law school? Now I’m not the right person to answer that question because the only time that I contemplated going to law school was when I was in a job that I didn’t like.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 11, 2021

Justice Clarence Thomas traveled to Florida to speak at the University of Florida and to the Florida chapter of the conservative legal group the Federalist Society. Unlike her colleagues, two of the trips reported by the court’s newest justice, Amy Coney Barrett , involved travel to Washington, D.C.,

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2021

If you are wondering where the innovators are in law, look no farther than the Fastcase 50, the annual award doled out by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”. Brad Stern , County Attorney, Washington County, Wisconsin.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 1, 2016

We are excited to announce that Legal Talk Network Executive Producer Laurence Colletti has been selected as a panelist for one of the Legal Communicators Media Conference 2016 Media Panels. Media Panel: Laurence Colletti—Executive Producer, Legal Talk Network. Anneliese Mahoney—Lead Editor, Law Street Media.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

By the end of 2022, there were 36 pieces of active psychedelic drug legislative initiatives, and now, a bill to legalize certain naturally occurring psychedelics in California is headed to Governor Newsom’s desk. Even though these inclusions are now standard practice for omnibus legalization bills, they often fall short.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 17, 2022

Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series honors Women’s History Month with a focus on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., How did you get started in legal advocacy? First up: counselor and advocate Lauren Tetenbaum.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Still, the case illustrated the confusion surrounding application of the “initial aggressor” legal doctrine in U.S. jurisprudence, according to a forthcoming Legal Studies Research Paper published under the auspices of George Washington University Law School.

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ALPS

APRIL 27, 2021

Washington – April 26, 2021: The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being has launched a new nonprofit dedicated to advancing systemic change in the legal profession so that well-being becomes a core component of personal and professional success. New nonprofit seeks to prioritize and improve well-being in the profession.

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InHouseBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

One thing is for sure, the demand for lawyers is at one of its highest levels in recent memory, and law firms and companies are fiercely fighting for top legal talent and paying top dollar to fill their roles. million lawyers, according to a 2020 profile of the legal profession by the American Bar Association.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

As the 118th American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting approaches, the ASIL Private International Law Interest Group will organize a fireside chat on Thursday, April 4 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET in Washington D.C. Professor Ronald A. Brand Chancellor Mark A. Department of State Carlos M.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Law enforcement will require a search warrant or permission from the device’s owner to gain access. But the new boundaries highlight a legal tension over expectations that a person’s private space is kept out of public eye. . who represents tech companies on issues including law enforcement access to digital evidence. .

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LawSites

MAY 5, 2021

This week, David Lat, who founded the blog Above the Law in 2006, and who earlier, in 2004, started the anonymous blog Underneath Their Robes , and who left blogging two years ago to take a job as a legal recruiter, is returning to writing as a full-time livelihood. But this time, Lat will not be publishing his writing on a blog.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

On Monday, in a federal courtroom in Ohio, major pharmacy companies — in this case, CVS, Walgreens, Giant Eagle, and Walmart — will be facing trial for the first time for their part in the raging opioid epidemic, according to NPR , US News, and the Washington Post. . If Found Liable, Billions Will be Owed.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 23, 2021

Noting that the federal system relies heavily on drug sentencing and supervised release, Schuman argues that much of the so-called transitional support for individuals leaving prison has morphed into a legal framework “devoted to surveilling, restricting, and punishing drug activity.”. In America today, there are over 2.2 percent of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2022

Edward, who was Black, had been carrying in his pocket the daily “ Elmo ” page of the defunct Washington Star when he was rousted by the Metropolitan Police for the offense of Displaying A Bad Attitude. He had been the Dean of Howard University Law School. And our trial was presided over by a remarkable man. Board of Education.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Law schools are also facing controversial mandates. In 2022, the American Bar Association required law schools to “provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism: (1) at the start of the program of legal education, and (2) at least once again before graduation.”

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LawSites

MARCH 10, 2023

Part 1 ) ( Part 2 ) Ed Walters, CEO at Fastcase, Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and at Cornell Law School/Cornell Tech Ed Walters is the CEO of Fastcase , a legal intelligence company based in Washington, D.C. He is the author and editor of Data-Driven Law (Taylor & Francis 2018).

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JonathanTurley

JULY 21, 2024

” Notably, Meloni supported the legal action despite the fact that she is part of a party long in the minority and threatened by such laws. University of Michigan Law Professor and MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade has written how dangerous free speech is for the nation. After all, you’re only 1.2

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 8, 2021

Michigan Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack shares why she’s optimistic there’s momentum for change to address unmet legal needs. McCormack tells former Washington State Bar Association President Patrick Palace about how she walked out of law school into an access-to-justice crisis. Sandbox state of play.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 5, 2022

Senior Legal Advisor, U.S. Program, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director, Environmental Law Advocacy Center, The George Washington University Law School. Nick Robinson. Dr. Jacob R. Specialist on the Congress, Congressional Research Service.

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LawSites

JULY 7, 2022

Is the judge influenced by the prestige of the firm, the law schools of the lawyers, their political affiliations, or the nature of the company? Department of Justice; the general counsel to a Washington, D.C. All of these factors play into Pre/Dicta’s predictions, the company says.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 20, 2023

Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School, have been two of the most influential figures on legal issues of our generation. The conversation will offer a unique opportunity to hear from two alumni on the front line of our legal-political debates. and Maurice C.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Hearst Corporation. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School. Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust, Microsoft Corporation. Eve Burton. Lynn Oberlander. Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr LLP. and Maurice C.

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