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New York Moves to Ease Arrest Disclosure Requirements by Would-Be Lawyers

The Crime Report

New York is moving to end a requirement that law school graduates report past arrests and police interactions short of convictions in order to become practicing attorneys, following a new report finding that excessive screening discourages people of color from applying to law school and the bar, reports Bloomberg News.

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On LawNext: Rasa Legal Founder Noella Sudbury On Simplifying Criminal Records Expungement

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Noella Sudbury became interested in the issue of criminal records expungement soon after law school, while working as a criminal defense lawyer. In 2019, she led the successful effort that resulted in the unanimous passage of Utah’s Clean Slate law, which made Utah only the second U.S.

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Caila A Coleman: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

My practice areas include Family Law and Criminal Defense. On the criminal side, I handle low level misdemeanors up to felonies. I randomly received a phone call from an old friend from law school asking if I could analyze a murder case on Court TV. I handle anything from child custody cases to divorce to paternity.

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Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse

The Crime Report

police chief) and his academic colleagues found that a majority of police officers surveyed “perceived control” over their decision to arrest for misdemeanors (69 percent) or confiscate drug paraphernalia like syringes (56 percent). A recent study published by Brandon del Pozo (the former Burlington, Vt. He writes from Philadelphia.

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The Collaborative Courtroom: A Proposal

The Crime Report

A groundbreaking study by the Rand Corporation and the University of Pennsylvania Law School makes this point. This isn’t the tail wagging the dog; this tail has swallowed the dog. I’ve spent nearly 50 years defending criminal cases, and I don’t expect an Armistice to be declared any time soon.

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For a Child Who Killed Their Child, Parents Chose Restorative Justice

The Crime Report

The applications within the criminal justice system that we now call restorative justice, that term really emerged in the 1970’s and has since expanded to schools and other communities.”. She said the approach has largely been implemented in cases of misdemeanor and juvenile “responsible party” cases.

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen

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I was first diagnosed with anxiety when I was in law school, and working with cognitive behavioral therapy, medication, diet, exercise, creative outlets, I’ve managed to kind of handle that to varying quality within my law school and early professional career. So all of those folks we have the law schools.

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