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Friday, March 29, 2024

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Retired Justice Stephen Breyer discusses new book in interview with ABA Journal

Federal judges end 'oral-argument affirmative action,' leading Stephen Miller group to declare victory

Titanic law helps ship owner limit liability in Baltimore bridge collapse

Check out 5 new legal research tools that use generative AI

Supreme Court skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill

From the February-March 2024 Magazine

Law students and future doctors learn about the legal challenges they may face in special seminar

Legal and medical needs often intersect, but future physicians receive little legal training. Only a handful of medical programs offer practical legal training beyond the required theoretical ethics and jurisprudence classes.

5th Circuit rules for prisoner allowed to sleep no more than 3.5 hours per night

New Reed Smith pay structure sorts associates into 'the A squad and the B squad,' blog says

$19.3M jury award on behalf of assaulted prisoner came from showing, not telling

This BigLaw firm surpasses $7B in revenue, but that's not metric being watched by many firms

For second year in a row, law firms pull back on lateral hiring of lawyers

Lewis Brisbois accused of failing to recognize 'draconian lending terms,' conspiring to cover up mistakes

A return to civil, pragmatic conflict resolution

Former IRS lawyer has devoted her retirement to protecting taxpayer rights

DNA issues 'cast a pall' over murder conviction, warranting SCOTUS review, ABA amicus brief says

Accused of 'overly harsh' management style, federal judge agrees to counseling

Is ex-DOJ official facing ethics trial for 'thought crime'?

Lawyers representing transgender plaintiffs face possible sanctions for alleged 'judge shopping'

Judiciary 'has no power to unimpeach,' federal judge says while citing Dr. Seuss

Law student's suit alleges Chicago Bears didn't hire him as 'legal diversity fellow' because he is white man

The Modern Law Library

James Patterson dishes on his new legal thriller, 'The #1 Lawyer'

In The #1 Lawyer, James Patterson tells the story of a criminal defense attorney who's never lost a case. But after handing a high-profile murder trial involving the son of a mobster, the lawyer finds himself on the other side of the bench as a defendant--charged with murdering his wife.

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