Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules DACA recipients eligible for bar admission
LAW.COM — There are more than 200 hundred questions on the Pennsylvania Bar Exam, but for the past few years there was one question even the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners wasn’t sure how to answer.
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ABA JOURNAL — I spend a lot of time thinking about a version of that classic interview question where applicants are asked to envision their future. But, instead of thinking about my own future, I think of the legal profession’s future. If you haven’t done it, give it a try: What will legal work look like…
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RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH — The state agency that oversees qualifications for the Virginia State Bar will no longer ask students to disclose mental health treatment. In the spring, law students from across the state organized and sent letters to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners asking to eliminate a portion of the application
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UH LAW CENTER — The careers of Richard “Racehorse” Haynes ’56, John O’Quinn ’67 and Joe Jamail were recalled during guest lectures recently in University of Houston Law Center adjunct Professor J. Michael Solar’s class, “The Modern Day Trial Lawyer: Redefining Trials & Trial Lawyers.”
Read More about University of Houston Law Center trial advocacy course spotlights local legal leadersNumber of legal sector jobs stays flat in January 2019
ABA JOURNAL — The number of legal jobs in January neither grew nor diminished from the prior month. In both December and January, the legal services sector had 1,140,100 jobs
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THE COLUMNS — Washington & Lee Law student Luisa Hernandez ’18 argued a case in March before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In late May, the Court ruled in favor of her client. W&L’s Black Lung Clinic represents coal miners diagnosed with pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease, in their…
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THE COLUMNS — Washington & Lee undergraduate student Balen Essak ’20 interviews Maisie Osteen ’14L about her experiences with the Shepherd Program and as an assistant public defender. This interview is part of a series, “Living the Shepherd Dream,” in which current students in the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The directors of the University of Virginia Law’s Innocence Project Clinic met client Messiah Johnson upon release from Sussex II State Prison in Waverly, Virginia. Johnson, who the clinic says was wrongfully convicted of a 1998 armed robbery of a Norfolk beauty salon, had been sentenced to 132…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Alumni and faculty of the University of Richmond School of Law recollect on the history and discuss the impact of the Carrico Center for Pro Bono and Public Service as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. The Carrico Center has launched more than a dozen programs aimed at serving specific community needs.…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in the Law School’s James H. Binger Center for New Americans and recent Law School graduates played key roles in a class action litigation effort that won a court order on Tuesday, December 19, temporarily blocking the deportation of 92 Somali men and women.
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