Podcast: Vermont Law professor hosts public lawmaking event
NPR (VERMONT) – “Our guest is Vermont Law School professor Oliver Goodenough, who is hosting a three-day “Legithon” at the Statehouse in November. The event asks citizens to create laws that balance economic development while protecting public interest.”
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BLOOMBERG BNA – A divided U.S. Supreme Court indicated it may put limits on consumer lawsuits, questioning arguments by a man seeking to sue over what he says is an error-riddled Internet profile.
Read More about U.S. Supreme Court may place limits on online consumer lawsuitsPodcast: Lawyer entrepreneur shares experience with starting his own practice
LAWYERIST – Almost three years ago, Josh Camson started “The Shingle Life”, a column-slash-journal of his experiences hanging out his shingle and starting a law practice with his business partner, Erick Rigby. This week, Josh looks back and talks about what he knows now that he didn’t know the, and what he might do differently…
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SLATE – Our ability to accurately detect remorse, and the logic behind the conclusions we draw when someone appears to feel it (or not), deserves special scrutiny in the context of the criminal justice system, argues a new paper in the journal Emotion Review.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES – The number of female equity partners — partners who get some of the firm’s profits — at major private practices has been virtually unchanged since the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) issued a challenge in 2006 to increase the percentage of female equity partners nationally to 30 percent.
Read More about Survey: Women slow to rise as equity partners at private law firmsBig law firms may not be affected by lower bar exam scores
BLOOMBERG BNA – The impact of the lower pass rate on large law firms “should be close to zero,” says Barry Currier, Managing Director of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, who believes “firms are still quite happy with caliber of applicants.”
Read More about Big law firms may not be affected by lower bar exam scoresA day in the life of a Utah public defender
THE MARSHALL PROJECT – A new 18-month study commissioned by the state’s judiciary and released Monday details a system where some defendants never meet a lawyer, judges give out incorrect legal information and public defenders are hindered by financial conflicts of interest.
Read More about A day in the life of a Utah public defenderCase to revisit racial bias in death penalty jury selection passes first hurdle in U.S. Supreme Court
THE GUARDIAN – The case also still faces some of the potential procedural hurdles first raised by chief justice Roberts and will decided upon by the supreme court next year.
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THE WASHINGTON POST – “At age 55, Shapiro is not the typical law school newbie; he’s more often mistaken for a professor. It was his decades-long fight with Maryland’s political leadership over redistricting that, in part, fueled his decision to leave his job as a career federal employee and enroll full time in law school.”
Read More about American University Law student takes Maryland gerrymandering case to U.S. Supreme CourtGeorgia Law creates clinic dedicated to victims of child sexual abuse
UGA TODAY – The University of Georgia School of Law will be the first in the nation to have an experiential learning opportunity dedicated solely to the assistance of victims of child sexual abuse.
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