Animal law field poised to grow
WESTWORD – More than 150 law schools in the United States and Canada now teach at least one animal-law class, up from just a handful of schools in 2000.
Read More about Animal law field poised to growDenver Law animal law professor profiled
WESTWORD – Justin Marceau doesn’t eat animals. He represents them. And starting this fall, he will teach University of Denver law students to do the same, thanks to the school’s new Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Professorship.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – This month, [Riverkeeper], which is represented by the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service, a federal agency responsible for offshore living marine animals and habitats, asking it to study the problem and take immediate action.
Read More about Pace Law clinic represents environmental group to protect endangered fish speciesReport: Free legal representation for victims of domestic violence would lower overall societal costs
HUFFINGTON POST – A report released Tuesday is proposing a simple way to reduce domestic violence: Give victims free lawyers.
Read More about Report: Free legal representation for victims of domestic violence would lower overall societal costsSurvey: Law firm managing partners have moderate confidence about second quarter financial prospects
BLOOMBERG BNA – Law firm managing partners expressed only “moderate” confidence about their financial prospects in the second quarter of 2015, according to the Law Firm Group at Citi Private Bank’s quarterly evaluation of managing partner morale.
Read More about Survey: Law firm managing partners have moderate confidence about second quarter financial prospectsStudy: Criminal defendants who look “less trustworthy” receive harsher sentences
NPR – Individuals who are deemed to have untrustworthy faces are significantly more likely to be on death row compared with other people convicted of murder, according to a study published Wednesday in Psychological Science.
Read More about Study: Criminal defendants who look “less trustworthy” receive harsher sentencesWhy law firms should embrace social networking
BLOOMBERG BNA – “At this point, the legal industry has no choice but to embrace the social media revolution. Here are six reasons.”
Read More about Why law firms should embrace social networkingOpinion: Training courses on mental illness should be required for public defenders
THE COLUMBIAN – Defense attorneys are bound by law to give their clients, including those who suffer from mental illness, the best possible representation. However, there is no universal training or standards when it comes to working with this client base.
Read More about Opinion: Training courses on mental illness should be required for public defendersOpinion: Successful law firm mergers start with a discussion on work culture
BLOOMBERG BNA – “Culture matters in every industry, of course, but in deals between law firms, it’s paramount … If the lawyers of one firm aren’t compatible with the lawyers of the other, then combining the two, no matter the business case, makes little sense.”
Read More about Opinion: Successful law firm mergers start with a discussion on work cultureCalifornia finalizes proposed ethics opinion on attorney duties in e-discovery
LAWYERIST – California’s proposed ethics opinion on attorney duties in e-discovery has been finalized. The opinion is unsurprising in terms of its analysis of today’s technology and long-standing ethics rules, and it highlights that in today’s world, discovery is extremely complex and high stakes.
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