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New Jersey Law Journal

Use Mindfulness to Master Lawyering and Live a Balanced Life

The practice of mindfulness may help attorneys develop the skills necessary to better respond to the challenges and stress they face in the legal profession.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Justices Continue to Shed Stock Holdings, New Disclosures Show

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Samuel Alito Jr. and Stephen Breyer each reported selling stock holdings, according to the latest financial disclosure forms, released Thursday. Other stock sales reported in the forms also help explain justices' recusal behavior in cases before the Supreme Court.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Family Court Judge Lyris Younge Temporarily Reassigned Amid Ethics Investigation

Younge has been absent from the bench for nearly a month as she has been on chambers duty. Her hearings have been handled by her colleague, Judge Joseph Fernandes, who in some cases has undone Younge's rulings that separated children from their families.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Is there a concern with judicial independence in Pennsylvania? I see articles constantly about problems with the judiciary because of elections. What has the organized bar done?
1 minute read

The Recorder

Senate Committee Questions Judiciary's Anti-Harassment Efforts After Kozinski Scandal

"The judicial branch has a problem," said Sen. Charles Grassley at the beginning of Wednesday's Senate judiciary hearing. "They have to deal with it or Congress will have to do it for the courts."
3 minute read

The Recorder

Court Reveals $120K Judicial Misconduct Settlement Following Rule Change

California's judiciary paid a Tulare County Superior Court clerk $120,000 to settle claims that a judge—now removed from the bench—harassed her over several months in 2013. The court released the five-page settlement document in response to a newly amended Rule of Court that requires the disclosure of any agreement in which taxpayer money was spent to resolve misconduct allegations against a judge.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Splits, Leaving Brinkley to Hear Meek Mill's Appeal

With the court evenly divided Brinkley is now set to preside over the rapper's post-conviction appeal hearing scheduled for June 18.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Judicial Performance Agency's Budget Won't Be Slashed by $500K After All

The $500,000 slashed from the Commission on Judicial Performance's budget by lawmakers has been restored in a spending deal approved by the governor and legislative leaders.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Appeals Court Reverses Lawyer's Disbarment Because of Federal Judge's Testimony

Corpus Christi's Thirteenth Court of Appeals has reversed the disbarment of a McAllen lawyer, ruling it was wrong to allow a federal judge to testify…
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Braves Cases Are Apparently Off Chief Justice Roberts' Docket

Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—show why recusals matter.
1 minute read

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