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Corporate Counsel

Gun Safety Group Sues to Reveal Gun Lobbyists' Communications With US Government

"The public has a right to know what these public records contain," Everytown's in-house counsel Eric Tirschwell told Corporate Counsel on Thursday.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Amid Membership Challenges, Bar Associations Focus On 'How to Be Relevant'

Membership at the state and federal bar groups in New Jersey has increased over the past decade, but has been essentially flat in the last few years. Leaders, meanwhile, are focusing on the member experience as they look to the future.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pro Bono Week Reminds Us to Get Involved and Join Legal Aid Programs

Undertaking pro bono work, or work free-of-charge, to those less fortunate is a professional responsibility and commitment for attorneys, and something we should all strive to incorporate into our practices.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

First Amendment Group Honors Late Chief Justice Hines

At the reception, Chief Justice Harold Melton emphasized Hines' knack for treating people fairly, saying he viewed others like this: "I'm no better than you, and you're no better than me."
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Names 2 General Counsel, Gives Chief Legal Officer Another Title

Lauren Bright and Keith Matthews have been named general counsel for different parts of the foundation while Connie Collingsworth is now the chief legal and operating officer.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Looking at 'Human Factors' for Wrongful Conviction Day

"I had a strong alibi and scientific evidence indicating I was not the perpetrator," said Georgia Innocence Project Board Member Calvin C. Johnson Jr. "But somehow four people claim they saw me. Coupled with an all-white jury judging a black man accused of assaulting two white women, I did not stand a chance." DNA evidence exonerated him after he spent 16 years in prison.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Human Rights Lawyer Named to 'Venice Commission'

"Though not well-known in the United States, in Europe, lawyers, judges, national justice ministry officials, academics, and the media view the Venice Commission as an objective institution to which parties can turn to secure legal opinions," Jim Kelly said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

Awards ceremonies, fall celebrations, informative CLEs and pro bono week top the list of events for late September and October.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How Pa. Lawmakers Rely on Big Tobacco's Playbook to Suppress Rights

Pennsylvania lawmakers are using a playbook written by Big Tobacco and boosted by the NRA in order to block worker protections in the commonwealth.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pardons: An Essential, Moral Response to Mass Incarceration

It's impossible these days not to be thinking about implicit (and explicit) bias and the wide discretion exercised by all actors at all levels in our criminal justice system.
7 minute read

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