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The Legal Intelligencer

LGBTQ Couples Among Those Adoption Agencies Can Deny in Kansas, Oklahoma

Most children live with the expectation that they'll grow up, get married, and one day, have kids—I think that's even a song! But, for children who realize they're a member of the LGBTQ community, the certainty of parenthood is now in question.
1 minute read

Legaltech News

LegalZoom Offers Free Legal Service to Patients Rising Members. Just Don't Call It Pro Bono.

LegalZoom has partnered with non-profit advocacy patient organization Patients Rising to allow its members free access to legal, financial, tax and insurance advice in an expansion of LegalZoom's Lifeplan service.
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New York Law Journal

Facing Increased Competition, NY Bar Associations Reveal New Incentives

The New York City Bar is set to announce today that most of its hundreds of CLE classes will be free for new graduates, newly admitted lawyers, in-house/corporate counsel, academics, nonprofit lawyers, judges and their staffs.
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Daily Report Online

Kilpatrick Wins Asylum for Transgender Woman in Hard-Fought Pro Bono Case

A team of Kilpatrick lawyers and staff spent about 800 hours on the asylum case of transgender Mexican woman Estrella Sanchez.
6 minute read

The Recorder

In Lieu of a Wedding, Family Lawyer Throws a Charity Fundraiser

By the time San Francisco family lawyer Valerie Fenchel called off her wedding plans, it was too late to cancel the party. So she's using the venue to throw a fundraiser for Bay Area Legal Aid.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Five Types of Connections You Should Develop in Your Legal Network

The commencement speaker when you graduated from law school inevitably highlighted members of the audience who supported the graduates during school, and would provide continued support while the graduates studied for the bar exam and began their careers.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Great Whiskey Debate Raises $20K for Legal Charities: Slideshow

Atlanta Legal Aid and the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation each received about $10,000 from the third annual event.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Three-Letter Word Lawyers Should Avoid Using

When was the last time a single word determined your future? As a lawyer, you're probably attuned to the fact that it was pretty recent.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers and Judges, Push Pro Bono to the Front of the Line

This policy, if adhered to, could actually serve as an incentive to lawyers to take on more pro bono work.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Legal Departments of the Year

Awards focus on the in-house legal work performed at the University of Miami, Ilumno, Memorial Healthcare System, the Miami Gardens City Attorney's Office and Citigroup Latin America and Mexico.
9 minute read

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