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Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am a judicial officer and heard argument and evidence from parties. Besides my law clerks and judicial staff, can I talk to other persons or go on the internet to review information that may be pertinent?
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

Civil Rights Lawyers Claim 'Extreme Racial Gerrymandering'

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington filed a motion for a preliminary injunction filed late Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia seeking an expedited hearing to provide for a remedy before the 2018 elections.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

ACLU Releases Research on Arrest Warrants for Private Debt

The report, called “A Pound of Flesh: The Criminalization of Private Debt,” documents arrests over private debt in 25 states and Puerto Rico.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

UM Law Students Work to Exonerate Convicted Armed Robber

Their client is serving a 20-year sentence for armed robbery, but advocates at UM's Innocence Clinic say he was the one robbed by a system that incarcerated an innocent man.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - NJSBA Pro Bono Committee Accepting Nominations for 2018 Awards

Award criteria, along with nomination forms, may be found at njsba.com. Forms and supporting documents must be submitted by 5 p.m., Thursday, March 15.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Circuit Affirms Central Holding That Reformed Harris County's Bail System

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has largely upheld a monumental decision that dismantles Harris County's bail system because it holds…
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Amazon's In-House Lawyers Help Free the Innocent in Pro Bono Project

How did members of Amazon's legal team get to work behind the scenes on wrongful conviction cases that look a bit like those chronicled in famous podcasts like "Serial" or documentaries like "Making a Murderer" or "West of Memphis"?
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Trump Budget Puts Legal Services Back on the Chopping Block

The president also proposed to eliminate LSC funding In his 2018 budget proposal but Congress rebuffed the plan after an outcry from business leaders and politicians.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Three Startups Are Using AI in Law for Noble Purposes

The LSC says 86 percent of the civil legal problems reported by low-income Americans in the past year received inadequate or no legal help. Here's three startups trying to close the gap.
7 minute read

International Edition

Legal Week Innovation Awards 2018 launch with call for entries

Submissions invited for projects and initiatives that showcase innovation in the legal sector
2 minute read

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