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The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

Read about the upcoming public interest events in the Philadelphia area.
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The Legal Intelligencer

When a Name Is Not the Right Name

Without a name change, transgender individuals are forced to rely on identification that reveals their transgender status in innumerable everyday interactions and reduces their opportunities for employment, housing, travel, and medical care.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Best Interest of the Child' Standard Can Disadvantage Parents and Caregivers With Disabilities

The challenge in representing a custody litigant with disabilities lies in understanding and countering what many think they know when they see a person with disabilities caring for a child.
7 minute read

Law.com

'Exaggerated Response to Legitimate Objectives': Davis Wright Tremaine Leads Pro Bono Win in Battle Over Jail's Mail Policy

"Very few organizations can commit the time and resources to litigating these cases for the long haul to ensure the outcome and that the First Amendment's respected and that the court does the proper analysis. It's been a long time," one of the pro bono attorneys on the case, Caesar D. Kalinowski IV, an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine, told Law.com.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Down to 150 Lawyers, Boies Schiller Posts Best RPL in a Decade

With less than half of its 2018 head count, Boies Schiller is running lean and sitting on a pile of lucrative cases.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Innovations in Pro Bono, Law Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

"Legal innovation means a willingness to break the status quo, to see failure as success in progress, and to reimagine the way law can be practiced in a new light, and from a completely new angle," says Joanna P. Boisen, Chief Pro Bono & Social Impact Officer at Davis Wright Tremaine.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

How a K&L Gates Team Notched an Appellate Win Without Relevant Case Law

The complaint alleges that during Charles Mack's breaks at the prison commissary, the guards would make noises, kick boxes and talk loudly when Mack, a Muslim, tried to perform his prayers.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Big Law Backs Satanic Temple in Free Speech Suit Against Pa. School

Though The Satanic Temple is a new client for Dechert, the firm's co-counsel is familiar, Dechert associate Noah Becker said.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Are Trials Dying? A Federal Judge Is Championing a Program to Get Lawyers in the Courtroom

Fewer cases are going to trial, attorneys said, leaving a gap for young lawyers seeking courtroom experience.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

In this month's calendar, join HIAS Pennsylvania for a new volunteer information session, an awards ceremony and more.
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