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Gov. Vetoes 50-Hour Pro Bono Mandate for Bar Admission

Gov. Jerry Brown late Monday vetoed legislation that would have required law students to complete 50 hours of pro bono work as a condition of admission to the state bar. In his veto message, Brown called the legislation commendable but unjustified.
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Corporate Counsel

In-House Group Challenges D.C. Pro Bono Restrictions

The Association of Corporate Counsel is asking the District of Columbia to reconsider two key restrictions on in-house lawyers doing pro bono work.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Michael Kimberly of Mayer Brown

For most litigators, a win at the U.S. Supreme Court is a career highlight. And so it was for Mayer Brown partner Michael Kimberly, who in December won a unanimous ruling that revived a lawsuit accusing Maryland officials of partisan gerrymandering. But Kimberly said that his latest win in the lower court after the justices sent the case back was actually more exciting.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Push Continues for Florida Lethal Injection Details

Lawyers representing Arizona death row inmates aren't backing down from a battle with Florida corrections officials over the release of documents related to execution drugs, part of a drawn-out challenge to Arizona's lethal-injection process.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

High Praise for Missouri Public Defender Who Appointed Governor to Represent Criminal Defendant

Rebuffed time and again by the Missouri legislature and Gov. Jay Nixon, who refused to substantially increase the budget for indigent criminal defense, the chief public defender, Michael Barrett, had enough. He recently took an unusual and desperate step. He appointed Nixon, a licensed Missouri attorney, to represent an indigent client accused in an assault case. We applaud this bold action.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Third Circuit Rules Prisoner Body Cavity Searches Excessive and Unconstitutional

In a precedential opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that a Delaware prison's blanket policy of conducting thrice-daily visual cavity searches of inmates held in isolation violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

ADVOCACY

By | August 18, 2016
Highlights of the NJSBA's amicus activities.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Cross-examination

By | August 18, 2016
Michael Testa Jr.'s charitable work serves as inspiration.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Zero Hours Billed? No Problem for These First-Year Associates

Some of the country's largest law firms allow associates to focus exclusively on pro bono work for more than a year, but there is a debate as to whether those lawyers come out behind their counterparts when they begin billing for work again.
62 minute read

The American Lawyer

The American Lawyer's Lifetime Achiever Honorees

By | August 17, 2016
We are happy to recognize six Lifetime Achievement Award winners­­—men and women who have had extraordinary careers at some of the country's most prominent law firms and other legal institutions, and whose public service contributions have had far-reaching impact. We also recognize this year's Law Firm Distinguished Leader, honored for exemplary stewardship of his firm.
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