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Trial Opens in Class Action Challenging Detention of 18-Year-Old Migrants

The bench trial comes in a case brought by Kirkland & Ellis and the National Immigrant Justice Center that challenges the federal government's incarceration of migrants who came to the United States as unaccompanied minors.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'She's Still Here': Meet Connecticut Attorney Behind 8-Year Pro Bono Fight

The Connecticut Law Tribune takes a look at attorney Erin O'Neil-Baker, who represents Wayzaro Walton. The federal government has been trying for years to deport Walton to her native England for crimes she committed in Connecticut but was pardoned for.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Attorney Emeritus Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The Attorney Emeritus Program (AEP) was created a decade ago when many Americans were struggling with legal problems related to the worst economic…
5 minute read

The Recorder

This Insider Says It's Time for Big Changes in California's Legal Industry

"Obviously there are still some challenges for the bar, but the inability of so many people to use legal services in California is getting worse," Joanna Mendoza says.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Debevoise Teams With House to Sue Wilbur Ross Over Census Documents

"Despite the committee's extensive efforts at accommodations, Secretary Ross and Attorney General Barr have refused to provide these critical documents and communications," House Democrats argued in their new lawsuit.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

After Hours: Pro Bono Partnership; Sidley Austin; Bergen County Bar; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey

Pro Bono Partnership Celebrates 22nd Anniversary Gala; Bergen Bar Swears In Young Lawyer Officers; TANJ Installs New Officers.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How 2 Student Litigators Defeated a Veteran Attorney in Court

It appeared that third-year Yale University Law School students Shannon Price and Nathan Leys would have no shot in their first trial against an experienced housing attorney in a landlord-tenant dispute. But Price and Leys prevailed after a two-day trial in New Haven Housing Court.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Axiom Partnership Extends Pro Bono Net's Reach Beyond Law Firms

Lawyers with the alternative legal services provider can now use Pro Bono Net's online platform—though they'll need to volunteer on their own time. 
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Before Jeffrey Epstein's Victims Had a Case, They Had Boies Schiller Veteran Sigrid McCawley

"Let me see what we can do," Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley recalls telling Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre before she had a route to litigation.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Interest Calendar of Events

A CLE on landlord-tenant law, Support for Child Advocates once again will hold its holiday toy drive and an awards ceremony tops the Public Interest Calendar of Events for early December.
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