Adoption
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Family Law
Adoption Or Guardianship?
Both options involve distinct legal processes and emotional considerations. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.21.22
* And then there were 6: More big names are opting out of U.S. News. [Inside Higher Ed]
* Stop Woke keeps getting stopped. Funny outcome, that. [The Guardian]
* A law adopted decades ago is still impacting Black adoptions. [Slate]
* AirBnB keeps getting the wind taken from its wings. [Axios]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.17.22
* Looking for direction outside of US News? Here’s what Yale thinks. [Yahoo!]
* Cops don’t want a law that prevents them from being in terrorist groups. Interesting. [Minnesota Reformer]
* Now this is an interesting overlap of Federal law and adoption policy. [Inquirer]
* Massachusetts’ new license law is worth familiarizing yourself with. [Axios]
* Where do we go from here? Penn (Carey) Law has some ideas. [The DP]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Offers Paid Compassionate Leave Program For Miscarriage And Failed Fertilty Treatments
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Offers New Pandemic Perks, Including Fertility And Family-Planning Benefits
Which firm just rolled out coverage and reimbursement for IVF, egg freezing, adoption, and surrogacy? -
Biglaw
Top Biglaw Firm Wows All Employees With New Fertility And Family-Planning Benefits
Which firm just rolled out coverage and reimbursement for IVF, egg freezing, adoption, and surrogacy? -
Family Law
No Cake Or Babies For You
Cross your fingers that the latest anti-LGBTQ funding bill is just an anomalous blip and that our new Justice surprises us all. -
Family Law, Health Care / Medicine
Gay Dad’s Attempt To Adopt His Genetic Child Rejected, Child Left Without Legal Parents
The saddest part of the story is that the child is being punished for the country’s view of his family. - Sponsored
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Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
I'm Sorry, Your (Full Faith And) Credit Is No Good Here
Hearts and minds aren’t won overnight -- but states need to follow the law of the land. -
Family Law, Gay, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
Hopeful LGBT Parents Fight Uphill Battle In Israel
The situation regarding surrogacy rights for LGBT individuals in Israel continues to look bleak. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.02.17
* A look at how behavior on the Court has changed since Justice Gorsuch’s began serving. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Is General Counsel Dianne Brandi likely to be the next head to roll of Fox News? [Law and More] * We’ve all seen the local news and after school specials — cyberbullying is a real phenomenon. […]
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Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
Beware The Ides Of March (And LGBT Parental Roadblocks)
If you are LGBT and want kids, it’s time to call your local ART attorney, as well as your tax lawyer. -
Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
I Want To Put A Baby In You: EmbryoMatch.Com?
As use of in vitro fertilization expands, the number of unused, excess embryos is skyrocketing. How will the law handle this?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.04.16
* At long last, the ABA has released the final version of its employment statistics for the law school class of 2015. Ten months after graduation, 59.2 percent of the class was employed in long-term, full-time jobs where bar passage was required, but there’s been a sharp decline in the number of those jobs since 2014. We’ll have more on this later. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called probate: Earlier this week, Judge Kevin Eide appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administrator of music icon Prince’s estate. Prince is said to have died without a will, but all of his presumptive heirs agreed to the appointment. [Big Law Business]
* “[I]n all 50 states, gay couples are allowed to adopt kids, as it should be.” Since Mississippi failed to timely appeal a ruling striking down its ban on same-sex adoption as unconstitutional, same-sex adoption is now permitted across America. Let’s celebrate all of the children who will soon be welcomed into good, loving homes. [BuzzFeed News]
* Australian law firm Slater & Gordon, the biggest firm Down Under and the world’s first law firm to be publicly traded, narrowly avoided going under after a $700 million loss thanks to a deal with its bankers. Beware, stock market bidders, because the firm still remains a “high-risk investment” due to its “uncertainty.” [Sydney Morning Herald]
* The University of Tulsa John Rogers Hall College of Law is deciding whether or not it should change its name to remove a founder who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Law school administrators have already recommended that Rogers’s name be removed, and after some discussion, trustees will vote on the proposal later today. [Associated Press]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.16.15
* Thinking about transferring law schools? Get the ugly truth first. [Underdawg Law]
* Is it possible your smart phone shouldn’t be your everything? [What About Paris?]
* Now this is scholarship I can get behind: The Walking Dead Colloquium. [Savannah Law School]
* In trial be ready for anything… including vomit. [Katz Justice]
* NFL players and prospective law students — I totally get the similarities. [TaxProf Blog]
* Sigh… Mississippi. Still defending its ban on adoption by same-sex couples. [Slate]
* Free CLE! Next Thursday on “The U.S. & China: Perspectives on Brand Protection & Intellectual Property.” [AABANY]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.13.15
* “When it’s convenient, we’re alumni; when it’s not convenient, we are not alumni.” Grads of Texas Wesleyan Law — which is now known as Texas A&M Law — are suing because the school won’t grant them new degrees or recognize them as alumni. Harsh, y’all. [Houston Chronicle]
* The ABA Journal wants to know who you think the smartest judge in the U.S. is. Let’s hear it for the wonderful women of the Supreme Court: Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. [ABA Journal]
* Now that same-sex marriage is legal across the country, it only seems logical that bans on adoptions by same-sex couples should be overturned. Mississippi will have Roberta Kaplan of Windsor fame to thank when its ban is struck down. [New York Times]
* Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane has claimed innocence with regard to the criminal charges she recently racked up. She blames the entire ordeal on blowback from the state’s “Porngate” scandal. AG Kane has got one hell of a moneyshot. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Did you know that there’s such a thing as barbecue law? Further, did you know that a Biglaw attorney who serves as counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright who’s never handled a barbecue case has cornered the market on BBQ law books (affiliate link)? [Legal Times]
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Family Law, Holidays and Seasons, Kids, Quote of the Day, State Judges
Family Court Judge Dresses Up Like Fairy Godmother, Grants Wishes
This is beautiful. We wish more judges were like this. -
Art, Baseball, Biglaw, D.C. Circuit, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Holland & Knight, Judicial Nominations, LSAT, Morning Docket, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, You Go Girl
Morning Docket: 10.29.13
* The four female Supremes gathered last night (and kept RBG up past her bedtime) to celebrate the unveiling of a lifelike painting of themselves that’ll be on display for years. You go girls! [Reliable Source / Washington Post]
* Now that cloture’s been filed on a would-be D.C. Circuit judge, these judicial nominations are getting exciting. You should probably get ready for a battle royal on Patricia Millett’s qualifications later this week. [Blog of Legal Times]
* The women over at Holland & Knight must be pregnant with glee now that the firm is offering incredibly attractive paid maternity and adoption leave packages in the hope of retaining its lady lawyers. [Daily Business Review]
* People want to know if they should take the LSAT in December or February. Are they serious? Take it in December so you can retake it if you screw up. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* Aww, Barry Bonds wants the Ninth Circuit to rehear his obstruction of justice conviction with 11 judges instead of three. Perhaps he thinks that more judges will equal more sympathy. [San Jose Mercury News]
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