Public Interest
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Public Interest
If You're Looking To Help Children, Consider Taking On A Housing Law Matter
Lawyers underestimate just how much they can help. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
A History-Making Litigator Leaves Biglaw To Launch A Boutique
After 25 years at a top Biglaw firm, this star litigator decided it was time for a new adventure. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Public Interest
The Complicated Legal Landscape Of Child Trafficking
Legislators, lawyers, social workers, law enforcement, and courts all have roles to play.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.29.17
* Phone sex operators are suing over labor law violations. Because, fittingly, you’re not supposed to be able to f**k phone sex operators. [Law.com]
* The National Law Journal continues to milk its ability to count because that’s value add journalism! Today they count lawyers by city. [National Law Journal]
* A list of high profile pro bono matters that Biglaw firms have taken on. Does your firm make the list? [American Lawyer]
* Newly revealed FIFA report finds “appearance of improprieties.” Yes, awarding an athletic tournament to a country with 120 degree weather and a slave labor bid does appear improper. Glad we got to the bottom of that. [Corporate Counsel]
* Lawyers explain their travel hacks. [ABA Journal]
* Divorce lawyer is also a matador. This isn’t some kind of metaphor — he fights bulls. [Chicago Tribune]
* Nikki Haley becomes the latest official to run into Hatch Act trouble. [NPR]
* Justice Breyer is the most talkative justice on the Supreme Court. I wonder who’s the least talkative… [Law360]
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Immigration, Public Interest
Immigration Rights Group Fighting Back Against DOJ Threats
Bi-partisan opposition mounts against efforts to hinder access to justice. -
Biglaw, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Biglaw Firm Will Pay Associates & Staff To Take A Day Off And Volunteer
What is your firm doing to promote volunteerism? -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
In Response To Defenders Of The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Public interest work is important, but PSLF is not the best way to promote such service. -
Law Schools, Public Interest
The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Government & Public Interest Jobs (2016)
The law schools that will help graduates fight for justice in America. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Public Interest
The Biggest Bully Is The School Itself — And Lawyers Can Help Put An End To This
Children are going hungry because schools refuse to serve them lunches... and then publicly shame them. -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
The Ten-Year Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Is Abusive And Should Be Eliminated
Something is seriously wrong when people are choosing their careers based on the amount of loan forgiveness. -
Immigration, Politics
DOJ Threatens Immigration Rights Lawyers, Demands They Drop Their Clients
The Trump administration tries a scary new tactic to keep lawyers from aiding immigrants. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.15.17
* “When the founders wrote the Declaration of Independence, they invoked our creator four times, because in America we don’t worship government we worship God.” Guess who was awarded an honorary law degree this weekend? It was none other that President Donald Trump, who delivered the commencement address at Liberty University on Saturday morning. [The Hill; TIME]
* The Pink Ghetto (Partner Edition)? A Proskauer Rose partner has filed a $50M gender bias suit against the firm, claiming she was not only paid less than male colleagues, but that she was “overtly objectified based on her sex” when a fellow partner allegedly “made inappropriate comments regarding her appearance, body, clothing, or ‘sexiness'” on numerous occasions. [Am Law Daily]
* Tarra Simmons has quite the résumé: she’s a convicted felon and former drug addict who also happens to be the recipient of a prized Skadden fellowship. Unfortunately, she may not be able to practice law thanks to a recommendation from the Washington State Bar Association’s Character and Fitness Board that she be denied bar admission. She plans to appeal. [Northwest Public Radio]
* Walter “Chet” Little, a former Foley & Lardner partner, has been arrested on insider trading charges that stem from his time at the firm. Soon after finding out about the nature of the charges, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, his current firm, politely showed him the door. If convicted, Little will likely face quite the lengthy prison term and a fine of up to $5 million. Ouch. [WSJ Law Blog]
* “There was never a question of whether I was going to go to law school or not. It was just when I was going to go….” Chris Carr, a former cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens, is set to graduate from GW Law School this weekend. He’ll be taking the California bar exam this summer, but he recently accepted a job offer at an immigration law firm in Virginia. Congratulations! [Washington Post]
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Pro Bono, Public Interest
UVA Law Alum Tiffany Graves On Mississippi, Mentoring, And Finding Your Mission
This public interest attorney is doing all she can to close the justice gap.
Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Federal Judges, Technology
A Free Law Project To Make Judicial Opinions Available to Public
These documents have monumental value but are not easily available to the public. -
Career Alternatives, Public Interest
Venture For America Founder Andrew Yang On Fostering Community, Culture, And Entrepreneurship
A Columbia Law and Davis Polk alum discusses life beyond Biglaw. -
Law Schools
The Decision: Where Should A Professional Soccer Player Go To Law School?
Or should he go at all? -
Public Interest
Preparing Children For Immigration Trauma
Families at risk of being torn apart should prepare now to protect their children. -
Fabulosity, Gay, Parties, Public Interest
Looking Forward, Looking Back: LeGaL's 2017 Annual Dinner
These are interesting times for the LGBT rights movement. -
Law Schools
The Decision: Full Scholarship, Location, Or Prestige?
Berkeley, Penn, or Harvard, at varying price points -- where would you go? -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Solos & Small Law: Here’s $15,000 To Build An A-Team For Justice
When you want to help, but don't know how you can afford it.