Delaware’s New Law Just Made It Easier To Get Back On Your Feet After Being Fined
You should probably still try to avoid getting a ticket.
The Principles Of Poverty
The extent to which poverty relates to women possessing control over their own procreation decisions should embolden the removal of institutional barriers to birth control; instead, the exact opposite has occurred.
How Time Tracking And Passive Tracking Tools Are Helping Law Firms Capture More Revenue
Discover how passive time-tracking tools help law firms boost revenue, reduce billing errors, and save time—featuring insights from the 2025 MyCase Legal Industry Report.
Poverty Is Wholly Preventable And Escaping It Should Now Be Considered A Natural Human Right
My generation has a chance to completely wipe out poverty, but the result will be not achieved by a statist, communist method, and neither will it come from a conservative ‘deserving only’ system.
The Making Of A Felon: How Poverty And Race Are Putting People In Prison
If you're white and wealthy, you can avoid being branded as a felon for the rest of your life.
Making An Historic Difference: Presidential Poverty Summit Part II
Trump needs to get started on this...
This Is What The Next President Needs To Do
It's time to get serious about this.
8 Tips For Creating A Comprehensive ‘AI In The Workplace’ Policy
Corporate investment and usage in generative AI technologies continues to accelerate. This article offers eight specific tips to consider when creating an AI usage policy.
Think Tank Argues That Giving Up Privacy Is Good For The Poor
This is a fantastic argument...
Non-Sequiturs: 03.17.16
* Shocker! North Carolina's voter ID law primarily impacted young voters of color. (Actually, I am not surprised at all.) [Democracy Now] * Embrace the nerdiness of Merrrick Garland, you know you want to. [Comic Book Resources] * Does the #HulkvGawk case mean that being an internet smart-ass isn't cool anymore? God, I hope not. [Law and More] * It is easy to blame the poor for their lot in life, much harder to do anything about the underlying issues. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Merrick Garland: theater critic. [The Crimson] * It's science! Here is what data science tells us about Merrick Garland. [Ravel Law] * Looking for an easy way for your clients to pay? A new option is coming your way. [My Case] * Fingers crossed! GOP opposition to President Obama's SCOTUS nomination is cracking. [Huffington Post]
Non-Sequiturs: 09.04.15
Ed. note: Due to the Labor Day holiday we will be on a reduced publication schedule today, and observing the holiday on Monday. Hope everyone has an enjoyable, restful and long weekend. * Oh yay! An attorney hits something with his car, doesn't stop, and uses the "I'm an attorney!" line, complete with F-bombs. And he was drinking, because of course he was. [Legal Profession Blog] * You shoot for the stars Utah! Utah Law announced a new initiative to have 100 percent bar passage and 100 percent professional employment. [Tax Prof Blog] * Burn! Not only did the Ninth Circuit overturn Judge Robert Jones's decision, they reassigned the case. [Election Law Blog] * A war between Harvard Law professors! Okay, it's just a war of words, but Cass Sunstein really takes it to former Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren and law prof turned presidential candidate Larry Lessig. [American Thinker] * Lessons on being a lawyer you can get from watching Peggy Olson. [Careerist] * Here's a horrifying fact: "Defendants who can't make bail, regardless of their crime, are four times more likely to be sentenced to time in prison." [Pacific Standard] * This is fun! A 1947 anti-union propaganda comic put out by General Electric. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Food in exchange for legal advice. Seems like a good deal. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] * Moving ever closer to the day when a marriage license for a same sex couple is just a matter of paperwork -- even in Kentucky. [Huffington Post]
Criminally Yours: Babies, Criminality and Poverty
If you need another reason to support Planned Parenthood, here it is.
How You Can Take Control Of Your Firm’s Financial Future
Roadblocks to data-driven business management are falling, and a better bottom line awaits.
Judge Lifts Ban On Feeding The Homeless, Temporarily
You know how other places tell you not to feed pigeons or squirrels because they might become pests who rely on humans for food? That's how Fort Lauderdale views... people.
Every Law School Mistake Ever, From One Lady
How the other half is ruined.
Judge Orders Random Lawyers To Defend Poor People
There is a judge in New Orleans who doesn't want poor people to just go away. There is a judge in New Orleans who wants the larger community to not only see but also defend poor people who appear in his court. He hopes that if some prominent people have to get some skin in the game, maybe they won't be so eager to cut essential legal services to indigent defendants....