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From Courtroom to Courtside: Gonzaga Law prof also serves as chaplain for basketball team

Gonzaga University School of Law professor Father Bryan Pham will have a great seat on Thursday as the Gonzaga Bulldogs face off against the University of Georgia Bulldogs. Pham has been the men’s basketball team’s chaplain since 2019.



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Generative artificial intelligence is supercharging legal analytics

Generative artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the field of analytics by assisting lawyers with tasks ranging from fee setting to research.



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St. Thomas College of Law falls out of compliance with ABA accreditation standard focused on financial resources

The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has found the St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law out of compliance with an ABA accreditation standard focused on sufficiency of financial resources and also denied its application to create a part-time hybrid-distance JD program.



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Judge orders DOGE to stop efforts to dismantle USAID

A federal judge in Maryland on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking billionaire Elon Musk and the U.S. DOGE Service from taking any further actions to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.



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Trump calls to impeach US judge, drawing rebuke from Roberts

President Donald Trump called Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who had ruled against him, prompting the chief justice of the United States to issue a stern statement rejecting the idea and asserting the independence of the judiciary.



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State Bar of California considers provisional licenses for February bar exam takers

Updated: The State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners has placed the option of provisional licenses for candidates who fail or withdrew from the February California bar exam on the table.



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Trump visits Justice Department for speech that breaks all norms

President Donald Trump delivered an unusual, campaign-style speech at Justice Department headquarters Friday, heavy with grievance and meandering from such topics as Al Capone to allegations of judicial corruption as he defied the distance that has traditionally existed between the White House and the federal law enforcement agency.



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'I was so close': Fired federal workers lose student loan forgiveness

The Trump administration’s purge of the federal workforce has left former federal workers scrambling to find employment and facing the stark reality that the student loan forgiveness they’ve worked toward may now be out of reach.



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Trump's deportation push tests courts' ability to check his power

The Trump administration Monday insisted it had not violated a court order by expelling hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.



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Danny Ortega has advocated for farmworkers and immigrants in Arizona for decades

For five decades, Daniel R. Ortega Jr. has remained steadfast in his advocacy for and empowerment of farm workers and the larger immigrant community in Arizona. In January, he was awarded the inaugural Impacto Award by the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities.



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