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U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court will decide when police don’t need warrant to enter home in emergency

Judiciary

Boycotting law clerks to pressure schools might ‘cross an important line,’ 8th Circuit chief judge says

Judiciary

DOJ restricts ABA’s access to vet and rate judicial nominees

First Amendment

5th Circuit judge blasts ‘overcaffeinated arguments’ by library patrons challenging book removals

Criminal Justice

Suspended lawyer charged with theft from client apparently shoots, wounds himself during arrest

Immigration Law

DOJ lawyer blames ‘confluence of administrative errors’ for another El Salvador deportation

Path to Partner

For this lawyer, a blip at law school didn’t translate to a failed career

Ethics

Judge who accuses city attorney’s office of lying takes her concerns to the state bar

Judiciary

Sharp spike in threats to judges prompts calls for more security

Executive Branch

Trump blames the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo for tariffs ruling

Law Schools

Cost of law school drives where students enroll, new LSAC study shows

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke legal status for 500K migrants for now

Judiciary

Trump nominates his lawyer Emil Bove to 3rd Circuit

Executive Branch

What you need to know about the court battle over Trump’s tariffs

Environmental Law

Supreme Court narrows scope of environmental reviews

Law in Popular Culture

ABA Journal wins magazine of the year from business press group for third time in a row

Ethics

‘Whole lot of oddities’ excuse wrongdoing of lawyer with likely COVID-19 delirium, ethics referee says

Law in Popular Culture

Why lie? Max docuseries exams murderer who reportedly fibbed about killing a few more people

Lawyer Pay

Think new BigLaw associates are all making $225K? Think again, new NALP report says

Practice Management

Open-source intelligence and why it has become vital to modern legal operations

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