Judiciary
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Social justice group criticizes bar drag event cancellation
The nonprofit Southern Coalition for Social Justice is forwarding a letter with more than 100 signatures to a bar group that canceled…
Jun 9, 2023 3:04 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court’s newest justice, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, had “the most glamorous disclosures” on forms released Wednesday for seven of the high court’s justices, according to
SCOTUSblog.
Jun 9, 2023 8:59 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a congressional voting map that dilutes Black voting strength in Alabama, stating that it would “decline to recast” its caselaw as urged by the state.
Jun 8, 2023 11:39 AM CDT
A lawyer representing a 95-year-old federal appeals judge is criticizing a judicial council’s refusal to assign her new cases and an investigating committee’s new focus on her failure to cooperate.
Jun 8, 2023 8:58 AM CDT
The Michigan Supreme Court has received some pushback on its proposal to require state courts to use preferred pronouns when identifying parties or lawyers.
Jun 7, 2023 2:05 PM CDT
In his new book,
The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America, Michael Waldman identifies three times that the U.S. Supreme Court caused a public backlash against itself—and warns that the court may be well along the path to a fourth massive public backlash.
Jun 7, 2023 8:55 AM CDT
A lawyer in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, has been censured after acknowledging that he “fell into stupid” and accessed his former law firm’s computer system to monitor his former partner’s business activity.
Jun 6, 2023 3:24 PM CDT
A New York appeals court has denied bar admission to a 2000 law graduate who practiced law for nearly 10 years without a license, rising to law firm partnership.
Jun 6, 2023 9:36 AM CDT
A federal appeals judge who
announced plans to boycott Yale Law School students for clerkships is taking aim at his colleagues for using the word “noncitizen” instead of “alien."
Jun 5, 2023 12:21 PM CDT
Judge sanctioned after disclaiming family law knowledge
The New Jersey Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Judge Michael J. Kassel of the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey on Wednesday Jun 2, 2023 3:16 PM CDT
Judge Patrick Connolly of Los Angeles County won’t be able to disqualify a colleague from considering the resentencing of a defendant Connolly once prosecuted.
Jun 1, 2023 3:46 PM CDT
An appeals judge who compared a Black defendant to a monster in the epic poem
Beowulf used language that could be interpreted as evoking racial stereotypes, according to the Maryland Supreme Court.
Jun 1, 2023 10:40 AM CDT
Judge Bridget Mary McCormack, a retired Michigan Supreme Court chief justice, is slated to serve as the next council chair of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar during the next term.
May 31, 2023 2:32 PM CDT
A draft ethics opinion says California judges should not attend law office celebrations with free food and drinks.
May 31, 2023 8:16 AM CDT
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill last week that requires county courthouses in the state to have private, clean lactation rooms with at least one electrical outlet.
May 26, 2023 8:39 AM CDT
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