Year: 2022

EMERGENCY DOCKET


By Amy Howe

on Dec 19, 2022
at 5:17 pm

two men wearing border parol uniforms stand along dirt road with back to the camera. one points into the distance.

Two agents patrol the southern border in Texas in 2021. (Vic Hinterlang via Shutterstock)

Nineteen states came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to keep in place a Trump-era policy that allows immigration officials to quickly expel migrants seeking asylum at the U.S. border. The states, led by Arizona, warn the justices that if the court does not block a federal judge’s order that would end the policy on Wednesday, it will “cause a crisis of unprecedented proportions at the border.”

The federal law at the center of the case is known as Title 42 of the Public Health Services Act. It gives the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the power to bar the entry of individuals into the United States to protect the public from contagious diseases. In March 2020, citing the

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By Jonathan Pratter

A classic (no pun intended) bibliography of ancient Greek law is found in the Introduction Bibliographique à l’Histoire du Droit et à l’Ethnologie Juridique, a multi-volume bibliography of legal history published between 1963 and 1988 under the editorship of J. Gilissen by the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Because of its fine-grained organization by subject, this bibliography doubles as a research guide. For example, the section on private law is divided into sub-sections on general works, slavery, family law, property law, obligations, commercial law, and private international law. The reader can learn a lot about the structure of ancient Greek law just by consulting this bibliography. Alas, the section on ancient Greek law in the Introduction Bibliographique was last updated in 1967.

What more current bibliographies of ancient Greek law do we find today? There are some; two of them are online. NOMOI, hosted by Simon

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RALEIGH — The Campbell University School of Law will no longer participate in the US News and World Report’s Best Law Schools ranking.

Dean J. Rich Leonard announced the decision to faculty, staff and students on Monday in an email. Leonard’s statement cited concerns with both the ranking’s purpose and methodologies, among others.

The statement follows: “The Campbell Law School faculty has decided not to participate this year in the US News and World Report’s Best Law Schools rankings. We are not opposed to objective rankings, but the reputational aspect of the US News rankings has always undervalued strong regional law schools. Additionally, the rankings do not sufficiently consider the most critical factors for prospective students, such as bar passage and employment outcomes. We believe objective evaluations that value factors like these better serve prospective students.

“As an example of the difference between objective and subjective rankings, in 2015

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Bankruptcy LawyersFile Chapter 7 Chapter in Atlanta with ZERO MONEY DOWN. Or, why not enhance and work reporting, exposing and designing well being operations and facilities-educating and enabling and making these to be easily accessible to the armies of the poor Africans? My point: African individuals want to start to speak from being active in our milieu than trying to precise themselves immaculately and colloquially in medium equivalent to these, thus exposing their weaknesses and lack of knowledge as to what they actually do not know to one and all.

The police and plenty of authorities sectors are affected by ‘tribalism’ in hiring and functioning of these institutions. There’s a lot corruption, that many individuals are left bamboozled, gawking in horror as our bothers and sisters give themselves to selling out their people, and never caring a rat’s ass about their actions and their outcomes. We’ve a very callous elite which …

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By Connie Chang, Knowledge Management Research Analyst at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Editor’s Note: We are happy to post two takes on a recent course on “Managing Your Work Environment” offered by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), and facilitated by Judith Millesen, Ph.D.  Both authors were recipients of grants from the Private Law Librarians and Information Professionals (PLLIP) section of AALL.  Thank you to Connie and Janet for taking the time to share their thoughts on their experiences and takeaways from the course.

Thanks to a grant from the Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals Special Interest Section (PLLIP-SIS), I attended the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) course, “Managing Your Work Environment.”  The course focused on team development and interpersonal skills.  It was held over three weeks (Sept. 13 to Oct. 4, 2022).  There was also some pre-course work on the importance of having a growth mindset

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Dive Briefs:

  • The Campbell University School of Law announced this week it will not participate in US News & World Report’s Best Law Schools rankings, joining many other institutions spurning the list over equity-related concerns.
  • Unlike law schools that initially rejected the rankings, which included those at Yale and Harvard universities, Campbell’s school fell toward the bottom of US News’ index.
  • Experts have said mid- and low-tier law schools have more to lose by joining the rankings revolt, as the higher-placed schools have well-known reputations and will likely suffer little fallout from their decisions.

Dive Insights:

Ivy League institutions Yale and Harvard shook the higher education world in mid-November when they said they would no longer submit data to US News for its influential rankings.

While colleges often tout their high placement

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The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Every Wednesday, we’ll be posting a new report from one of our experts, so stay tuned!

As the world emerges from a pandemic that forced the world to change, many lawyers are questioning whether the technological changes we have made in our practices will be permanent or revert to past habits. The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Reports provide insights into these questions so that firms can best position themselves for the future.

The research, conducted by the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center is contained in five volumes of organized responses, and the resulting data is helpful to many firms of differing sizes. The published results represent one of the most comprehensive technology surveys of law firms available. The insights contained

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The Legaltech Week panel is back at 3 ET today to discuss the top stories in legal tech.  Attendance is free, but, if you have not already done so, you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions.

Among the stories we’re planning to take up:

Our lineup changes from week to week, but our regular panelists include:

Hope you will join us.

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MIAMI (AP) — The US is poised to ban the lucrative trade in shark fins, a move conservationists hope will help protect millions of sharks that are butchered every year to satisfy demand in China and other parts of Asia.

The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in US waters for decades. But the US remains a major hub for the brisk trade where the fins of as many as 73 million sharks are cut off around the world each year.

The House and Senate passed identical versions of the proposed ban as part of a broader defense spending bill that President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law. Once he does, it will be illegal for Americans to buy, sell, transport or even possess foreign-caught fins — something ocean conservation activists

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Businesses must make websites accessible to all people. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) establishes accessibility guidelines. The guidelines apply to all types of businesses and organizations in various settings and refer to ease of access at physical and online locations. To be competitive, law firms must have a professional online presence, including ADA website compliance. When you have questions about the ADA, our digital marketing expert has the answers. Continue reading to learn more about the ADA and your law firm’s website.

ADA Compliance
ADA compliance is legally required but may also boost business because it promotes the following:

  • Inclusion – Compliant website provides all users, including users with disabilities, with a positive user experience. In today’s digital world, important tasks are completed online. All users need the ability to locate information online and navigate a company’s website with ease. Accessibility creates an inclusive space and ensures everyone has
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