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The Georgia governor signed several controversial education bills into law, including ones on banning books and discussing race in the classroom. FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has of signed a slew of education bills into law Thursday morning — with a number of them stirring controversy. During an event at the Forsyth County Arts Learning Center, Kemp joined his family, lawmak...

Mercer Law BLSA Regional Chapter of the Year MACON – Mercer Law School’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) was named 2021-2022 Medium Chapter of the Year at the 51st Southern Regional Convention of the National Black Law Students Association in February. This is the second consecutive year Mercer Law BLSA has been recognized as Chapter of the Year. BLSA President Ashley Ferguson accepted ...

Associated Press/Gregory Bull Republicans plan to use Biden’s immigration enforcement policies against the Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections, and recent polls indicate many voters are worrying “a great deal” about illegal immigration — and that they think the Biden administration is encouraging it. There are two Biden administration actions at the heart of the enforcement issue. F...

Nation/World U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sits in the courtroom, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool) WASHINGTON - Three days before Joe Biden’s inauguration, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene texted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. She told him that some Republican members of Congress believed the only path for President Donald Trump to ...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a special committee to suspend raising campaign money for Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection bid until the GOP gubernatorial nomination is decided, temporarily eliminating what had been a major advantage Republican lawmakers carved out for him. Judge Mark Cohen ruled that Kemp’s leadership committee — Georgians First — can’t raise any more money unless he becomes...

(Image via Getty) So, what’s up with legal education these days? Well, lucky you asked. The good folks at AccessLex have created a Legal Education Data Deck to track the latest law school trends. And, there are some pleasant surprises in there. Here are the most noteworthy takeaways. First of all, the bad news (at least for the 2021 law school applicants): applications were way up last year....

Milwaukee, Wisc. April 27, 2022 — A new Marquette University Law School poll found that 58% of Wisconsin voters support “allowing all students statewide to use publicly funded vouchers to attend private or religious schools if they wish to do so.” Despite this majority support, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers recently vetoed such expansion. Assembly Bill 970, which passed the Senate 20 to 11 an...

Hannah R. Arterian, dean emerita of Syracuse University’s College of Law who oversaw the building and opening of the school’s state-of-the-art facility, Dineen Hall, died April 8 in Los Angeles. She was 72. Hannah Arterian Arterian served as dean of the College of Law from 2003-15. During her tenure, she increased the quality and size of the college’s faculty, diversified educational opportun...

Your browser does not support the video element. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Big Law associates and rainmakers are getting record pay as firms vie for talent. But some junior and "service" partners are feeling short-changed. The widening disparity in pay is wearing on law firms' culture and competitiveness. As maj...

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new law recently signed by Gov. Bill Lee works to help families of veterans get survivor's benefits. The bill specifically mentions situations involving COVID-19. The nonprofit Tennessee Veterans said when a veteran dies from COVID-19 and service-connected...