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December 17, 2021

New law expands substitute teacher pool to address staffing shortages in Pa. - PennLive

A. new law expands the pool of people eligible to serve as substitute teachers in Pennsylvania for the remainder of this school year and the next year. PennLive file photo A new Pennsylvania law aims to help ease the substitute teacher shortage nearing crisis levels in many schools. Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday signed bipartisan legislation that expands the pool of people eligible to fill these te...
December 17, 2021

Charleston School of Law files lawsuit against city - WCBD News 2

Courtesy: Google Maps CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston School of Law on Friday announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Charleston, claiming the city has breached a contract pertaining to the land title for the property on which the school sits. According to the Charleston Law School, the school and the city entered into an agreement in 2017 to “modify a contract that...
December 17, 2021

Schools, law enforcement keep an eye out for threats - WTAP-TV

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Police step up their patrols, and some parents keep their children out of school, in response to a nationwide social media threat revealed Thursday. But for the most part, it was just another day for schools in the area. Police stepped up their presence at several area schools Friday, but aside from a brief lockdown at one of them, the school day in Wood County wen...
December 17, 2021

The National Security Law Podcast: Nakatomi Plaza Holiday Office Party Edition - Lawfare

Welcome to our official Holiday Office Party, where we mainly just hope things will go smoother than they did for the good people of Nakatomi Corporation in 1988! In this episode, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss: The state of the criminal contempt of Congress proceedings against Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows The D.C. Circuit's ruling refusing to assert post-presidential deci...
December 17, 2021

President to Sign Into Law Bipartisan Bill Cosponsored by Senators Shaheen & Hassan to Crack Down on the Chinese Government's Human Rights Violations | US Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire - Senator Jeanne Shaheen

Bill Would Prevent Goods Made with Forced Uyghur Labor from Entering the United States (Washington, DC) — The Senate sent a bipartisan bill, supported by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), to President Biden’s desk that will help ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region do not enter the United States. “The human rights...
December 17, 2021

Stanford Law's David Freeman Engstrom on California's Access-to-justice Crisis and the State Bar's Closing the Justice Gap Working Group | Stanford Law School - Stanford Law School

Professor David Freeman Engstrom, co-director of the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession (CLP), discusses the urgent access-to-justice crisis currently gripping California and the California State Bar’s Closing the Justice Gap working group, a group of judges, lawyers, and academics who are exploring possible innovations in the delivery of legal services to Californians. Read the letter t...
December 17, 2021

Guilty plea could speed trustee's work in Kossoff law firm bankruptcy - Reuters

A plaque is displayed at the entrance of the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Manhattan D.A. says Kossoff took over $14.6 mln from clients Kossoff says his firm owes more than $28 million to former clients, other creditors Kossoff, 68, will be sentenced in April after guilty plea The company and law firm na...
December 17, 2021

Pritzker Repeals Illinois Law Requiring Minors Notify Parents Before Having an Abortion - WTTW News

(valelopardo / Pixabay) A new law signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker means Illinois minors will no longer legally have to tell their parents before having an abortion. Repeal of the Parental Notification Act (House Bill 370/ Public Act 102-0685 ) erases what has been described as Illinois’ last law restricting the procedure. Since 1995, Illinois has required pregnant individuals 17 years and...
December 17, 2021

Public hearing on Yates County Building weapons law Dec. 29 - Penn Yan Chronicle-Express

PENN YAN — A public hearing on proposed local law 3-2021 entitled "A Local Law Banning the Possession of Firearms and Dangerous Weapons in Buildings Owned, Leased or Operated By the County of Yates" will be held Dec. 29 at 1:40 p.m. in the legislature's chamber. Prior to approving the public hearing at the Dec. 13 legislative session, Legislator Jim Multer (District IV, Barrington, Starkey)...
December 17, 2021

Alabama adds another Louisiana recruit, nabs 4-star Kendrick Law - AL.com

Alabama defensive line coach Freddie Road was listed as a primary recruiter for 4-star ATH Kendrick Law, who committed to Alabama on Friday. (Crimson Tide Photos) Alabama added a second player on Friday to its class of 2022, rounding out another strong early signing period. Four-star athlete Kendrick Law chose the Crimson Tide, he announced on Twitter. The Captain Shreve (La.) product is Alab...