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Printer-friendly Welcome to our first episode of Season 2! Rachel and Jessica speak with Raymond Lahoud, a Member of Norris McLaughlin, P.A., focusing on immigration law. Immigration issues are complicated enough, but how does that factor into boosting the U.S. economy? Listen to our last episode to find out more. Be sure to also check out the latest episode of Mr. Lahoud's podcast, "I...

Thanks to what we’ve all learned in our first-year legal research and writing course, it’s no surprise that law students and practicing attorneys both gravitate toward traditional research sources such as case law and statutes. But results from a recent Bloomberg Law survey suggest that usage of other research methods is far from universally consistent, with law students preferring more acade...

Osgood Russell K. Osgood, visiting professor of law and interim dean of the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, will continue as dean through spring 2024, announced Beverly Wendland, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “I am honored to be continuing as dean of our excellent law school,” Osgood said. “We are blessed to have terrific students, first-rate al...

Craig and Beth Bowden testified before the Senate Education Committee in January. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County parent Craig Bowden says he wants to make sure the state Board of Education enforces a new camera law that makes it easier to detect abuse in special education classrooms. Craig Bowden Bowden, during Wednesday’s board meeting, displayed a photo of his 9 year old son Trenton who...

Assembly Member Amy Paulin Office of Assembly Member Amy Paulin Under current election law, it may be too late to get former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin off the Democratic primary ballot, but Assembly Member Amy Paulin plans to introduce legislation that could change that. And with absentee ballots set to begin going out soon, lawmakers don’t have much time to pass her bill. The proposed legislat...

Drew Angerer via Getty Images Ketanji Brown Jackson likely will bring a pragmatic and balanced approach to employment law decisions at the U.S. Supreme Court, according to attorneys in the field. The U.S. Senate confirmed in a 53-47 vote the nomination of federal appeals court judge Jackson to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. In the days following the April 7 vote, observer...

Parsons man convicted on Jessica's Law charges  KoamNewsNow.com

Rep. Calvin Callahan. Photo courtesy of the office of Rep. Calvin Callahan. TINA L. SCOTT EDITOR On Friday, April 8, 2022, Gov. Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 520 into law, and it is now known as 2021 Wisconsin Act 252. The Bill was authored by Rep. Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) of the 35th Assembly District, which includes all of Lincoln County and portions of Langlade, Marathon, Oneida, and ...

AL.com’s Education Lab team is supported by individual donors and grants. Learn more about our work and sign up for our newsletter. Alabama will wait two more years before schools hold back third-graders who aren’t reading on grade level. A 2019 Literacy Act, which added support services and funding to help more children read, also had a holdback provision: If, after three years of additional...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, making Florida the latest state to restrict access to the medical procedure. Just two days ago, Oklahoma's governor signed a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony in most cases. The new Florida law, which takes effect July 1, will replace a previous one that allowed abortions until 24 weeks of pregnanc...