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D.C. Circuit Senior Judge Laurence H. Silberman sent an email to all federal judges nationwide asking them to think twice about hiring any of the more than 100 Yale University law students who attempted to shout down a speaker in a panel discussion on free speech as clerks. “All federal judges are presumably committed to free speech,” Silberman wrote, so they “should carefully consider whethe...

Emory Law’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law program has received a gift from the Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP law firm to establish a new diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative to promote broader diversity in the practice of environmental law. “The new initiative at Emory will provide annual scholarships and summer stipends to students who will bring diversity to the environ...

Dean Risa Goluboff was among experts testifying Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the final day of comments on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Photo by Getty Images) isa Goluboff, dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, testified Thursday at Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Spe...

TOPEKA — With Kansas on the hook for $1.9 million in legal fees stemming from a costly battle over a controversial voting law touted by former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, state representatives cast blame Wednesday on the attorney general and themselves for allowing the situation to reach this point. Kobach persuaded lawmakers in 2013 to pass his signature law, which required new voters to...

File: Bill Castle / ABC 33/40 BROOKWOOD (WBMA) — Several law enforcement agencies are working together on an investigation after a report of an explosion in a rural area along Hannah Creek Road in Brookwood, according to a statement from the Department of Justice. Shortly after midnight Thursday morning, the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Office received a report of the explosion. The Tuscaloosa Sherif...

Blanding opened her salon in 1996. (Credit: Kristen Mirand, WSET) LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A ban on race-based hair discrimination is now a step closer to becoming a law in the United States. This is because of the Crown Act which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair." This act is moving along Congress and recently passed in the House of Representatives. This would...

Little-Known 1922 Law Bans Jazz in New Orleans Schools  U.S. News & World Report

By Giovanna Deo The University of Iowa College of Law recognizes its faculty and their accomplishments in legal education through endowed positions. With the generous support of Iowa Law alumni and friends, these positions were made possible. Last year, Joseph Yockey was one of the seven professors named to endowed positions including chairs, professorships, and fellows. He was named the Davi...

Topline The Arizona legislature passed a 15-week abortion ban Thursday, the second state to do so this year as the Supreme Court considers a similar law in Mississippi and appears poised to let the states impose the restriction. Pro- and anti-abortion rights demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on December ... [+] The bill outlaws all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy e...

Courtesy of Ted Ely EXCLUSIVE: Reema Sampat (Orange Is the New Black) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Chris Sullivan in The Son In Law, ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot from 20th Television. In The Son In Law, written and executive produced by Ajay Sahgal and executive produced by Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar, a salt-of-the-earth man, Jake (Sullivan), finds himself seeking the appro...