"We need to start reaching students in grade school," said Shawntal Mallory, executive director of the new Nebraska Legal Diversity Council. "Like when we were all asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'"

In this week's episode, retired California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell shares her definition of an "activist judge."

"In general, my advice for those in law school is to just do all you can to keep all of your doors open," said Kathleen Scott, partner at Wiley Rein.

"Law firms are generally not designed to maximize profits or client satisfaction or even quality. They are designed to meet a partner's needs and demands," one consultant said.

The plaintiffs claimed property damage because the virus is "spread through droplets of different sizes, which can be deposited on surfaces or objects," which they said "physically altered and damaged" their facilities.

Congress' intent in passing the acts implied a private right of action to enforce the reimbursement requirement, a Texas federal judge ruled.

A federal judge has denied summary judgment to several banks accused in a $4 billion lawsuit of providing banking services that supported the Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme.

"I think a reasonable person would doubt that a judge who thought he was probably unpatriotic could judge his case fairly," said one judicial ethics expert.

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The Federal Circuit cited two recent Western District of Texas cases in freeing Netflix from Judge Rodney Gilstrap's courtroom.

just because a litigator can push for a judge's recusal, it doesn't necessarily mean they should.

The EU is expected to propose new sustainable corporate governance legislation that takes into account environmental and human rights concerns. And while it is still unclear exactly what the bill will include, companies around the world are likely to feel the impact. Lawyers say similar bills introduced by individual EU member countries offer clues on what to expect.

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A firm's commitment to well-being and attorneys' sense of "control" over their work have a significant impact on whether they're overwhelmed, according to new survey figures from the Institute for Well-Being In Law.

"I will not stand by silently as a state continues to nullify this constitutional guarantee," the justice wrote.

"In law school, I became fascinated by this stuff.," Yetter Coleman partner Matt Zorn said of legal issues surrounding psychedelics. "I just don't think most establishment law firms were comfortable with it. That's changing."

Boston attorney Jeffrey Rosin, who was accused of providing answers to his client during a Zoom deposition last April, was referred by a federal judge to receive counseling for managing his emotions.

"Faced with the widespread and growing problem of nonconsensual pornography, the legislature acted within its authority to safeguard the health and safety of its citizens from this unique and serious crime by passing Indiana Code section 35-45-4-8," Justice Mark S. Massa wrote in the court's opinion Tuesday.

"The appellate panel is known, and a quick look at our court's website would reveal that the movant has clearly used the wrong personal pronoun in referring to me," the judge said.

"We all need to be cognizant and remove from our thinking the male-centric image of lawyers and judges. It is not hard, but it requires raising one's consciousness of the issue," the judge said.