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How a career-ending injury as an NFL linebacker paved the way for Colin Allred’s underdog Senate bid

Allred was a high school football star who would later go on to play for the Tennessee Titans. From there he pivoted to law school where he pursued a career as a civil rights attorney.

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Woman Walks Out on Boyfriend After He Proposes at Graduation Party, Makes Her Big Day 'All About Him'

A law school graduate walked out on her boyfriend's proposal at her graduation party, angry that he "hijacked" a day meant to celebrate her success.

Latin Times

Law and Order: SVU season 26 episode 1 recap — meet Detective Kate Silva

Law & Order: SVU season 26 episode 1 sees new SVU detective, Kate Silva, work with Olivia and the team to find out who murdered a local law school student.

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ABA Standard 208, Law Schools, and the First Amendment

New guidance makes explicit what should have been clear already: Standard 208 obligates law schools to embrace First Amendment principles.

Reason

Asa Hutchinson to join University of Arkansas law school faculty next year

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is joining the University of Arkansas School of Law faculty next year

The Independent UK

Advice to Entering Law Students—2024

Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you in law school.

Reason

Gov. Tim Walz Breaks 40-Year Tradition By Not Attending Law School

Governor Tim Walz's selection as VP candidate breaks the tradition of legal expertise in Democratic leadership, highlighting diversity and unique perspectives.

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Yale Law School Friend Reveals Senator Vance's Political Transformation

Yale Law School friend Sofia Nelson's shared emails reveal Ohio Sen. JD Vance's political evolution from Trump critic to supporter, sparking debates on aut...

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Yale Law School Friend Criticizes JD Vance's Political Transformation

Ohio Sen. JD Vance faces scrutiny for shifting views revealed in emails with friend Sofia Nelson, raising questions about authenticity and consistency.

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Resurfaced emails show JD Vance calling Trump ‘morally reprehensible’ years before they became the GOP ticket

‘I know I can’t change your mind, but the political voice you have become seems so so far from the man I got to know in law school,’ Sofia Nelson told JD Vance

The Independent UK

Meet Ana Victoria Espino, the Latina making history as the first lawyer with Down Syndrome

The 25-year-old from Zacatecas, Mexico, became the first Latina with Down Syndrome to graduate from Law school

Latin Times

How JD Vance’s path to being Trump’s VP pick wound through Silicon Valley

Yale Law School graduate found allies in tech billionaires including Peter Thiel who rallied privately for him

The Guardian - US

GOP Voters Praise Trump's VP Pick JD Vance At RNC

GOP voters praise JD Vance as Trump's VP pick at the RNC. Vance, a 39-year-old U.S. Senator, is known for his military service, Yale Law School education, ...

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The Populist GOP and its Yale Law and Harvard Law Leaders

A notable dynamic, and one worth trying to explain.

Reason

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JD Vance’s law school roommate calls VP nominee a ‘hypocrite’ who ‘adopted the MAGA mindset wholesale’

Josh McLaurin spoke out against his old roommate because he thought ‘it was a matter of national public concern,’ he told The Independent.

The Independent UK

Inside the unlikely romance of JD Vance and wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, from Yale Law to a Kentucky wedding

When JD Vance began law school at Yale, the Rust Belt native encountered total culture shock — but also met his wife, the whipsmart daughter of Indian immigrants who helped him navigate the Ivy League, healthy relationships and his run for Vice President alongside Donald Trump. Sheila Flynn chronicles their…

The National (Scotland)

Cass Review 'obscures key findings' and 'misrepresents data', finds Yale Law School

THE Cass Review “obscures key findings, misrepresents its own data, and is rife with misapplications of the scientific method”, according to a…

The Conversation

Columbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom

Editors of Columbia Law Review, a prominent journal run by students from the prestigious university’s law school, say the publication’s board of directors urged them on June 2, 2024, to refrain from publishing an article critical of Israel.

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Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper?

The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule

Reason

Lawsuit Filed by Jewish Students Against UCLA

The case is Frankel v. Regents, filed yesterday; two of the plaintiffs are UCLA law students. (I have not been involved in the lawsuit, and first heard about it today, the day after it was filed.) The allegations mostly relate to actions outside the law school, but some mention the…

The Conversation

What to watch for in Trump trial’s closing arguments, from a law school professor who teaches and studies them

After more than four weeks of often sordid testimony, accusations of lying and even a warning from Judge Juan M. Merchan to a witness to stop giving him the side-eye, lawyers in the hush-money case involving former President Donald Trump are expected to make their closing arguments on May 28,…

The Guardian - US

University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records

Dean of law school orders first amendment clinic to curtail core work, including on Atlanta Police Foundation case

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Columbia Law Graduates Confident Despite Conservative Judges' Boycott

Columbia Law School stands firm in supporting graduates amidst conservative judges' boycott over Israel-Palestine conflict stance.

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Protesters Deface GWU Statue With Palestinian Flag And Notes

Protesters at GWU Law School express discontent with President Biden's support for Israel amidst escalating tensions.

The Guardian - US

‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate

Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech defender

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