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Where can L.A. immigrants go for help under Trump? Try the public library
1 month ago

Where can L.A. immigrants go for help under Trump? Try the public library

LA Times  

Librarian Michelle Soong, left, Ramón Hernández of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and Madeleine Ildefonso, managing librarian for the Office of Civics and Community Services, confer last month at a New Americans Center inside the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. Demand for the public library’s free immigration services has shot up since the return of President Trump, who …

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When doing the right thing goes wrong
1 month, 1 week ago

When doing the right thing goes wrong

Live Mint  

For the companion podcast to this story from “The Weekend Intelligence”, listen here. In Lisa’s case, they rippled through California’s courtrooms, then its state capitol, until finally they rewrote America’s oldest law on Good Samaritanism. “Alexandra, we’ve got to get you out of the car,” she heard Lisa yell through the window. The first court to hear Van Horn v …

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How SCOTUS Is Using a Slippery Legal Principle to Help Republicans
55 years, 3 months ago

How SCOTUS Is Using a Slippery Legal Principle to Help Republicans

Slate  

There is a lot of talk about the Purcell principle in legal circles around election time. Dahlia Lithwick: Can you help explain this weedy principle that is not found anywhere concrete and is just a feelings-ball, zeitgeisty thing related to the Supreme Court’s not allowing some last-minute interventions in elections, except for when they do? It was going to take …

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Democrats launch PAC designed to help candidates fight GOP legal challenges to election results
7 months ago

Democrats launch PAC designed to help candidates fight GOP legal challenges to election results

The Independent  

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Overwhelmed by student loans? A free new California program can help you
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Overwhelmed by student loans? A free new California program can help you

LA Times  

A network of legal aid organizations and nonprofits with state funding is available to help Californians understand their student loans. A new program created by California’s consumer protection agency aims to provide free, personalized help for Golden State borrowers struggling to navigate the complex, byzantine student loan system. The Student Loan Empowerment Network is designed to provide financial coaching and …

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Want to use ChatGPT to help prepare for court? This is what lawyers say you should and shouldn't do
10 months, 1 week ago

Want to use ChatGPT to help prepare for court? This is what lawyers say you should and shouldn't do

ABC  

With a few quick prompts, an artificial intelligence chatbot can write a song, tell you a joke or teach you a new skill — and increasingly, people are using it to help represent themselves in court. It's led Queensland to follow in the footsteps of Victoria, New Zealand and England in issuing guidelines on how people who aren't lawyers can …

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New York to probe sputtering legal marijuana program as storefronts lag, black market booms
1 year ago

New York to probe sputtering legal marijuana program as storefronts lag, black market booms

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program after lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles severely hampered the legal market and allowed black-market sellers to flourish, Gov. The review will focus on ways the state can speed up license processing times and allow businesses to open faster, as well as a top-down assessment of the Office of …

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Presidential elections and the Supreme Court: How a constitutional amendment could help save democracy.
55 years, 3 months ago

Presidential elections and the Supreme Court: How a constitutional amendment could help save democracy.

Slate  

Dahlia Lithwick is drinking from the firehose of legal news again and this week is joined by election law professor Rick Hasen to figure out why we’re all still hanging on for the Supreme Court to make a call in former President Donald J Trump’s sweeping claim to immunity from prosecution over the events of January 6th, how Americans could …

Technology can help in enabling access to judicial services at finger tips: Nandan Nilekani
1 year, 1 month ago

Technology can help in enabling access to judicial services at finger tips: Nandan Nilekani

The Hindu  

Nandan Nilekani, the founding chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, on Friday said through use of technology, access to judicial services can be enabled at finger tips. Mr. Nilekani, chairman and co-founder, Infosys said the way forward to use technology in judicial services is not trying to automate individual tasks, but to take a couple of high-volume repetitive …

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FIFO lawyers help address shortage of domestic violence support services in regional WA
1 year, 5 months ago

FIFO lawyers help address shortage of domestic violence support services in regional WA

ABC  

Like thousands of other workers in Western Australia, Daniel Bavcevic flies in and out of Perth to do his job. Key points: Legal Aid is finding new ways to get legal advice to victims of domestic violence in remote areas Regional services are in high demand amid funding cuts and staffing difficulties There are concerns on-the-ground services are still struggling …

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Legal expert uses OSU wrestling scandal to explain ‘hearsay’ to non-lawyer Jim Jordan
2 years, 9 months ago

Legal expert uses OSU wrestling scandal to explain ‘hearsay’ to non-lawyer Jim Jordan

Raw Story  

GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's alleged sex scandal cover-up while working as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University was publicly shoved in his face after he attempted to deflect from Tuesday's bombshell testimony against Donald Trump. As the ranking member on House Judiciary Committee, Jordan's office controls the "Judiciary GOP" Twitter account, which argued, "It’s literally all hearsay evidence. …

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Jamie Lynn Spears wants you to know she tried to help sister Britney Spears
3 years, 2 months ago

Jamie Lynn Spears wants you to know she tried to help sister Britney Spears

LA Times  

Months after Britney Spears’ scathing Instagram post that criticized her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears is opening up about her involvement in the conservatorship that long controlled her sibling’s life. She described Britney’s behavior at the time as “erratic, paranoid” and “spiraling.” And the media circus that followed the pop star also latched on to Jamie Lynn, who was a …

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Opinion | Justice UU Lalit is right, law interns should take a cue from medical students to do rural service
3 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Justice UU Lalit is right, law interns should take a cue from medical students to do rural service

Firstpost  

NALSA chairperson Justice UU Lalit had recently said that law students should act as a bridge between the providers and seekers of legal aid. Supreme Court judge and next in line to be the Chief Justice of India Justice UU Lalit recently urged law students to give back to society by acting as paralegal volunteers in the hinterland, similar to …

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Why Should Legal And Policy Professionals Learn The Data Language?
4 years, 10 months ago

Why Should Legal And Policy Professionals Learn The Data Language?

Live Law  

Data has always informed and influenced governments and businesses in making decisions, but this is not a modern trend. And, in the course of the last two centuries since, we have seen more sophisticated data modelling techniques adopted in the decision-making process. Several buzzwords such as 'big data' and 'data-driven models' heavily influence policy decisions, but these terms also remain …

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Windrush man who served in British army for nine years told there is no record of him
5 years, 1 month ago

Windrush man who served in British army for nine years told there is no record of him

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. There can only be one explanation for that, and I’m afraid I do think …

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Domestic violence survivors getting help to clear debts after financial abuse
6 years, 7 months ago

Domestic violence survivors getting help to clear debts after financial abuse

ABC  

Ingrid* fled her abusive husband after he burned down their home. Legal service clearing thousands in debts For the last four months, a community legal service has embedded a lawyer and financial counsellor inside a family violence crisis response service in Melbourne's west to clear debts incurred as a result of family violence. Policy director Stephanie Tonkin said the legal …

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I was jailed in Dubai like Jamie Harron – it's worse than you could possibly imagine
7 years, 5 months ago

I was jailed in Dubai like Jamie Harron – it's worse than you could possibly imagine

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Aside from Harron’s case, I have …

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Good Samaritans get much-needed legal help
7 years, 11 months ago

Good Samaritans get much-needed legal help

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The newly approved General Provisions of the Civil Law has many highlights, among which are articles specifically aimed at protecting the rights of good Samaritans. According to Articles 183 and 184, people who contravene the new law have to bear the civil liability for those who suffer damage in the process of protecting other people's civil rights …

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South Australian community legal reforms to focus on family law and domestic violence issues
8 years, 10 months ago

South Australian community legal reforms to focus on family law and domestic violence issues

ABC  

Community legal services across South Australia will be streamlined to focus on outreach and prioritise family law and domestic violence clients, the South Australian Government has revealed. The overhaul follows the first major review of the state's Community Legal Centres in 20 years and is designed to help offset a 40 per cent reduction in Commonwealth funding. While the review …

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Can Markets Help Deliver Legal Justice Efficiently in India?
8 years, 10 months ago

Can Markets Help Deliver Legal Justice Efficiently in India?

The Quint  

When the senior-most judge of the country starts crying, you know the judicial system is in serious trouble. And this led me to think “How can we use markets, the epitome of efficiency, to unburden the courts?” The answer to the problem may lie in arbitration. Arbitration is when two parties to a dispute cannot arrive at an agreement, so …

Sunny Leone drove me to seek legal help: Celina Jaitly
9 years, 10 months ago

Sunny Leone drove me to seek legal help: Celina Jaitly

Hindustan Times  

We told you how things had become unpleasant between actor-activist Celina Jaitly and actor Sunny Leone after the former found out that Sunny, who was living on rent in Celina's Mumbai penthouse, had allegedly kept the property in a rather dismal state. Celina-was-upset-when-she-found-out-that-Sunny-Leone-who-was-living-on-rent-in-her-Mumbai-penthouse-had-allegedly-left-the-property-in-shambles Recently, Sunny was quoted as saying, "Everyone knows we live in a Juhu flat for the past …

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Head of SC Lawyers’ Bar Wants to Help Boost Army Men’s Morale
9 years, 11 months ago

Head of SC Lawyers’ Bar Wants to Help Boost Army Men’s Morale

The Quint  

Senior Advocate and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Dushyant Dave, has written to the Indian Army offering the services of Supreme Court lawyers to Indian Army personnel. Families of soldiers serving in forward posts and border areas “lose day-to-day contact with the families to address and resolve various issues including legal issues affecting their lives”, Dave writes in …

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Looking Back On 20 Years Of Disability Rights
14 years, 8 months ago

Looking Back On 20 Years Of Disability Rights

NPR  

Looking Back On 20 Years Of Disability Rights toggle caption Courtesy of Ben Mattlin For another perspective on the 20th anniversary of the ADA check out what commentator Deborah Peters Goessling has to say about the difference one inch can make. Back in the 1960s and '70s, my parents struggled to find a decent school willing to take a handicapped …

Spotlight: Yorkshire Building Society 3-Year Fixed 5.84%
15 years, 3 months ago

Spotlight: Yorkshire Building Society 3-Year Fixed 5.84%

The Independent  

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yorkshire Building …