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ABA: Law Schools Can Satisfy "Cross-Cultural Competency" Standard By Criticizing DEI

"Schools are free to determine the content of those sessions, even (if they so choose) teaching on the harms of diversity requirements or on the importance of religious liberty."

Reason

'72% of American Adults Now Bank on Their Phones - and Most of Them Haven't Walked Into a Branch in Years': How Mobile Became the Only Banking Channel That Matters

There's a Chase branch two blocks from my apartment. I walked past it last Tuesday, glanced in through the glass, and counted three tellers and zero customers.

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3 best new to Prime Video shows to binge-watch this weekend (Feb. 20-22)

Looking for a new Prime Video show to binge-watch this weekend? Here are the three new-to-Prime Video series that I'd recommend adding to your watchlist.

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Prime Video top 10 shows — here’s the 3 best series to binge-watch this week (Feb. 18-24)

Our weekly guide on the three standout shows currently dominating Prime Video’s top 10 list, including a recently added crime drama series.

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I Had No Idea About This Game-Changing Basketball Win Led By Women Until I Watched Soul Power

These women in a male-dominated world were no chickens.

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NBA Slam Dunk Contest Winners: Full List From 1984 to Now

Looking back at every winner of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest over the years.

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3 new to Prime Video shows you should binge-watch this weekend (Feb. 13-15)

Looking for a new Prime Video show to binge-watch? Here are the three new to Prime Video shows I'd recommend you sit down and stream this weekend.

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George Karl Explores How the ABA Was ‘a Godsend for Sports’

The former player and coach delves into the rise and fall of the basketball league in a new documentary.

Sports Illustrated

Texas Severs Ties With Aba in Historic Snub to Legal Establishment

Texas Supreme Court ends American Bar Association's role in law school accreditation, becoming the first state to take legal education oversight into its own hands.

International Business Times UK

Supreme Court of Texas Removes ABA as "Final Say" on Accreditation

Texas "may consider, in the future, returning to greater reliance on a multistate accrediting entity other than the ABA should a suitable entity become available."

Reason

Federal Trade Commission Staff Endorses Proposal to End American Bar Association Monopoly on Law School Accreditation

FTC staff support the proposal by the Texas Supreme Court to allow for alternative means of accreditation.

Reason

Ranking the Worst Trades in NBA History As Luka Dončić Plays Mavs After GM Firing

Where does Nico Harrison’s shocking decision to trade Luka Dončić rank among the NBA’s most lopsided trades?

Sports Illustrated

No Bank Account? Your IRS Refund Could Vanish Into Limbo

Millions of Americans risk losing access to their tax refunds as the IRS moves to phase out paper cheques and require direct deposit or digital payments from September 2025.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s crackdown on lawyers shows ‘no place is immune’, says US bar chief

Michelle Behnke says lawyers from around the world have given support as ABA challenges ‘policy of intimidation’

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Supreme Court of Texas Likely to Remove ABA as "Final Say" on Accreditation

"The Court is of the tentative opinion that the ABA should no longer have the final say on whether a law school’s graduates are eligible to sit for the Texas bar exam and become licensed to practice law in Texas."

AAP

Banks back scrapping card surcharges for consumers

The Australian Banking Association supports a ban on credit card surcharges for consumers but baulked at capping the fees that merchants pay card issuers.

Reason

ABA Releases "Core Principles and Values of Law School Accreditation"

Does this standard create room for ideological diversity?

Reason

The ABA Disregards Law School Objections, Mandates 12 Credits of Experiential Learning

There is absolutely no evidence showing that the ABA's dictates are effective.

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New Pacific Legal Foundation Report Based on 50 Freedom of Information Requests to Top Law Schools: ABA Accreditation Frequently Nudges Law Schools Toward Illegal Discrimination

A guest post from Alison Somin.

Sports Illustrated

How Many NBA Teams Are There? A Brief History of Expansion and How We Got to 30

There are plenty of rumors that the NBA is looking to add even more teams in the very near future.

Reason

The Texas Law Deans Provide A Weak Defense of the ABA's Accreditation Role

If this is the best the law deans can muster, SCOTX should seriously reconsider what value the ABA provides.

Evening Standard

Lana Del Rey at Wembley review: her voice is enthralling but the night is uneven

3/5 Del Rey can transmute notes to gold in her songs, but it’s drowned in everything else that’s going on

Reason

Comment to the Texas Supreme Court On Whether To "Reduce Or End" Reliance on the American Bar Association

"What is good for Texas is not necessarily good for the University of Texas, and vice versa."

Sports Illustrated

As Gregg Popovich Says Goodbye to Coaching, a Look Back at His Defining Legacy

When he became the Spurs’ coach three decades ago, no one imagined his impact would go far beyond wins and rings.

Evening Standard

Lana Del Rey fans criticise singer for 'abysmal' 90-minute gig after she shows up late for first UK tour date

The singer, 40, took to the stage late at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, leaving some ticket holders frustrated by the shortened set and an underwhelming song list

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