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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

Trump Administration Likely Violated American Bar Association's First Amendment Rights

A federal court holds that "a series of grants with the ABA that funded services to victims of domestic and sexual violence" were terminated because the ABA had joined a lawsuit against the Administration.

Reason

American Bar Association Condemns Trump Admin's 'Attacks' on Constitution and Rule of Law: 'This is Chaotic'

The American Bar Association condemned the Trump administration for undermining the rule of law, warning that its actions threaten constitutional protections and due process, while calling on lawmakers and lawyers to demand accountability.

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Biden administration calls for lawyers to help asylum seekers pro bono amid massive backlog

The American Bar Association said it's "leveraging its existing resources to help and encourage more lawyers" in such proceedings

Latin Times

ABA Adopts New Academic Freedom / Freedom of Expression Requirement for Law School Accreditation

This apparently just happened; here's the full American Bar Association standard (and see this ABA Journal article): Standard 208: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression [a] A law school shall adopt, publish, and adhere to written policies that protect academic freedom. A law school's academic freedom policies shall: [1] Apply…

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The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains, a new report finds

The practice prioritizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, the American Bar Association says, and leads innocent people to be coerced into guilty pleas.

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Lack of rural lawyers leaves much of America without support

While the running joke may be that there are too many lawyers in the world, in many rural places in the United States, there are demonstrably too few.

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Idaho Supreme Court Rejects Proposed Attorney Speech Code

Resolution 21-01, modeled on the American Bar Association's proposed Rule 8.4(g), would allow lawyers to be punished for "engag[ing] in … harassment," defined as "in representing a client or operating or managing a law practice or in the course and scope of employment in a law practice, engag[ing] in conduct…

Reason

Public defenders were scarce before COVID. It’s much worse now

PORTLAND, Ore. — On any given day in Oregon jails, 40 or so people remain in custody without a public defender to represent them in court. Some have waited weeks for a lawyer, others have waited months. Several hundred more people charged with crimes but not in jail also await…

Tribune News Service

Trump-appointed judge becomes hero on the right for her mask ruling

The federal government’s public transportation mask mandate was thrown out by a Trump appointee considered unqualified for the job by the American Bar Association but immediately hailed as a hero in conservative circles.

Tribune News Service

Mitch McConnell says he will not support Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination – as it happened

Senate Republican leader says he will not back Biden’s nominee as Biden meets Nato and G7 leaders in Europe

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Legal experts to weigh in on last day of Jackson hearings

Legal experts and interest groups will be taking their turn to weigh in on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court

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