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Tie in Supreme Court Ruling Denies Religious Charter School Access to Taxpayer Funding

Practice of Law

The 4 to 4 split leaves the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision in place, which had ruled that it was unconstitutional for a public charter school that received taxpayer funding to impose a Catholic doctrine on its students, teachers, and staff. The court ruled against St. The Patron Saint of What?

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Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits: A Complete Guide to Lawyers

CaseFox

A lawyer/legal professional education doesn’t end the day they graduate. Lawyers’ education is a continuous process. Working in a complex and ever-changing legal environment requires lawyers to stay updated with legal technology , compliances, court rulings, and other industry advancements. It starts from there.

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Task Force Surveys Legal Professionals on AI and Other Emerging Technology

WA Bar News

And in order to serve our members and our clients, it’s going to be incumbent upon us to make sure that people have both the education they need to harness the right tools for their work, and the rules of ethics are going to have to evolve as well.” that have already deployed public-facing court chatbots.

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Has the Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action Affected College Enrollment?

Law and Daily Life

In June 2023, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling that effectively ended the practice of affirmative action in university admissions. The Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies, asserting that such practices violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

The Barrister

Supreme Court ruled that admissions programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC”) and Harvard College violated the equal protection clause on the grounds that the consideration of race as a stand-alone criteria in admissions is a form of racial discrimination. 2 In the 2023 case, SFFA v. Harvard , 3 the U.S.

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Meta Reintroduces Facial Recognition to Combat “Celeb Bait” Scams

Complex Discovery

She underscored the company’s dedication to enhancing user protection, stating, “We have vetted these measures through our robust privacy and risk review process and built important safeguards, like sending notifications to educate people on how they work, giving people controls and ensuring we delete people’s facial data as soon as it’s (..)

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Protecting Public Expression

WA Bar News

They can address a wide variety of issues—from zoning, to the environment, to politics, to education. During that 14-day window, the responding party may withdraw or amend the pleading pursuant to the court rules but is otherwise stayed from prosecuting the lawsuit. RCW 4.105.020(1). Thurman , 29 Wn.

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