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The Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal from a Ninth Circuit decision, which held that an Arizona statute seeking to reduce the time frame in which a woman may have an abortion was unconstitutional. (Christian…

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Fun Read of the Day: What Happens When the President Sits Down Next to You at a Café

by Life of the Law

January 15, 2014

Welcome to Fun Read of the Day, where we share an article we think is interesting, or entertaining, or particularly insightful. Today’s is by Robinson Meyer. He writes about his morning at a DC café when…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

January 13, 2014

A Texas law won’t let a family remove a woman from life support if she is pregnant. (Slate) The Fifth Circuit hears arguments about two provisions of Texas law that have led to the closing…

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The Shrinking Death Penalty at Home and Abroad

by Benjamin Fleury-Steiner

January 10, 2014

The recent media spin on dwindling executions in the U.S. focuses on the refusal of European countries to provide the lethal chemicals needed to put the condemned to death. This blithe story of “supply and…

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Should Lawyers Unionize?

by Christine Clarke

January 8, 2014

A recent article in Salon argues that the reason unionization is so low (and, consequently, wages are so low) in the US is that white collar Americans insist on thinking of themselves as management, even…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

January 6, 2014

Just because marijuana is legal in Colorado does not mean that lawyers may provide legal counsel to marijuana practitioners. (Time) New York’s new mayor names the city’s new head lawyer. (NY Times) Even in the age of cell phones and…

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How we voluntarily give up our day in court, and why it matters

by Bree Bernwanger

January 3, 2014

Access to courts is an American birthright, but we are at risk of losing it. Remember the McDonald’s coffee case? Parts of it have been memorized on a national level since the case was decided…

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Jingle Hell: An Un-lawlerly Christmas Poem

by Mary Adkins & Rina Goldfield

December 24, 2013

On the first day of Christmas, my lawyer gave to me… One consultation and a four hundred dollar fee. On the second day of Christmas, my lawyer gave to me… Two lawyer letters and an…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

December 22, 2013

New book questions whether non-compete agreements do more harm than good. (The Economist) Jeffrey Toobin discusses the “oxymoronic quest for humane executions.” (The New Yorker) On a related note, Brent Cunningham looks into the history and…

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by Life of the Law

December 17, 2013

Producing Life of the Law is a true pleasure—from pitch to publication, we take great pride in telling compelling stories about law and everyday life in American society. Life of the Law is working hard…

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