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Illustrations of Victorian scenes, Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by the Library of Congress, National Archives, and Irina Shatilova:iStock:Getty Images Plus.

Newsbrief

Wednesday April 17, 2024

  • Reparations podcast from UCLA Law professor
  • Lawyers sound the alarm on rampant sexual abuse of incarcerated women
  • SCOTUS effectively abolishes to mass protest in 3 states
  • Get ready for the revival of Victorian era laws
Pro choice protestors in Florida, credit Chandan Khanna:AFP:Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday April 10, 2024

  • California makes the case for reparations
  • I’m a retired Supreme Court Justice. What my former colleagues just did to women is indefensible
  • Arizona judges revive zombie law to control women’s bodies
  • The case that could criminalize homelessness
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, credit Chip Somodevilla:Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday April 3, 2024

  • A simple reform could solve the prosecutor shortage crisis
  • Why are law schools outsourcing services to the Federalist Society?
  • Conservative federal judges are fighting with each other
  • Anti-abortion lawyers are trying to tell doctors like me how to do our jobs
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, credit Evan Vucci

Newsbrief

Wednesday March 27, 2024

  • Justice Breyer thinks originalism is doomed to fail

  • The superstar conservative lawyers trying to kill the abortion pill

  • Don’t ask the conservative legal movement what comes next

  • How to manage your cases

Newsbrief

Wednesday March 20, 2024

  • Disability rights lawyers sound the alarm on LA county jails

  • Become a better oral advocate

  • The conservative legal movement wants to curtail every aspect of your intimate life

  • Sure seems like the courts have placed Christianity above other religions

Jesús Felipe Sierra López poses for a photo in front of his home (Madi Bolanos:KQED)

Newsbrief

Wednesday March 6, 2024

  • To fight rising rents, lawyers are helping clients buy their mobile homes
  • Federal Judge rules that 55 year old minority business agency discriminates against White people
  • The judges who base their jurisprudence on Christian Nationalism
  • Legal Writing for new lawyers
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