Recent Updates
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Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care
State Bar & Other Associations 07/17/2023A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana was passed by the Senate on Monday and is likely to reach the governor’s desk in the coming ...
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Oregon courthouse security video shows escaping defendant
State Bar & Other Associations 03/12/2023Newly released video in Oregon shows a defendant escaping from courthouse seconds after sheriff’s deputies remove his shackles.The defendant Edi Villalobos Jr. was appearing in court in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro on Feb. 27 for jury selec...
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Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
State Bar & Other Associations 12/24/2022A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of...
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Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
State Bar & Other Associations 11/11/2022Abortion rights supporters secured another win Thursday as voters in Montana rejected a ballot measure that would have forced medical workers to intercede in the rare case of a baby born after an attempted abortion.The result caps a string of ballot ...
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Democrats: Abortion rulings may be ‘a blessing in disguise’
State Bar & Other Associations 08/28/2022Democratic candidates have decried North Carolina’s newly reinstated abortion restrictions after a federal judge allowed a state law banning nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to go into effect.But some North Carolina Democrats sa...
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Palestinian hunger striker to appeal to Israel’s high court
State Bar & Other Associations 08/18/2022The lawyer for a Palestinian prisoner said Tuesday that her client will appeal his case to Israel’s Supreme Court as he continues what his family says is a 165-day hunger strike against his detention.Also Tuesday, an Israeli military court exte...
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U.S. Law Schools - Pennsylvania
State Bar & Other Associations 07/09/2021Pennsylvania Law School Information University of Pennsylvania Law School Temple Law School Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Penn State Law University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
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U.S. Law Schools - New York
State Bar & Other Associations 07/06/2021New York Law School Information Albany Law School Columbia Law School New York Law School New York University School of Law University at Buffalo Law School
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U.S. Law schools - Texas
State Bar & Other Associations 07/02/2021Texas Law School Information Baylor Law School Southern Methodist University Dedman School Of Law South Texas College Of Law Houston University Of Houston Law Center University Of Texas School Of Law
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U.S. Law schools - California
State Bar & Other Associations 06/30/2021The following schools are accredited by the American Bar Association and by such approval are deemed accredited by the State Bar's Committee of Bar Examiners. Law schools in California California Western School of Law Loyola Law School Pepperdine Uni...
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Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
State Bar & Other Associations 12/11/2020A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable.The justices continued a string of de...
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Judge allows Palin's son therapeutic court for proceedings
State Bar & Other Associations 06/01/2018The eldest son of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will go through Alaska's therapeutic court system in a criminal case accusing him of assaulting his father last year at the family home.State District Judge David Wallace on ...