Daniel Abebe (Image via LinkedIn) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I have long admired Columbia Law School for its unique combination of distinctive qualities—exceptional faculty, students, and staff; a bedrock commitment to academic and scholarly excellence; innovative clinical and experiential learning opportunities; robust relationships with alumni and the practicing…
Higher Education’s Challenges Modernizing Legacy Applications Maintaining a modern and contemporary application portfolio is critical for other reasons. Technological advancements that lead to improvements in cost and efficiency are rarely back-ported to previous software versions; likewise with advances in digital accessibility and user-focused design. Achieving gains offered by modernization requires that organizations take a…
When a person is arrested, a law enforcement officer must take that person before a judicial official without unnecessary delay. G.S. 15A-501(2). Subject to certain statutory exceptions, defendants charged with most non-capital offenses are entitled to pretrial release. G.S. 15A-533(b). G.S. 15A-534 requires that at least one of five conditions of pretrial release be imposed…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Arizona’s Legislature passed a fiscal 2025 budget over the weekend that would slash tens of millions of dollars from the state’s public universities. The bill would reduce Arizona State University’s state funding by $11 million,…
(Image via Shutterstock) Forum shopping always seemed like a much bigger deal in law school than in actual practice. Pop that baby on a list of concerns on a proper venue question on your civ pro exam and you’re money. In real life, it was more like, well, we’ve got two New York corporations against…
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This post summarizes published criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during May 2024. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. Previous summaries of Fourth Circuit cases are available here. Any constitutional right limiting law enforcement’s involvement in a repossession by a private entity was not…
Lawyers are often called upon to serve all kinds of clients, including ones who speak a language that the attorney does not. This can create difficulties during attorney-client communications, and some clients prefer to have a lawyer who speaks their language so it is easier for the client and the attorney to communicate. However, by…
A federal judge on Monday blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX final rule in six conservative states — Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia. The blow comes less than a week after a similar decision blocked the regulation, which interprets the anti-sex discrimination law to include protections for LGBTQ+ students, in…
Kevin Spacey (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Sony Pictures) Because I have a cousin down there who’s always been generous enough to extend an invitation, I’ve been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans many times. On one visit some years back, I was dancing in the middle of Bourbon Street in front of…