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Last Thursday, I was following media coverage of the protest against Medicaid cuts held at Mitch McConnell's office, and I noticed a familiar phenomenon - one that exists whenever people with disabilities are covered in the news. Though images of pro...
In the spring of my first-year of law school, while taking an exam, I had a grand mal seizure - the type of seizures people see in the movies with spasms on the floor. My memory is fuzzy from that time. I remember a few of my classmates offering me water afterward.
News + Society, Race Indian Americans like myself who care about social justice need to encourage our families and friends to confront reality. The reality is that the recent series of hate crimes against us are part of a larger history of racism in America.
Written by Aditi Juneja As many public interest 3Ls interview for post-graduate opportunities and 2Ls interview for internships, there may be one thing we are forgetting: the glass ceiling. Students applying to firms have access to the Chambers Associate Guide to inform them about benefits, vacation time, flexible work arrangements, paid parental leave, retirement plans, and healthcare coverage.
We teach law students and young lawyers to zealously advocate for their clients. Lawyers are taught to think through arguments and counterarguments, but are rarely taught to consider the morality of their advocacy. We defer to the adversarial process, which is supposed to yield fair and just results.
The American Bar Association's (ABA) amended model ethics rule may create problems for lawyers advising Donald Trump on policies such as a temporary ban on immigrants from Muslim-majority nations. The new amendment to the ABA's Model Rule 8.4 would make it professional misconduct to behave in ways an attorney knows or should reasonably know is...
This summer I wrote Lin-Manuel Miranda a letter to thank him for his contribution to my legal education. I told him that his musical, Hamilton, taught me a lesson that is not taught in any law school classroom: we don't need to deny who we are to be excellent.
This is a moment for the DNC to follow progressive organizers who are working to build an intersectional and inclusive movement. They should amplify the efforts of the people and ask how they can help. Public servants should, after all, seek to serve the public.
As a law student pursuing a career in prosecution, I often find myself in the strange position of advocating for more robust legal services for indigent defendants. However, inherent in my desire to pursue the amorphous concept of justice is the understanding that the defendants I prosecute will be represented by competent counsel with sufficient...