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If it takes a village to raise a child, those in the field may tell you that it takes a network to succeed in public interest law. If you’re on the path to public interest law, consider a fellowship to expand your ever-vital network. And then, get to know these 8 resources very well. It may take time, patience, and work to find your place in the vast world of public interest law, but a place to start is with the simple act of service....

The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District decided a criminal matter, an anti-SLAPP motion, vicarious liability issues, and attorneys fees in an employment case. In People v. Benitez, No. G041201, the court faced a challenge to defendant’s denial of his constitutional right to confrontation when a supervisor was allowed to testify regarding a crime lab analyst’s analysis of the substance found on defendant to be methamphetamine. In light of Melendez-Diaz v....

Many law students enter law school anxious, but excited about the future prospect of working for a big law firm, doing exciting work and making serious bank. As many have recently found, reality tends to be a far cry from the picture painted by law school admissions programs. For one, very few students end up working at big law firms. Further, the graduates “fortunate” enough to land big law jobs tend to hate them....

Have you taken your shot at the private sector and now want to move over to government work? We can’t blame you. For many young and middle-aged attorneys out there, the fight to be king of the private practice hill is just not all that it’s cracked up to be. But you’ve probably picked up a bit of experience along the way and that can help you ease your way out of your current rut....

As the debate over access to bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender people has raged, those on both sides of the issue have made arguments regarding privacy and safety for both cisgender (non-trans) and transgender people in shared intimate spaces. Early this month, the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) weighed in, saying school districts must provide equal locker room access to transgender students. The OCR’s ruling may not quell what has become a heated national exchange on transgender rights, but it at least provides some guidance to schools on how to craft transgender locker room policies for students and staff....

Immigration issues have been dominating the news lately, especially the separation of parents and children during detention. One other legal issue that may have flown over the radar, however, is the Supreme Court decision that detained immigrants are not entitled to an immigration bond hearing. Still, some immigration courts still conduct bond hearings. So what are they, and what should you expect at an immigration bond hearing? Not unlike bond or bail following criminal charges, a foreign national who is detained by ICE or the Department of Homeland Security can be released from custody upon payment of a bond....

Unlike those getting doctorates in French Polynesian poetry or theoretical mathematics, very few of us end up in law school out of an intrinsic desire to learn about the law. Rather, we want to take on massive amounts of debt – and maybe get a job some day. Thankfully, while law schools still have many gaps they need to fill to support students, they do try to get you work....

The Golden Age of Television continues, with How to Get Away With Murder at its vanguard. Yesterday’s episode featured two court proceedings, as many dead bodies, and a very chemistry-free Sapphic love scene. In typical HTGAWM fashion, they got most of the law wrong. But it made for great, if stupefying, TV. Here’s your spoiler-filled recap: Sinclair accuses Annalise of helping Nate kill her husband. The courtroom erupts. Apparently, it had been full of reporters and paparazzi, flash bulbs at the ready....

Because keeping track of every six minutes of your time is not enough, associates at one law firm in Shanghai must now also clock in due to some apparent punctuality issues in the office. Hogan Lovell partner Andrew McGinty sent out an email to all associates telling them that he wants them to be at their desks by 9:15 a.m. at the latest, reports Above the Law. Those who fail to come to the office on time will be spoken to, warned, and possibly disciplined....

As many as 80 law schools are in trouble, and 20 might be closing within the next few years. This is the prediction of David Barnhizer at Law Next. He points to the festering mass of surplus schools in states with few jobs (California – that’s you!), especially those schools that are state-accredited (as opposed to ABA-accredited), online-only, or otherwise useless for those who want to actually practice law someday, as schools that are especially vulnerable....

No matter how small your firm is, you probably use email to communicate which means you have some etiquette concerns. The recipients aren’t just your friends. They’re your coworkers and more importantly your bosses. Email between friends one thing but email at the office reflects on you professionally. That means you can’t get away with the grammar and spelling errors that may invade your normal email. It also means you need to be careful about how you come across when you make your response....

For the first time ever, there are more women in law school than men, and women continue to make up an increasing percentage of the lawyers. But when it comes to making partner at many BigLaw firms, well, it’s still very much a boys’ club. But some firms bucked that trend in 2016. According to an analysis by Bloomberg Big Law Business, 21 BigLaw firms had 2016 partnership classes that were 50 percent female or higher....

BARBRI, the bar exam prep company, has learned a lesson in public accommodations law. In a legal settlement, the company agreed to make its online bar-review products more accessible to blind and vision-impaired students. The company did not admit wrongdoing in the consent decree filed in Stanley v. Barbri. It is an important victory for blind students, attorneys said, because society often “fails to recognize the significant challenges that those with disabilities face....

Florida State Representative Ritch Workman has a plan to increase jobs. Repeal the ban on dwarf tossing. Yes, you read that correctly. Dwarf tossing. Workman has proposed to bring back the controversial practice. He says that the ban deprives willing dwarfs of jobs. Never heard of “dwarf tossing”? It might be because it’s been prohibited for a very long time. Florida outlawed the practice in 1989. Bars found to be violating the ban can be fined up to $1,000 and can lose their liquor license....

A Colombian judge, Miguel Horacio Gomez Achicue, was arrested at Miami International Airport earlier this month and later arraigned on charges relating to the shipment of gun parts from the U.S. to his home country. Gomez Achicue is accused of sending parts of an AR-15, a civilian version of the military’s M-16, from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Cali, Colombia in violation of federal customs laws. The criminal complaint alleges the firearm parts “were concealed in the package, which also contained clothing and shoes,” but not concealed enough, apparently....

Thousands of spectators line up along Pennsylvania Avenue from the U.S. Capitol to the White House to see the next President of the United States. They crowd together on the sidewalks, parks, and plazas. On Freedom Plaza, parade organizers, media representatives, and other ticket holders take their seats on bleachers set up by the parade committee for the historic event. But a protest group sued over the exclusive seating, saying the bleachers restricted their freedom of speech....

In February of this year, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster was arrested on charges of domestic violence, threats, and possession of an assault weapon. And it didn’t take long for at least domestic charges to get resolved. A Santa Clara judge dismissed those charges last week, after ruling there was insufficient evidence to proceed with his domestic violence case. Foster pleaded not guilty to the assault weapons charge, which was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor....

Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arrested early Friday for allegedly shoving a man to the ground after shouting an anti-Semitic slur at another man outside a New York City hotel. Young, 26, was “highly intoxicated” when he allegedly hurled insults at a panhandler who was reportedly wearing a yarmulke, a Jewish skullcap, police told the New York Post. “[Expletive] Jews! [Expletive] Jews!” Young allegedly yelled at the panhandler, who apparently walked away....

Unless you are a specialty chef, you may not care whether the liver pate you prepare comes from a duck or a goose. The ducks and the geese certainly don’t have an opinion on the subject of “foie gras,” which is the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. But the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals say foie gras comes from force-feeding the birds to make their livers swell up to 10 times their normal size....

In a claim for legal malpractice, trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to vacate entry of default and a default judgment against her on the complaint filed by the plaintiffs is affirmed as there is no basis to conclude that the trial court abused its discretion. However, the judgment is modified to omit $15,000 in attorney fees because that amount was not specified in the complaint. Read Hearn v. Howard, No....