New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.
A Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday expanded to thousands of people a preliminary injunction ordering the U.S. Department of State to issue or renew passports to six transgender or nonbinary people to reflect their gender identity.
As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday issued an order holding state Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt for violating a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants.
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk fired back at the Trump administration's attempt to dismiss her claim in Vermont federal court challenging its termination of her student visa compliance record, saying court after court has found the government acted unlawfully in axing other students' records.
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents outside an immigration courtroom on Tuesday after linking arms with a man about to be detained, according to numerous sources.
The Ninth Circuit has revived a Guatemalan man's bid for deportation relief, with a split panel of judges saying in a published opinion that the Board of Immigration Appeals should have had an immigration judge look into the man's competency.
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared open Tuesday to striking down a temporary restraining order — currently paused — that would block President Donald Trump from sending the National Guard into Los Angeles, with two judges repeatedly citing case law suggesting the president has broad discretion to mobilize the Guard.
The Trump administration has urged a Maryland federal court to throw out Kilmar Abrego Garcia's suit challenging his wrongful removal to El Salvador, saying his claims are moot now that the federal government has facilitated his return to the United States.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed on Tuesday that she is once again waiving a number of environmental and historical preservation laws to facilitate border wall construction, this time in Texas.