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    <dc:date>2026-06-18T14:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
    
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      <title>Chemerinsky: Supreme Court leaves many Second Amendment issues unresolved</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[No area of constitutional law is generating more litigation than the Second Amendment. In 2022, in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Erwin Chemerinsky, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, Second Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-07-01T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Life in a women&#8217;s prison definitely has its downside in a popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black. But the reality is much worse,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Legal Marketing &amp; Consulting, Practice Management, Criminal Justice, Government, Law in Popular Culture, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, Constitutional Law, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
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      <title>After emergencies mar bar exam, New York State Bar Association aims to add new procedures</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The New York State Bar Association is aiming to install new procedures after two recent emergencies have happened during the bar exam administration in the&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-07-01T16:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>When you get blasted by your own canon</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Have you wondered why you’re getting so many unsolicited texts and robocalls these days? I may be partly to blame. But let’s stick a pin&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Bryan Garner on Words, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Legal History, Legal Writing, U.S. Supreme Court,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-07-01T15:34:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ex-lawyer seeks bar reinstatement after US House primary win</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-lawyer-seeks-md-bar-reinstatement-after-us-house-primary-win/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-lawyer-seeks-md-bar-reinstatement-after-us-house-primary-win#When:15:06:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A former attorney who last week won the Republican nomination for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives asked Wednesday to be&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-07-01T15:06:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Trump selects newly confirmed federal judge for open seat on 5th Circuit</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trump-selects-new-federal-judge-for-open-seat-on-5th-circuit/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has chosen a newly confirmed federal judge for a vacancy on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans. Louisiana&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Government, Federal Government, Judiciary, Trials &amp; Litigation, Appellate Practice, 5th Circuit Court, States, Louisiana,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-07-01T14:42:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge admonishes former personal injury partners known as ‘Avocados at Law’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/texas-judge-passes-a-ruling-on-former-personal-injury-avacados-at-law-partners/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Texas judge has reprimanded two former personal injury partners who are involved in an ongoing legal feud and who attained billboard fame as the&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Practice Management, Law Firms, Partners, Professional Development, Continuing Legal Education, Judiciary, Real Estate &amp; Property Law, Tort Law, Injury &amp; Accident Law, States, Texas,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-30T19:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ABA Young Lawyers Division names 2026 Top 40 Young Lawyers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has posted its 2026 On the Rise — Top 40 Young Lawyers honorees. The annual On the Rise&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-30T17:01:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>District attorney plans to resign after pleading guilty to conspiracy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A district attorney in Mississippi will resign Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy in federal court. Hinds County, Mississippi, District Attorney Jody Owens was indicted&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Prosecutors, Government, Local Government, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, Mississippi,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-30T16:05:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>SCOTUS justices report millions in income from books, teaching and gifts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court justices reported earning millions of dollars from books, teaching, investments and gifts, according to newly released annual financial disclosures. SCOTUSblog, Newsweek and&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-30T15:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lawyer sues DOJ for more than $30M over dropped fraud charges</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A prominent Maryland attorney filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday accusing the federal government of basing a criminal fraud and&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-30T15:15:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judiciary approves PACER fee increase to modernize case management, public access</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The federal judiciary approved a temporary fee increase to fund an estimated $800 million initiative to improve modernization of its electronic case records and case&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Cybersecurity, Judiciary, Court Administration, Trials &amp; Litigation, Litigation Management, Technology,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-29T17:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Is AI getting better at law school exams? Maybe not, new study shows</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest version of OpenAI’s reasoning model might not be much better at taking law school exams than last year’s version, according to a new&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Legal Education, Law Schools, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-29T15:58:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Prosecutors held in contempt for violating gag order in trial of Charlie Kirk murder suspect</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prosecutors-held-in-contempt-for-violating-gag-order-in-trial-of-charlie-kirk-murder-suspect/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Utah judge presiding over the murder trial in conservative political activist Charlie Kirk’s killing held the prosecution in contempt of court for telling the&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty, Prosecutors, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, Utah,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-29T15:41:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ICE fines attorney over $250K for allegedly filing false asylum claims</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking a $255,232 penalty against an attorney for allegedly filing dozens of false asylum applications. The move opens up&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Government, Federal Government, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, Human Rights,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-29T15:17:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lawyer used technical experience to fight $100 speeding ticket</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A lawyer in Washington, D.C., spent the past three years challenging a $100 ticket that he got for driving 61 mph in a 50 mph&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Trials &amp; Litigation, Technology, Traffic Law, D.C. Circuit Court, States, District of Columbia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-06-29T14:55:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Can law schools learn from computer science programs in the debate on generative AI?</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/can-law-schools-learn-from-computer-science-programs-in-the-debate-on-generative-ai/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In many university computer science programs, students are not only allowed to use artificial intelligence during exams, but they are also encouraged to learn about&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Mind Your Business, Bar Associations, ABA, Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Law Students, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Legal Education, Law Schools, Professional Development, New Attorneys, Government, Education Law, Legal Writing, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, Big Data &amp; Cloud Computing, Science &amp; Engineering,]]></dc:subject>
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      <title>High-profile lawyer convicted of indecent assault of Amtrak employee</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A corporate attorney in Baltimore was recently found guilty of forcing an Amtrak attendant to rub his genitals. Isaac M. Neuberger, 79, a founding member&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-26T18:26:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Nearly one quarter of UCLA law students granted extra time on exams</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nearly one quarter of law students at the UCLA School of Law received disability accommodations granting them extra time for exams, according to records obtained&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-26T15:41:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>More boutique and midsize firms match BigLaw associate pay</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An increasing number of boutique and midsize law firms are matching or surpassing BigLaw associate pay and even offering bonuses to their associates this summer.&#8230;]]></description>
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      <title>Lawyer who headed Missouri Department of Revenue’s legal department faces child enticement charge</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A lawyer who worked in Missouri state government for two decades, most recently as the top legal counsel for the Missouri Department of Revenue, was&#8230;]]></description>
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      <title>Judge refuses to appoint man as constable because of alleged ‘checkered’ past</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A man’s run-ins with the police and civil court cases make him unsuitable to be appointed as a constable in Pennsylvania, according to Lancaster County,&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-25T19:51:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge tosses free speech claim of former public defender who alleged burnout</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A judge in Denver on Wednesday dismissed a First Amendment claim of an attorney who is suing the Colorado state public defender, alleging that he&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Criminal Justice, Public Defenders, Labor &amp; Employment, Employees, Employers, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, States, Colorado,]]></dc:subject>
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      <title>9th Circuit allows religious bias lawsuit against Alaska Airlines to move forward</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco has revived a religious bias lawsuit brought by two former flight attendants with Alaska Airlines.&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-25T16:26:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ACLU leader and social justice advocate Anthony D. Romero to receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice will honor civil rights and social justice trailblazer Anthony D. Romero, executive director of&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-06-25T14:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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