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1. Does a prisoner have a right to a mohel? School's new clinic takes on religious liberties case w/Photo

   Monday Apr 29 | ABA Journal

   A recently converted Jewish inmate denied permission to be circumcised is now being represented in his action against the prison by students working at the nation's first and only clinic specializing in religious liberty cases.

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2. Ethics 20/20 Commission's last proposals draw little dissent w/Photo

   Apr 1, 2013 | ABA Journal

   Anyone looking for a verbal donnybrook in the House of Delegates during its one-day session at the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting came away disappointed.

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3. Ethics 20/20 Commission's last proposals draw little dissent w/Photo

   Mar 25, 2013 | ABA Journal

   Anyone looking for a verbal donnybrook in the House of Delegates during its one-day session at the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting came away disappointed.

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4. Judge accused of stealing elderly neighbor's $1.6M life savings resigns from bench

   Mar 21, 2013 | ABA Journal

   A California judge who is facing a 32-count case concerning his alleged theft of a now-deceased elderly neighbor's life savings of $1.6 million or more has voluntarily stepped down from the Alameda County Superior Court bench.

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   Related Topix: Alameda County, CA, Oakland, CA

5. Judge accused of stealing elderly neighbor's $1.6M life savings resigns from bench

   Mar 21, 2013 | ABA Journal

   A California judge who is facing a 32-count case concerning his alleged theft of a now-deceased elderly neighbor's life savings of $1.6 million or more has voluntarily stepped down from the Alameda County Superior Court bench.

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   Related Topix: Alameda County, CA, Oakland, CA

6. National Jurist rankings conflict with US News' top choices; law prof blasts methodology

   Feb 12, 2013 | ABA Journal

   Updated: Law school rankings put together by National Jurist are quite different than the law school rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report.

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   Related Topix: Startups, Stanford University, Stanford University, University of Virginia, UC Berkeley, Harvard University

7. National Jurist rankings say Stanford, Virginia, Berkeley are 1, 2, 3

   Feb 12, 2013 | ABA Journal

   Law school rankings put together by National Jurist are quite different than the law school rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report.

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   Related Topix: Startups, Stanford University, Stanford University, University of Virginia, UC Berkeley, Harvard University

8. Berkeley Law Student Pleads to Animal Cruelty Misdemeanor in Death of Exotic Vegas Bird

   Jan 11, 2013 | ABA Journal

   A law student at the University of California-Berkeley pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge Thursday concerning the death of an exotic bird beheaded last year at a Las Vegas casino.

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9. Prosecutors Charge 2 Berkeley Law Students in Bird Beheading; One Faces a Felony Case

   Jan 3, 2013 | ABA Journal

   Prosecutors have filed new criminal charges against two law students at the University of California-Berkeley who are accused of a role in the decapitation of an exotic bird at a Las Vegas casino last year.

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   Related Topix: UC Berkeley

10. Closing Act: Ethics 20/20 Proposals Crack Open the Door for Foreign Lawyers w/Photo

    Jan 1, 2013 | ABA Journal

    The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 has submitted recommendations to the association's policymaking House of Delegates that would make it easier for foreign lawyers to obtain limited authority to practice in U.S. jurisdictions.

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11. Closing Act: Ethics 20/20 Proposals Crack Open the Door for Foreign Lawyers w/Photo

    Dec 21, 2012 | ABA Journal

    The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 has submitted recommendations to the association's policymaking House of Delegates that would make it easier for foreign lawyers to obtain limited authority to practice in U.S. jurisdictions.

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12. Hacker Finds Tech Millionaire John McAfee in Guatemala by Using Info Embedded in Smartphone Photo

    Dec 5, 2012 | ABA Journal

    A tech millionaire whose whereabouts haven't been made public since police in Belize sought to question him about a neighbor's body found near his waterfront home last month is now back on the grid.

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13. First-Class Action: Inaugural Case Draws Settlement Offers for Legal Newbie w/Photo

    Nov 26, 2012 | ABA Journal

    Jonathan Jaffe: "I didn't doubt whether I should be pursuing the case. But I did doubt my own abilities." Photo by Sal Owen.

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    Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, University of San Francisco, Mortgage, Personal Finance