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(1/4) Theint Sandi Soe, the #Myanmar law student sentenced earlier this month to 3 years in jail along with her mother after being seized by junta agents seeking her father, has tested positive for #COVID19 in Mogok Prison. She suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and her condition

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One of our #Myanmar law students flags a Facebook post from Thursday morning MMT containing "hand written death certificates of 4 PDF [People's Defense Force] youths in Kayah state, Loikaw Township, Kone Thar."

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From #Dnipro in eastern #Ukraine , another law student tells @JURISTnews : "All strategic objects are bombed. The Yuzhmash [ballistic missile] factory no longer exists. There are also problems with telephone communication."

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This is a good time to remind everyone that JURIST is still here supporting Diploma Privilege and we would love to provide space for #barpocalypse survivors to tell their stories of the online bar exam.

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Resolution 10G passed 256-146

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We got a brand new op-ed from @dp4nj that takes a data-driven approach to explain the inequities involved in an online bar exam. It's a great read and it's worth viewing full-screen to get the best view of the data:

The Inequity and Technology Behind an Online Bar Exam

On July 15, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court released an Order declaring that the Bar Exam would be administered online. This would be the first time the NJ Bar exam was ever administered online....

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Hello friends, did I forget to mention we have a whole page for Bar Exams and Diploma Privilege now? Right now it shows our webinar with @DiplomaPriv4All and our latest News and Op-eds. In the future it should show all our news and op-eds on the topic

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We have a new article by @catperrone and @BelieveIt_0rNot addressing the many arguments that the bar exam "protects the public". They take another fascinating data-driven approach to debunk these arguments. Check it out here:

Stop Buying the Bar Exam Snake Oil

Since March 2020, the American legal community has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the nation sits on the brink of financial and housing, healthcare, election, and immigration crises,...

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#StaffSpotlight ! Marvin Ahereza ( @nuwe_ahereza ) is a third-year student at @MakerereLaw in Uganda. He is interested in civil rights law, international law and policies, and legal journalism.

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UN rights expert urges UK, Sweden to respect decision on detention of WikiLeaks founder

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In Kabul Thursday, a group of Afghan women lawyers held an indoor protest in an empty law office calling for protection for the right to work, the right to freedom, and the right to education for women. #Afghanistan #AfghanWomen

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Following yesterday's decision to allow the US's first scheduled nitrogen gas execution to proceed, former Federal public defender @SteveCooperEsq returns to JURIST with Dr. @joel_zivot , arguing that nitrogen gas execution is cruel and unusual punishment:

Alabama’s Nitrogen Gas Execution Will Be Cruel and Unusual Punishment

On Jan. 25, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) plans to execute Kenneth Smith by forcing him to breathe pure nitrogen gas, an untested execution method with profound legal and ethical...

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We have a new article from Beth Karp of @NatDLSA which reviews nationwide data on both the bar exam and the MPRE to debunk claims that they "protect the public". Take a look at her thorough analysis here:

There Is No Ascertainable Proof that the Bar Exam and the MPRE Protect the Public

An August 5, 2020 webinar organized by the University of Miami received a great deal of attention for remarks made by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) president Judith Gunderson...

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We've read a lot of impact statements, but this one hits hard. The gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, and simply genuine nature of this is just too much. This is what this profession is losing right now every day. This is what gatekeeping does.

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A recent impact statement: "[A]fter seeing the true colors of the members and leaders of the legal profession in response to us pointing out the genuine struggles we face in this new world and the concerns we bare, that bar card isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on."

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Our Managing Editor @TimZubizarr has written about the bar exam once again, this time criticizing the lack of compassion on the part of the PABOLE in addressing examinees' requests for contingency plans in the face of mounting technology failures:

The PA Bar Exam is Doomed to Failure and the PABOLE is Fine with That

Another day, another mass primal scream of “Oh, what fresh hell is this?” as PA Bar examinees are faced with more callousness, indifference, and willful ignorance on the part of the PA Board of Law...

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Hello #LawTwitter and #barpocalypse friends! Are you looking for ways you can use your JD? Are you looking for cool and out-of-the-box legal jobs? Come to our JD Advantage Town Hall Thursday October 29 at 6pm Eastern and get your questions answered by our 3 excellent panelists!

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Defence support staff at the @IntlCrimCourt in The Hague launched an unprecedented strike Monday. They have significantly fewer rights and lower wages than their counterparts in the Office of the Prosecution. Most are women. #InternationalCriminalCourt #ASP21

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Report from the streets of #Kabul , from a female Afghan #lawyer : "On [my] way, a member of the #Taliban stopped me and said in Pashto, in a very bad and sharp tone, 'What are you wearing and why is your face visible?' I tried to get away..." #Afghanistan #Afghanistanwomen

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Justin Esiobu, our law student correspondent for @JURISTnews in bombed #Kharkiv , sends this report from street level just a few minutes ago as he heads outside for needed supplies. #Ukraine #UkraineInvasion #UkraineRussiaWar

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We have a new op-ed from @CarverJohnny , a tireless diploma privilege advocate and a friend to both JURIST and @DiplomaPriv4All , on his experiences studying for the bar with disabilities and significant ongoing health challenges:

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The @ABAesq House of Delegates Meeting is scheduled to begin in a little over 5 min. We have press credentials and will be watching the full session. Follow this livetweet thread for info on Resolution 10G which we know is important many of you.

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We've said it before and we'll say it again, if you have to attend an in-person exam (which is understandable) document EVERYTHING from the moment you get there. It's important for journalism, litigation, contact tracing and any number of other reasons.

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Join us and @DiplomaPriv4All for a webinar Thursday July 9 at 7pm "Diploma Privilege and the Future of the Bar Exam." We'll be joined by a group of 2020 graduates for an open discussion of the bar exam, diploma privilege, and the challenge facing bar applicants under COVID-19.

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🚨From the #Kharkiv train station, law student Justin Esiobu files this report for @JURISTnews just after 3 AM local time. Several rockets hit the station platform area about 30 minutes ago. There's power downstairs in the subway; power upstairs is off. #UkraineUnderAtta сk

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We have another new piece about the Missouri Bar Exam. This one was submitted anonymously out of potential retaliation concerns. Read it and then show them and @MO4DiplomaPriv some support:

Life v. Licensure: An Unprecedented Choice for Missouri Bar Exam Registrants

I have been home to see my family only once since quarantine began mid-march. I haven't seen my friends since classes moved online and remote work became the new normal. I have quit going to a...

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Attn: New York Bar Applicants. NY State Senator @bradhoylman and NY Assemblywoman @JoAnneSimonBK52 are holding a live public roundtable today on Diploma Privilege at 10am EST. The Roundtable is viewable here, but as promised we will also be livetweeting:

Public Meeting: A discussion about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recent law school...

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary Chair: Senator Brad HoylmanPublic Meeting: A discussion about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recent law school graduates, the New York bar exam, and...

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(4/4) reach her safely," she says. Theint's mother is detained on a different floor, and her father has not been able to obtain any information about her health. Theint's friends and classmates continue to urge her release. #FreeTSS #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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We have a new article from Caitlyn Tallarico on the Bar exam. Caitlyn writes about last week's requests from ExamSoft and BLEs that diabetics hide or avoid using their medical equipment during the exam. Read more about her very personal story here:

For Our Convenience, Could You Suspend Being Diabetic During the PA Bar Exam?

As an immunocompromised individual, I was initially grateful when the PA bar exam moved online. Now, I wouldn’t have to worry about Covid-19 affecting my health during this crucial exam. This...

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Yeah this has caused some applicants to have to write for us anonymously out of fear of state bar/SC retribution or future employer retribution. How can this profession ever evolve if it can’t allow for constructive criticism from its own constituents?

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(2/4) has been deteriorating in the prison. She has not been provided medical care by the military junta authorities. There are also no medical equipments in the prison. Our law students in the country express serious concerns for her health. One of them asks how Theint would be

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@CarverJohnny We're so sorry. Lots of jurisdictions have had it bad throughout this process, but Florida has been particularly painful to watch.

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Our Managing Editor @TimZubizarr wrote an #OpEd examining the path the legal profession is on and suggesting that those who organized the #DiplomaPrivlege movement are the kinds of advocates who will lead the field in the right direction. Check it out!

Diploma Privilege and a Lament for the Lawyers

Where are the law and the lawyer? Where is this profession going? I’m a rising 3L. I have one more year left of law school. And yet I am witnessing something that is both completely unexpected and a...

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(3/4) able to receive medical care in the prison when even those outside are struggling. She wonders how many detainees are infected with the virus and what their condition is like. "Theint's brother is trying to send food and medicine to her but we're not sure if the things will

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🚨From #Kharkiv right now, from Justin Esiobu to @JURISTnews : "They bomb the train station. Just got two direct rockets right to the station. Everybody got under the ground. Luckily we have a subway station right under the train station."

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Several Pennsylvania bar applicants request PA Bureau of Consumer Protection to launch an investigation into @ExamSoft after an exam software data breach. Staff writer Becca Salamacha has the story: #diplomaprivilege

Pennsylvania bar applicants request investigation after exam software data breach

Several Pennsylvania bar exam applicants published a letter to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection Wednesday requesting an investigation into ExamSoft, the software being used to adminis...

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If anyone would like to write op-eds on problems with the exam software, the liability waivers, Extegrity’s announcement or any other various online bar exam topics, we are very much willing to consider them for publication.

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Our Afghanistan Desk Editor, Shakira Yazdani, @AUAfghanistan Law 2022, arrived safely in Calgary on #CanadaDay . 🇨🇦 She joins @JURISTnews Canada Bureau Chief Heidi Exner at @UCalgaryLaw , our Canadian HQ. Here they are, all dressed up for the #CalgaryStampede ! Welcome Shakira!

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Check out the latest @JURISTnews Feature in which #Afghanistan prosecutors talk about the grave threats they have been faced with.

Facing Grave Risks, Afghan Prosecutors Plead for Global Solidarity and Protection

Hundreds of Afghan prosecutors who received training over the last two decades from international law and justice organizations now face severe risks of retaliation and violence due to the Taliban's...

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According to a law student reporting for @JURISTnews in #Kabul , the #Afghan women also say: "We want those rights that Islam has given us, nothing more." Also, "We urge international community, organizations and countries not to recognize Taliban's regime. They have not changed."

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Protester says Taliban used tear gas and fired shots in the air to forcibly dispersing the women. She says women are fighting for their “right to work and study.” “We don’t want to lose the rights we have gained in the past 20 years.”

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Before #Afghanistan fell, Afghan women told researchers that if the #Taliban retook power they feared they would roll back women's rights as they had in the 1990s. They were correct. Fulbright scholar and @UBSchoolofLaw LL.M. grad Farida Razaqi did the study and appeals for help.

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@dwightignite @brianlfrye @diplomaprivileg @NCBEX @GundersenJudy @philawsostef @emilydotgov @DiplomaPriv4All @420AttyChicago We are also certainly willing to host a public forum with @NCBEX and #DiplomaPrivilege advocates as called for here:

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I did the best I could to quote her as she spoke on this issue, but please review the exact quote, as the webinar is also being recorded. We have invited Ms. Gunderson twice now to speak on #DiplomaPrivilegeNow in a public forum with @JURISTnews . We hope she honors our request.

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Voting closed 133-294. Motion to postpone indefinitely has failed.

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A US federal judge has ruled that Alabama can conduct the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas. Former Alabama federal public defender @SteveCooperEsq has written several opinion pieces for @JURISTnews opposing nitrogen gas execution, including:

Alabama’s Plan to Execute Prisoners With Nitrogen Gas Is Immoral

In November of 1985, legendary liberal Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. declared, “the fatal constitutional infirmity of capital punishment is that it treats members of the human race as...

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We see many of you like us here at JURIST are taking Justice Ginsburg's death hard. We're here for you and if anyone, but especially women lawyers, law students, grads, and scholars would like to write about Justice Ginsburg and her legacy we can provide space for you to do that.

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We have a new article from @MarybethKuznik comparing the current attempts to implement software to administer the bar exam to past failures in the implementation of election software, specifically the Orca App from the 2012 general election. Check it out:

The Orca, the App, and the Bar Exam

What do bar exams have in common with elections in the age of COVID-19, aside from the obvious implication that both are related to justice and the rule of law? Technology. While elections have been...

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I won't even retweet the article because he doesn't deserve the page views and neither does the paper, but what the KY Supreme Court Justice did to @philawsostef and @emilydotgov is wrong. Way to prove the exact point @TimZubizarr was making in his op-ed:

Diploma Privilege and a Lament for the Lawyers

Where are the law and the lawyer? Where is this profession going? I’m a rising 3L. I have one more year left of law school. And yet I am witnessing something that is both completely unexpected and a...

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In solidarity with our JURIST Journalist in Residence and the other journalists banned by Twitter, JURIST is pausing all Twitter operations from midnight Friday ET pending a review of our Twitter policy and the satisfactory resolution of this matter.

JURIST statement on Twitter banning Journalist in Residence Steve Herman

Twitter's decision to ban VOA Chief National Correspondent and JURIST Journalist in Residence Steve Herman is an affront to freedom of the press, Twitter's professed championing of free speech, and...

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"A lot of information is hidden in the news. We know about the shelling in the Dnipro from acquaintances who were at the center of events. Right now there aren’t explosions in Dnipro. But inhabitants think that they can start by evening."

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"In June 2022, food inflation was at 80.1%." The economic and political situation in #SriLanka may be grim, but Saheli Wikramanayake, a final year law student at the University of Colombo, finds cause for optimism in this report for @JURISTnews .

Sri Lanka dispatch: ‘Amidst the frustration and the anger, people are finding moments of joy and...

Sri Lankan law students are reporting for JURIST on the situation in that country since mass protests and the physical invasion of the President’s House in Colombo by demonstrators forced the...

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JURIST has a full day of Diploma Privilege Content coming for you today. Follow this thread to learn more and don't forget to register for the webinar tonight. Registration Link here:

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Says many have told people you could find another job ie teacher, receptionist, etc. "I did not go to law school to become a teacher or receptionist...I risked it all to become an esquire."

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On this International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, we remember all the endangered lawyers and law students defending the rule of law and working with @JURISTnews in conflict and potential conflict zones around the world from #Afghanistan to #Ukraine . #dayofendangeredlawyer

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The resolution passed 256-146. See this thread where we livetweeted the debate from start to finish with statements from advocates, law professors, law students and others throughout the day.

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The @ABAesq House of Delegates Meeting is scheduled to begin in a little over 5 min. We have press credentials and will be watching the full session. Follow this livetweet thread for info on Resolution 10G which we know is important many of you.

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Defends students saying we are not lazy. Calls out COVID waivers many states have forced upon their students. Virtual meeting of the house underscores danger of the pandemic

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High Court in #Pakistan recognizes that animals have natural rights in case involving #Kaavan , aka the world's loneliest elephant. Guest columnist @nrpallotta of @ALDF examines the impact of this ruling in our latest commentary: #AnimalRights

The Islamabad High Court Is Protecting the Legal Rights of Animals

In a ground-breaking decision, the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan has explicitly recognized that animals have natural legal rights and are entitled to protection under the nation’s Constitution....

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We have another new #barpocalypse op-ed this one by a @UVALaw student discussing the bar exam and how we treat individuals struggling with mental health in this profession. Read it here:

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We have a new piece by @DeanSalkin who moved resolution 10G on the @ABAhod House Floor yesterday. The piece explains why this was a common sense necessary resolution to support 1000s of grads still waiting for licensure. Check it out:

ABA Does the Right Thing and Stands with Law School Graduates in the Midst of the Pandemic

I have never been prouder to be a member of the American Bar Association than today when the House of Delegates voted to stand with law students and recent law graduates to send an important message...

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There's a lot of debate going on about the @MiamiLawSchool panel today, but can we all just take a second to appreciate the moderator @drewdawson_law .

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Please amplify @forum_asia @FortifyRights @ManushyaFdn @Anfrel @adn_asia @ASEANMP @JusticeMyanmar @NDBurma @RapporteurUn @OHCHRAsia @DrSasa22222 @TostevinM @aung_myo_minn

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For Clarity, Resolution 10G is this resolution wherein, if passed, the ABA would call on bodies that regulate the bar exam to halt in-person bar exams where public health cannot be assured and online bar-exams where software safety and stability cannot be:

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The panel ran over and he only had time for two questions but he made them count: 1. Is there a point where the bar exam becomes unfeasible in a pandemic and diploma privilege has to be considered? 2. Why isn't ABA Accreditation enough to determine quality law graduates?

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We would absolutely take article submissions on how Jewish people are being impacted by the bar exam.

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Very important news re: the October Bar Exam. Extegrity has pulled out citing the inability to have the remote bar exam ready for October and calls on all stakeholders to be involved in the design and implementation of any future remote bar exam.

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Update thread from @ZoeTillman on @JasonLeopold and @BuzzFeedNews FOIA lawsuit to get the full unredacted #MuellerReport . Judge isn’t ruling on the request until Thursday after the first release but hasn’t ruled out granting it. Read Zoe’s thread for more.

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A judge just heard args in BuzzFeed and @JasonLeopold 's FOIA request for the Mueller report. Judge denied request for an injunction to have the report produced under FOIA by 4/18 — judge wants to wait and see what gets released by AG Barr on Thursday and go from there

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"Change is not unimaginable and business, as usual, is not acceptable." Former Dean and President of @brooklynlaw Nicholas W. Allard calls for innovation and a path to practice for #JD graduates who have already proven themselves. #lawtwitter Full piece:

Act Now, Avert More Bar Exam Chaos Later

Now is the time for many state authorities to act decisively to avert more pandemic driven bar exam chaos. Without prompt action more testing failures, disruption, and delays are almost certain. The...

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Anjelica Violi : Educating Men and Boys on Female Advocacy and Equality http://t.co/OQgG9vD5tB

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Attention Florida Bar Exam Takers: ILG is accepting reports of issues with ILG Software at the email address below. Please report issues ASAP.

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I spoke to Marcia, super nice lady at ILG tech, she told me to have everyone submit there issue about the breaches to info @ilgtechnologies .com. She also said to send a ticket about it from their website and it goes straight to her. WE NEED TO DO THIS ASAP! Basically right now.

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For those who missed our Webinar with @DiplomaPriv4All , the video is now live and publicly available here. Listen to a great discussion on diploma privilege between @TimZubizarr , @MikeyB1084 , @XicanaRebelde , @EfrainJoshua1 , @SaadatiSoto , and @dp4dc .

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Today nearly 50 @JURISTnews law student staffers from around the globe gathered to celebrate their accomplishments over the past year. We couldn't do any of this without our students and their dedication to the #RuleOfLaw . Thank you for all you do!

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We're getting more reports of Russian attacks on #Lviv early Saturday evening there. @JURISTnews correspondent Justin Esiobu says, quickly: "Explosions. Airstrike again. Lights are asked to get off." War is coming to western #Ukraine .

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Great to see @JURISTnews UK Staff Correspondent James Ekin at the head of the table in this photo, acting in his capacity as a member of the APPG secretariat team! JURIST staffers around the world care. And they defend the #RuleofLaw . @james_Joseph98

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I am setting up an All Party Parliamentary Group that will speak up for the Hazara community in this country - and those Hazaras that are facing murder and persecution elsewhere in the world. Their voices will be heard #HazaraLivesMatter

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"There is an airfield 2.5 km from us. We hope that nothing will happen, but just in case, we equipped a basement as a bomb shelter."

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Congrats to @LSERC2020 and @larryfarnese for getting this bill sent to the Judiciary Committee!

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"but when I wanted to move, he pushed me and poked me with the butt of his gun, repeating violently, 'Where are you going? Why are you dressed like this?' I was very scared and just trying to get away from there."

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Very pleased to announce that Voice of America Chief National Correspondent and former White House Bureau Chief Steven Herman is joining us as JURIST Journalist in Residence for 2022-23. @W7VOA @VOANews

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Hey @MiamiLawSchool any word on the recording from Wednesday’s online panel discussions?

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@JURISTnews is proud to congratulate Interviews Managing Editor @james_Joseph98 , who was recognized for his work on atrocity prevention.

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I am truly honoured to have won Human Rights Defender of the Year at the British Hazara Awards 2023 last night. The Hazara community here in the UK has truly become a part of me, and I am honoured to accept this award. Thank you to the panel who voted, and Hazara Committee UK…

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@bradhoylman acknowledges that the bar exam and the bar prep industry does feel like a "racket" or a "cottage industry". That there are significant financial interests here that frequently stand in the way of reform.

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Striking Defence support staff at the @IntlCrimCourt at The Hague speak to @JURISTnews about their labour action and 'really, really poor' working conditions. @CourPenaleInt

EU dispatch: striking ICC defence staff denounce ‘really, really poor’ working conditions, lack of...

James Joseph is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. He files this report from The Hague. Following on from JURIST's breaking news from Friday last about the legal defence staff of the International...

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Armed #Taliban fighters broke up a lawyers press conference in Kabul Sunday morning called to protest the takeover of the #Afghanistan Independent Bar Association late last month and the shifting of licensing authority to the Ministry of Justice.

Armed Taliban break up lawyers press conference protesting Afghanistan bar association takeover

JURIST EXCLUSIVE - Armed Taliban fighters broke up a press conference by Afghan lawyers about to start at a Kabul hotel early Sunday morning, arresting several of the lawyers in attendance. A group...

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We've had several op-eds on disability and the bar exam but this is beyond even the injustices already called out. If someone would like to write on this specifically, please DM or email commentary @jurist .org.

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The latest from our legal correspondents in #Afghanistan . "Now, today, May 29, the Taliban have ordered that women are not allowed to use public transport if they are alone." @JURISTnews has more from Kabul.

Afghanistan dispatch: unaccompanied women now banned from public transport

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on the latest Taliban restriction of...

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In our latest commentary, Eric Goldstein, the acting Executive Director of @hrw 's Middle East and North Africa division, comments on the recent upheavals in #Tunisia ’s legal and political structure during President Qaies Saied’s reign. Read it here:

In Tunisia, President’s Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court

President Qaies Saied of Tunisia claimed he was acting constitutionally when he arrogated broad powers for himself on July 25, after months of stalemate among Tunisia’s governing institutions and...

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@TaraDylann says memorization is not a valid measure of an attorney. says it would be malpractice not to look up information in practice.

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Multiple sources in #Afghanistan are telling @JURISTnews that women's rights activist Tamana Zaryab Paryani, taken by the Taliban from her Kabul home last night in a traumatic raid recorded on video, is no longer in Taliban custody but they will not say where she is now.

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Minutes ago, #DerekChauvin was found guilty of all three counts for killing #GeorgeFloyd , an act which renewed efforts behind the #BlackLivesMatter movement. He will be sentenced on counts of unintentional second-degree murder, third degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.

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"People just looked and no one dared to speak. Finally he left me and told me not to go out like that again. So I hurried home."

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More video from today's protest of women university students trying to enter Badakhshan University in Faizabad, #Afghanistan , before it was violently dispersed. One of our Afghan law students says: "several students who were trying to enter to University got injured."

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This video shows heavy interior building damage and blown-out windows. At one point the camera focuses on the square outside to give context. #Kharkiv #Ukraine #UkraineUnderAttack #UkraineRussiaWar

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Federal appeals court rules Native American tribe has groundwater rights

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@dwightignite @brianlfrye @diplomaprivileg @NCBEX @GundersenJudy @philawsostef @emilydotgov @DiplomaPriv4All @420AttyChicago We believe editorials have a right to an opinion. And by the by we’re willing to consider editorials from @NCBEX as well provided they engage in good faith debate.

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This is basically the American Legal experience in a nutshell. It’s true of law school, the bar exam, the OCI/clerkship/big law process, and 100 years of cold calling.

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VOA's Steve Herman, the 2022-23 Journalist in Residence @JURISTnews , has been summarily suspended from Twitter, along with a group of other high-profile #journalists reporting on Twitter owner Elon Musk. Stand by for a @JURISTnews statement later today. @VOANews @W7VOA

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Steve Herman, @W7VOA , the Chief National Correspondent for the U.S. government-funded Voice of America, also suspended from Twitter. You can find him on Mastodon here:

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In a new piece for JURIST @LeanLawStrategy discusses the shortcomings of the #BarExam and calls on #DiplomaPrivilege advocates to continue their passion once they gain licensure and channel it into reforming our profession. Read his excellent article here:

Turn the Pandemic Bar Exam Battle into a Passion for Reform

The three-year journey has ended. Clearing one more hurdle, you would join your chosen profession. But as you approached the hurdle, becoming a lawyer resembled joining a craft guild. Bar admission...

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Maldives court detains former president for money-laundering trial

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🚨 BREAKING: Legal defence staff at the #InternationalCriminalCourt at The Hague tell @JURISTnews that on Monday they are launching a historic strike over labour rights and pay disparity with prosecutors. Most of these lawyers are young women.

EU dispatch: ICC legal defence staff launching historic strike over labour rights, pay disparity

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is a trainee with the Law Society of...

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Says opposition is insulting law students by saying they have been heard and just don't like the answer.

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The Supreme Court of #Canada has unanimously ruled that a life sentence without any chance of parole is unconstitutional under the nation’s charter. Sarah Ethington has the complete story:

Canada Supreme Court rules life without chance of parole is unconstitutional

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday unanimously ruled that a life sentence without any chance of parole is unconstitutional under Section 12 of the nation's charter. In Canada, anyone serving a life...

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Kayla says that it's easy to say that moving the bar exam just gives you more time to study, but this is not accurate. It is multiple date changes plus a pandemic. Burnout will only increase.

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"Their death certificates are handwritten like this and sometimes established by their respective PDF groups when there's any death." Facebook post: #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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