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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

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Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals. His initial filing was deficient in several respects, but after the court gave him several deadline extensions, he ultimately filed an appellate brief and a reply brief. The court was not sympathetic. ” Smith v. .

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4 Hispanic Lawyers Who Are Leading Historic Change in Law

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This landmark case was the first and only Mexican-American civil rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court. After working as an accountant, getting married, and having two daughters, Chief Justice Contreras received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from theUniversity of Houston Law Center in 1990.

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Unlikely Careers for Lawyers

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JAG Lawyer A Judge Advocate General is a unique opportunity for those who want to defend their country in court. In the episode “ Going From Law School to the Air Force JAG Corps ,” Professor Tony Ghiotto discusses his transition from the battlefield to the classroom. Cohen admits he slept in his law office for a whole year!

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ABA TECHSHOW 2019 – The Long Play

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Of special note was keynote presenter and 1871 CEO Betsy Ziegler discussing the direction of the legal profession as well as Judge Scott Schlegel, who is implementing innovative new methods to decrease recidivism with his Smart on Crime Initiative. ABA TECHSHOW 2019: Firewalls for Today’s Law Office.

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Get Inside the Heads of Experts and Judges Using Their Own Historical Data

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Today's TL NewsWire Hot Product enables you to analyze the historical record of experts and judges to inform your case strategy, including an expert's track record on Daubert challenges and citations your judge prefers (see article below). But it's not a good idea when it comes to the expert witnesses and the judges in your cases.

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

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He blamed the mistake on his own ignorance of AI and attributed the inclusion of the cases to two recent law school grads and an associate who worked on the memoranda. Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals. The court was not sympathetic. We find damages.

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Executive Director Erika Harold to be Honored By CBA With An Earl B. Dickerson Award

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The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that Executive Director Erika Harold is a 2024 recipient of the Earl B. Dickerson, a prominent Chicago lawyer and civil rights activist, who was the first Black graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and among the first Black members of the CBA.

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