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5 Inspiring Legal Professionals Making Positive Change for Lawyers in the LGBTQ Community

Legal Talk Network

Lawyers, in particular, have played a critical role in solidifying and protecting rights, like in the landmark Bostock v. Gavin Alexander Gavin Alexander is a founding member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s standing committee on lawyer well-being and serves as the director of wellness at Jackson Lewis P.C.,

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From Law School to the Courtroom: The Path to Becoming a Criminal Defense Lawyer

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Criminal defense law is a highly specialized area of law that involves the protection of criminal defendants. Unlike other areas of law, defense attorneys are responsible for the entire range of tasks that go into defending a client. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the path to becoming a defense attorney.

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From Law School to the Courtroom: The Path to Becoming a Criminal Defense Lawyer

CaseFox

Criminal defense law is a highly specialized area of law that involves the protection of criminal defendants. Unlike other areas of law, defense attorneys are responsible for the entire range of tasks that go into defending a client. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the path to becoming a defense attorney.

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Learning a New Language

Legal Talk Network

My guests were Chris Ritter, the director of the Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program, or TLAP, and Terry Bentley Hill , a Dallas criminal defense attorney whose personal saga with mental health and suicide led her to champion awareness of mental health issues for lawyers. Think you might know a lawyer who is depressed?

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JusticeText Raises $2.2M Seed Round to Advance Its Mission of Building Police Accountability

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The product allows public defenders and other criminal defense lawyers to store, analyze and share video from a single platform. JusticeText addresses this problem by automatically generating transcriptions of audiovisual evidence that is synchronized with the video files.

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Legal Talk Network Launches Season Two of ‘For the Innocent’ Podcast Sharing New Stories of the Wrongfully Convicted, Focusing on Pervasive Use of Junk Science in Convictions 

Legal Talk Network

Season 2 legal experts include Justin Brooks , board member of The Innocence Center; Matthew Cooke , an Oscar nominated filmmaker; Scott Budnik, a Hollywood producer, Wayne Little , former LA Prosecutor; and David Rudolf , famed criminal defense attorney from Netflix’s documentary, ‘ The Staircase.’

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Legal Talk Network Launches Season Two of ‘For the Innocent’ Podcast Sharing New Stories of the Wrongfully Convicted, Focusing on Pervasive Use of Junk Science in Convictions 

Legal Talk Network

Season 2 legal experts include Justin Brooks , board member of The Innocence Center; Matthew Cooke , an Oscar nominated filmmaker; Scott Budnik, a Hollywood producer, Wayne Little , former LA Prosecutor; and David Rudolf , famed criminal defense attorney from Netflix’s documentary, ‘ The Staircase.’