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In law’s new frontiers, data may be as important as precedent https://t.co/99jkcUm02N — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2016

Supreme Court Lets Texas Voter ID Law Stand — For Now The Supreme Court on Friday left intact a strict voter identification law in Texas, while leaving open the possibility that it would consider challenges to the law. NPR's Wade Goodwyn explains. Read more on NPR

Watch: A trust and estates lawyer’s ‘last lecture’: "Hope for the best; plan for the worst" https://t.co/p929Q0q6KZ http://pic.twitter.com/IZmiISHTZ9 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2016

Secret Snitches: Case uncovers long-standing practice of planting jailhouse informants https://t.co/MRuahWffap http://pic.twitter.com/YSKEBlpYfz — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2016

Training Helps Inmates Build A Bridge To Life Outside Prison Walls Loretta Lynch made her first visit to a federal prison as the nation's top law enforcement officer. She highlighted the need for more services to help inmates re-enter society. Read more on NPR

When Immigrants Commit Crimes, They Can Be Punished Twice After conviction, non-citizens face deportation in a second system of justice that has different rules and fewer protections. NPR followed one man — and his family — through the process. Read more on NPR

Enforcing Seattle’s minimum wage law: Edward Nasser '18 https://t.co/fVuNxo10wK via @OnLaborBlog — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2016

When Immigrants Commit Crimes, They Can Be Punished Twice After conviction, non-citizens face deportation in a second system of justice that has different rules and fewer protections. NPR followed one man — and his family — through the process. Read more on NPR

Watch: Prosecuting Corporations and Corporate Actors: When and How? https://t.co/5qdL9TUTJs — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2016

“My time in Defenders solidified my commitment to public interest” https://t.co/2uaNmdqLxv — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

The Bison Is Poised To Become The U.S. National Mammal Legislation adopting the bison as the U.S. National mammal passed the House and Senate this week. Now it's waiting for President Obama's signature. Read more on NPR

How can we create "bias interrupters" at work? https://t.co/YfLNEOrp4m #lawyers #legalpractice — Legal Talk Network (@LegalTalkNet) April 29, 2016

Police Arrest Tennessee Elementary School Students Over Off-Campus Fight On Monday, police are set to explain why they arrested 10 children at an elementary school in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Parents say the kids were accused of not intervening during an off-campus fight. Some were led away in handcuffs. Now the community is doing a bit of soul-searching. Read more on NPR

Senate Critics Question Legality Of Military Operation In Syria Critics in the Senate charge that, of all the foreign forces operating in Syria today, the Russians are on the most solid legal ground. Damascus has invited Russia to make its deployment, whereas neither Congress nor Syria has ever explicitly authorized any American military involvement there. Read more on NPR

San Francisco Police Department Embroiled In Another Text Messaging Scandal There are new allegations of racist and homophobic text messages shared by officers in the San Francisco Police Department. Three officers have resigned, another is under investigation, and nearly 200 convictions are being reviewed. The scandal is the second of its kind in the past year, and it comes amid other charges of police misconduct in the famously liberal city. Read more on NPR

Disbarred lawyer says he will continue to practice while appealing the order https://t.co/telAJuzUpd — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

China puts foreign groups under police supervision and requires them to find Chinese sponsors https://t.co/CSozXP6rot — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Ex-cop is jailed until he reveals computer passwords; appeal claims Fifth Amendment violation https://t.co/M6HBdPJZ5D — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Those who knowingly send texts that distract drivers could face liability in Pennsylvania https://t.co/EQLCjXZGe6 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Some crimes can be forgotten: @CassSunstein via @BV https://t.co/slA9rk5Uqw — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

Tonight, @HarvardBooks ! https://t.co/r2kuix0kyO — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

Investigator sued along with Northwestern University by exonerated ex-inmate files $20M countersuit https://t.co/AmgJx2OtaO — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Privatization of meat Inspections will increase corruption, threaten food safety: Kaitlin Beach '17 https://t.co/u3fuNgZSum @AnticorruptBlog — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

Disbarred Illinois lawyer gets 57 months in mortgage-rescue fraud case https://t.co/g3rBRkKFa8 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

GPS tracker put assassin on lawyer’s trail, but also helped catch the suspects, feds testify https://t.co/te1tR5bIgY — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Husch Blackwell merges with Wisconsin law firm https://t.co/tSkuZUIHXO — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Texas judge won’t bend to DA’s jeans-days policy https://t.co/S5BsCJtPeR — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Bonnie Docherty on @NPR : Autonomous killer robots must be stopped before humanity crosses a "moral threshold." https://t.co/Wuf0VVwcyn — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

Watch now: Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law Maggie McKinley at #RadNative https://t.co/zWt9jBSQeT — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

Faculty senate at George Mason expresses ‘deep concern’ about renaming law school for Scalia https://t.co/J0vCTLp4dm — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

More law firms help associates find lenders to refinance student debt; will firms help pay? https://t.co/LXObCORrJ5 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Lawsuit Will Decide Who Owns 'Star Trek' Language Klingon Paramount Pictures holds the copyright to Klingon, spoken by some characters in "Star Trek." The Language Creation Society is arguing Klingon is a real language, and is therefore not copyrightable. Read more on NPR

Watch #10QuestionsLive with Julianne Walsh, a one-time big firm lawyer turned #SAHM turned high-tech lawyer. — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2016

Did you miss it? Watch @scrawford ’s talk on why the right digital decisions will make America strong https://t.co/HEYSg1SMU5 @berkmancenter — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2016

Lessons from a post-9/11 world: Law School instructor advocates for torture survivors https://t.co/fsA1biV7My http://pic.twitter.com/udPK0T27rI — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 28, 2016

Judge says she didn’t know Muslim woman’s scarf was a religious statement, not a fashion statement https://t.co/onDaZLfJmH — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Top Florida court strikes state statute that paid worker’s comp lawyer $1.53 per hour https://t.co/T3Y7QGVoF7 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Click here https://t.co/G8gSXn5AjI to watch #10QuestionsLive with Julianne Walsh, a 5-year #SAHM now back at work. http://pic.twitter.com/nHO485q3uu — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Click here https://t.co/G8gSXn5AjI to watch #10QuestionsLive with Julianne Walsh, a 5-year #SAHM who bounced back. http://pic.twitter.com/pxMmxIvUDC — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Elevate Services acquires Legal OnRamp https://t.co/NYzB8EXUwl — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

As ‘deeply flawed’ revised persuader rule takes effect, ABA joins in effort to block it https://t.co/36njY7n1W3 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

LGBT Activists Criticize Tennessee Law Allowing Therapists To Refuse Patients Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill allowing therapists to refuse patients if the therapists have "sincerely held principles" to consider. LGBT advocates say the law would make it harder for gays and lesbians to get counseling. Read more on NPR

Inside A Georgia Immigration Court, One Man Fights To Stay With His Family Thousands of immigrants go through the Lumpkin, Ga., immigration court yearly. More than 97 percent of them lose and are deported. NPR follows the case of one man whose lawyer thinks he has a shot at winning. Read more on NPR

Two Harvard Law students chosen for @FASPEnews international ethics fellowship program https://t.co/A3V1I9iKHr http://pic.twitter.com/Jafuo4KpGS — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 28, 2016

Indictment claims criminal defense lawyer coerced sex with nine court-appointed clients https://t.co/RNyNbqcErf — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Authorities Arrest 3 People Connected To One Of The San Bernardino Killers The brother of gunman Syed Rizwan Farook was among those taken into custody over what federal prosecutors say was a conspiracy involving a "sham marriage." Read more on NPR

IP litigator says she was startled to find that her art forgery article had been plagiarized online https://t.co/86DG3PIYpB — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

A New Look At Thomas Jefferson: Listen to @agordonreed on @RadioBoston https://t.co/mnKTRI10EY — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 28, 2016

Suit blames Snapchat’s speed tracker for high-speed auto accident https://t.co/vRlSad7qYD — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

BigLaw firm seeks $3.7M from attorney’s estate, says he intentionally filed ‘bogus case’ https://t.co/rJddIDPLZu — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Ex-Reserve Deputy Who Confused Gun With Taser, Killing Suspect, Is Convicted Robert Bates, a volunteer with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma, killed Eric Harris in a sting operation last year. The jury found him guilty of second-degree manslaughter. Read more on NPR

The Examiner isn’t liable for infringing content posted by its independent contractors, court says https://t.co/6rqPPQO2pr — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Baltimore Police Chief Discusses Shooting Of Boy Carrying Replica Pistol Police Commissioner Kevin Davis says detectives mistook the replica for a real gun and describes the boy's injuries as non-fatal. The shooting happened on the anniversary of Freddie Gray's funeral. Read more on NPR

“Part of the role of the modern lawyer & advocate is to be an effective communicator.” Alan Jenkins https://t.co/oLE25UuYSi @Opportunity1 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 28, 2016

Those in charge of Prince estate face ‘horribly speculative’ task of valuing publicity rights https://t.co/pbg2iigMaE — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Law authorizing garbage inspections for composting scofflaws violates privacy rights, judge rules https://t.co/l9nseP4Jx9 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Law firm claims its First Amendment rights were violated when judge banned its nursing home ad https://t.co/Ie1yHr8fLd — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Register for 10 Questions Live with Julianne Walsh https://t.co/zjVMCX0S1I , mom back at work https://t.co/x64JZX3DTf http://pic.twitter.com/2lberOFckJ — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Oral sex with intoxicated, unconscious person isn’t a crime, state high court rules https://t.co/lBoRzMuRoL — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

If your husband tells you he regained his law license, check it out, Georgia lawyer learns https://t.co/OutgRagQuL — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2016

Tomorrow at 10am : A Conversation with Senator George Mitchell https://t.co/maco1gtdLU http://pic.twitter.com/vjOXcwVTyT — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 28, 2016

Robert Sitkoff on private law: “If you’re a lawyer, and this is what you do, this is essential for civil society.” https://t.co/Hsm6B75Vas — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 28, 2016