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Watch: The 2020 Scalia Lecture with Professor Mary Ann Glendon, "Who Needs Foreign Law?" https://t.co/kWa4eNyWFm — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) May 1, 2020

At least a dozen more large and midsized law firms cut pay and furloughed employees in the past week because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But it’s not nearly enough, according to a former #BigLaw lawyer who once worked as a consultant. https://t.co/8UuM4sBBWq #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Kg0kC3YmlV — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) May 1, 2020

Adam Banner on the "Grey's Anatomy" treatment of sex assault: "This has been one of the most challenging installments I’ve written over the almost three years the ABA Journal has been publishing my column on law and pop culture." https://t.co/in60iCxpPO #COVID19 @OKCDefenseLaw pic.twitter.com/VKfoqyc9IW — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) May 1, 2020

Afternoon Briefs: The 10th Circuit has struck down a voter ID law; social distancing could mean long elevator lines for lawyers returning to work. https://t.co/6YjusoQoYb — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

On Friday, a federal appeals court recognized gender as a legal basis for granting asylum. An amicus brief by @HLS_Immigration largely formed the basis of its ruling https://t.co/PSndzdosG5 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2020

Some law firms will die without quick cuts, says a former senior partner at a consulting group; which ones acted this past week? https://t.co/wXpIEeJV7u #COVID19 #BigLaw — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

Nancy Gertner, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, and David Barron named members of the 2020 @americanacad class https://t.co/UdI3RyCliO — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2020

"Your first final exams are coming up, 1Ls! It’s time to mind your minutes, study the past, start formulating answers, and pay attention to your professors – and get that first good grade." @ladylegalwriter offers advice for legal exams: https://t.co/82fYbTPY31 — American Bar Association (@ABAesq) April 29, 2020

This year marks the 30th anniversary of @ABARuleofLaw . Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses the impact ROLI has made around the world: pic.twitter.com/fNzjZpzseC — American Bar Association (@ABAesq) April 30, 2020

Tomorrow, the ABA observes #LawDay , celebrating the #LawDay2020 theme “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The #19thAmendment at 100.” Read @ABAPresident Martinez' statement. https://t.co/Hv6FILyjmM — ABA News (@ABANews) April 30, 2020

Contact tracing measures the strength of a users’ Bluetooth signal, and allows people who have contracted the virus to voluntarily report to public health authorities. Some privacy advocates and legal experts are still apprehensive: https://t.co/iqEi0ovzAq — American Bar Association (@ABAesq) April 30, 2020

With a little help from their at-home photographers, HLS professors share what teaching classes via Zoom looks like https://t.co/QiCdaWJaVb pic.twitter.com/CqYNPX96lf — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 30, 2020

Law in Popular Culture: The "Grey's Anatomy" treatment of sexual assault hits home during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Oklahoma lawyer Adam Banner. https://t.co/OM2TvOmW0s #COVID19 @OKCDefenseLaw — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

50 ways to market your practice: Here's a tip from Gyi Tsakalakis, president of AttorneySync - Provide excellent client-centric service. Read the story here: https://t.co/ogxPP3OZH0 @gyitsakalakis @AttorneySync #legalmarketing #50waystomarketyourpractice pic.twitter.com/UBRXO2uHM8 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

The Caselaw Access Project ( https://t.co/Y7toNTOq9Z ) is nominated in the 24th Annual Webby Awards. We're honored to be nominated alongside friends and colleagues. Share your vote in the category Websites: Law 📣 https://t.co/zFGOV6aQhs pic.twitter.com/yigBOSi0Iy — Caselaw Access Project (@caselawaccess) April 29, 2020

See the video: A BigLaw firm associate sings and raps a stay-at-home hero song. https://t.co/U4vOykBDYP #BigLaw #COVID19 @HoganLovells @RocketSurgeonGo — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

A second lawmaker has sued over the stay-at-home order in Illinois; a first plaintiff won a limited temporary restraining order. https://t.co/tDHYRXSPZM #COVID19 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

Want to provide COVID-19 pro bono help? Try this new portal launched by the ABA and Paladin. https://t.co/1enEBvZEmM #probono #COVID19 @ABAesq @ABAYLD @JoinPaladin — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

Thank you for sharing, @bobambrogi ! We're thrilled to be working on such an important initiative to increase #accesstojustice by #poweringprobono ✊🏼 https://t.co/v8u9WhR7a4 — Paladin (@JoinPaladin) April 30, 2020

Amid #COVID19 , ABA Young Lawyers Division ( @ABAYLD ) and justice technology company Paladin ( @JoinPaladin ) launch disaster relief #probono portal to provide free legal services: https://t.co/NAvdJb4ctw — ABA News (@ABANews) April 30, 2020

There's still time to register for the today's (April 30) 11 am EST (15:00 UTC) session with @victor_madrigal on the COVID-19 impact on LGBT and gender diverse persons. Learn more and register here: https://t.co/3w7kuSLolR — Human Rights Program (@HarvardLawHRP) April 30, 2020

Out of pace with reality? PACER's flaws run counter to original its purpose of increasing access to the law. https://t.co/7d1zU9nYG8 #accesstojustice @Territoryone — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

Attorneys For Michael Flynn Say Newly Unsealed Documents Prove FBI Entrapment The emails and handwritten notes show that in early 2017, FBI officials debated whether to show the national security adviser their evidence against him or withhold it and get him to lie. Read more on NPR

According to Formal Opinion 491, a new ethics opinion from the ABA, a lawyer cannot simply turn a blind eye by claiming he or she wasn’t positive that the client was involved in criminal activity. https://t.co/vH4h8u8JNO #ethics @ABAesq pic.twitter.com/ASPwtXL0Gn — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

Many smaller law firms applied for loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program, and many are still waiting. 90% of 75 surveyed managing partners at small and midsized firms said they had applied for a forgivable loan under the program. https://t.co/QjYBtYIKSG #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/1lAAlizZrE — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday a federal aid bill for state & local governments should make the money contingent on states providing liability protection to businesses & hospitals providing services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/W39AHx5VhL #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/zGVfim35pv — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 30, 2020

The Ohio Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended a lawyer accused of transferring more than $147,000 from the accounts of a mentally ill client, although he and his law firm were only owed about $19,000. https://t.co/ACrI9DIOjl #ethics pic.twitter.com/S5BhzBy8iw — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Your Voice: "In my view, it is a bicultural legal world that we should strive to create: a world in which the big ideas of academia are delivered to practitioners in a form they can consume." https://t.co/9WQ8P5WvcA #YourVoice @LouisvilleLaw pic.twitter.com/DktedPpfNs — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

For the first time in recent memory, #SCOTUS will be holding oral arguments in May, and for the first time ever, they will be by telephone. Because of the #COVID19 pandemic, oral arguments were canceled in the Supreme Court in March and April. https://t.co/9lwrtMq9Lm @BerkeleyLaw pic.twitter.com/677ASQ6Mn5 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Jeena Cho: "Law firms are increasingly offering mindfulness and meditation training to their lawyers; in some states, lawyers can even get CLE credit for them as part of a wellness requirement." https://t.co/wf9BRXtzln #OnWellbeing #WellnessWednesday @Jeena_Cho @AnxiousLawyer — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Is a client using your legal services to commit a crime? A new ethics opinion outlines your duty to inquire. https://t.co/O00jxPHC1f #ethics — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

New CleanLaw! @JodyFreemanHLS speaks with Alex Griswold of @HUCEnvironment about the Trump era rollbacks, and why she remains optimistic we can do better. https://t.co/8K4X3IwNop — HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program (@HarvardEELP) April 29, 2020

Afternoon Briefs: A California lawyer has been charged in a mask-markup plot; another remote LSAT has been scheduled because of the novel coronavirus. https://t.co/wQTXhr91yF #COVID19 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Mark Tushnet examines FDR’s 1937 attempt to pack the Court, and the prospects for increasing the number of justices https://t.co/jDGT2N1Ayc — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2020

Many law firms that have applied for paycheck protection loans are still waiting. And one Texas lawyer has sued. https://t.co/83acUXm2bH #COVID19 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

50 ways to market your practice: Here's a tip from @AdamCamras , the CEO of @LegalTalkNet - Provide excellent client-centric service - Your phone and email inbox are an ATM. Read the story here: https://t.co/ogxPP3OZH0 #legalmarketing #50waystomarketyourpractice pic.twitter.com/lloO3xWCv0 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Even better-create your own story helping the many poor+near poor, disabled+marginalized in need w/pro bono case or https://t.co/bAoR9Lp3AQ . Now there’s a happy ending. @ABAesq @ABACtrProBono @abalsd @ABAYLD @ABAhod https://t.co/nyyD39vX4G — Judy Perry Martinez (@ABAPresident) April 25, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has many businesses trying to determine their legal rights when it comes to their contractual obligations: https://t.co/UQEoGIZDIy — American Bar Association (@ABAesq) April 28, 2020

#ReadAllAboutIt : Check out Vol. 45, Issue 2 of the award-winning Human Rights Magazine! This issue covers the latest on #immigration , featuring articles by @ABAPresident , @RepJudyChu , @FaizaPatelBCJ , @JessTherkelsen , @DeborahAnker , and more! Read it HERE: https://t.co/6MKI2dSjCJ pic.twitter.com/schGd4qsUx — ABA Civil Rights & Social Justice (@ABA_CRSJ) April 29, 2020

Only weeks after coronavirus began spreading, a host of class actions had already been filed in relation to the virus: https://t.co/GQ4JNfv9Pn — American Bar Association (@ABAesq) April 29, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said a COVID-19 aid bill must include a liability shield for businesses and hospitals. https://t.co/XaPLsl0iJe #COVID19 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Mark Roe and John Coates weigh on on what could be done to lower the chances of a U.S. bankruptcy backlog and how other corporate governance challenges posed by COVID-19 should be handled https://t.co/srsBQ2eMmD @jciv — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) April 29, 2020

New CleanLaw! @JodyFreemanHLS speaks with @HUCEnvironment director Daniel Schrag about the Trump administration environmental rollbacks that are most troubling, and why she's still optimistic that we can do better. https://t.co/bUmxz0WOTD — HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program (@HarvardEELP) April 29, 2020

An Ohio lawyer has been indefinitely suspended for stealing from a mentally ill client and charging his legal rate for lawn mowing services. https://t.co/3gHoTgCB3N #ethics — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Law practice vs. legal academia: Can we build a bicultural world? https://t.co/OZdveU09AJ #YourVoice @LouisvilleLaw — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

Chemerinsky: It's going to be an unusual May in the U.S. Supreme Court. https://t.co/5JgqAJ7XKr #SCOTUS @BerkeleyLaw — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

A Texas law firm has to comply with an Internal Revenue Service summons seeking information about any clients that created overseas accounts and entities, according to a federal appeals court. https://t.co/jan3NtBVTm pic.twitter.com/otLrDr97q2 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

A New Jersey superior court judge can sue her assignment judge and other court officials for alleged constitutional and statutory violations, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. https://t.co/sL2rBEq4X0 #ethics pic.twitter.com/cxvVUEqgqH — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 29, 2020

The Texas Supreme Court has vacated a $177,000 sanction against a prominent lawyer accused of commissioning a telephone survey before a trial that was intended to influence potential jurors rather than gauge community attitudes. https://t.co/bYVGq39kSe #ethics pic.twitter.com/9j35sVb5Bf — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2020

“It’s been about learning to be more flexible with clients,” says Daniel Barragan, a second-year law student at the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, regarding how the novel coronavirus pandemic changed his clinical work. https://t.co/m54hvxYavT #LegalEducation #COVID19 @sfw70II pic.twitter.com/xXiyTsYnhf — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2020

“What you did is the most important factor in these cases,” says Michael S. Frisch, ethics counsel and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. https://t.co/YvIBhNXRNP #ethics #practicematters — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 28, 2020