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Father And Son Charged With Murder In Ahmaud Arbery Killing Are Denied Bond "I'm relieved they'll stay behind bars," Arbery's mother said. She had asked a judge to keep the pair in jail, saying "Ahmaud wasn't allowed to go home. Ahmaud wasn't even allowed the chance to live." Read more on NPR

In her final speech before @ABAhod , outgoing ABA President Judy Perry Martinez recognized the burden the pandemic placed on the legal profession & urged a forceful response to racial injustice. https://t.co/P7sjKbBMfV #ABAAnnual #COVID19 @mreynoldswriter @amandasrobert @ABAesq — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

Teaching a class concentrated on two predominantly African American cemeteries, Tom Duckenfield ’89 helps uncover the stories of people who may have been forgotten but whose lives mattered https://t.co/WbbcNqGR5A — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) November 13, 2020

Legal Avenues Closing As Trump Lawsuits Meet With Defeat Or Dead Ends President Trump's campaign attempted a number of court challenges in states key to the result in the presidential race. Those efforts mostly have not gone well for the plaintiffs. Read more on NPR

Justice Alito: Pandemic Has Brought 'Unimaginable Restrictions' On Freedoms "It pains me to say this, but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right," the Supreme Court justice told the Federalist Society's annual National Lawyers Convention. Read more on NPR

Autumn on the Charles River. #HarvardInAutumn pic.twitter.com/J8hqfAKNOX — Harvard University (@Harvard) November 13, 2020

Cities And States Are Imposing New COVID-19 Restrictions. Experts Say It's Not Enough Areas across the country are implementing preventative measures such as curfews. Some experts are questioning whether these minor changes will be enough to control the virus. Read more on NPR

📣📣 Join BKC this Tuesday, Nov. 17 for “Red and Blue Realities: Political Discourse and the 2020 Election” with Rob Faris and Yochai Benkler, moderated by @JasmineMcNealy Learn more and register: https://t.co/FlA3nsqR04 — Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (@BKCHarvard) November 13, 2020

With Biden Ahead, Georgia Begins Hand Recount Of Nearly 5 Million Ballots "We don't want to be in a hurry and a rush because we want a very methodical process," said one election official as some Republicans continue leveling unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the election. Read more on NPR

COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings and worship services highlight a disturbing trend of "lawmaking by executive fiat," Justice Alito said at a Federal Society event that was held virtually due to the pandemic. https://t.co/H2M9uNJZvK — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

American Indian law is often completely absent from law school curricula. Sarah Sadlier '22 hopes to change this https://t.co/sNkjVYG4Ae #HarvardServes — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) November 13, 2020

Mon., Nov. 16: @LSCatHarvardLaw hosts the Disabled Americans Veterans Panel Discussion on Race, the Military, and Veterans. More info and registration: https://t.co/kdk1uRAXM5 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) November 13, 2020

"We need to treat racial injustice like we care. We need to treat it like it matters. And it is important that our law schools, like all ranks of society, reflect and celebrate the rich diversity of our communities." https://t.co/8kbeH61YPj #yourvoice #diversity @UHLawDean pic.twitter.com/Q5rHTRbXmi — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

Watch: @PetrieFlom 's "Nudging Organ Donation: Tools to Encourage Organ Availability" https://t.co/6RUub1CuaJ — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) November 13, 2020

“This new rule the Department of Labor has proposed would make it much harder to challenge independent contractor misclassification if courts were to follow this regulation,” says Shannon Liss-Riordan, a Boston partner at Lichten & Liss-Riordan. https://t.co/9PRaGIo6ZC @lylemoran pic.twitter.com/DBZR8ZEhqV — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

A federal lawsuit claims that Polsinelli agreed to represent an online pharmacy and its CEO under a $14 million flat-fee arrangement, then shifted more and more of the work to a law firm representing a co-defendant. https://t.co/rjUJyHPPpd pic.twitter.com/rpJWMT8I7P — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

The 1st Circuit Court on Thursday upheld #Harvard University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions. In a 2-0 decision, the appeals court said Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program does not violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. https://t.co/ExQ4u7xTeK #educationlaw pic.twitter.com/V9f91mjV2H — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

Lawyers representing President Donald Trump's campaign & the GOP are facing some close questioning by exasperated judges trying to pin them down on claims of election irregularities. The result: Lawyers repeatedly have been rebuked by judges. https://t.co/0o0UDzaTxC #electionlaw pic.twitter.com/2U6sohClhq — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) November 13, 2020

Now available at @edXOnline : Introduction to American Civics, based on our #ZeroL course for incoming law students https://t.co/pNne8t9pR8 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) November 12, 2020

A Look At Attorney General William Barr's Time In Office NPR discusses Attorney General William Barr's tenure and his actions as President Trump refuses to concede the election. Read more on NPR