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Legal Writing Is About To Get A Lot More Technical: Law school dean wants a novel program undergrads use to write papers without doing the reading to be added to the curriculum.

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At Some Point, Free Speech Became A Shorthand For "Let Republicans Say Whatever They Want": Just listen to this free-speech advocating 11th Circuit judge bemoan censorship on one hand and advocate for "speech codes" on the other. ....

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The Necessity of Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees: "Paid Leave Is Not a 'Perk'"


Over 2.6 million federal employees are not receiving paid leave for family caregiving, medical issues and military deployments. (Max Pixel / Creative Commons)
In 2019, the Senate passed The Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA), which permits federal workers up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave due to the birth, adoption or fostering of a child. This moment was “a huge step forward,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, at a recent hearing. “There were only two countries in the world the United States and Papua New Guinea that did not provide, at that time, paid leave for the birth of a child.” ....

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