Women made up about 38 percent of new partner classes at top law firms in 2019 trib.al/hLXA5zI

If the shutdown continues, the federal courts run out of money in one week! Here's what's expected to happen: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/th…

Oh my. I wish I didn't have to keep beating this drum... Lawyers: Learn to use the tools you have properly. Black squares and black highlighting are insufficient redacting tools. Why? You can still read the text under the black squares and highlights even if not on screen.

The Do-Not-Call Registry isn't operating during the partial government shutdown trib.al/AJpJUEq

Alternate plan: revive Schoolhouse Rock.

Female members of the Supreme Court tend to speak up first during oral arguments, possibly because they were more likely to be interrupted. Full story here: trib.al/oEA2dKm

The reporters best prepared to cover Trump and his administration are the ones who realize they are covering crime not politics.

👏 VACCINATE 👏 YOUR 👏 CHILDREN 👏

This response is a shocking concession that the government can’t easily find thousands of children it ripped from parents, and doesn’t even think it’s worth the time to locate each of them. We will be back in court on February 21.

This is a disaster in the making. U.S. News will essentially double down on the inequities it already creates given the way the law review submission process works. This is a terrible idea, even if well intentioned. taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2…

7 USC §7734 & 7 CFR §319.41b(c) make it a federal crime to import baled bundles of broomstraw unless each bundle's butt is exposed.

#blackhistoryinlaw On this day in 1919, the 1st Pan-African Congress assembled in Paris with 57 delegates from African and the USA. The Congress addressed common problems of colonialism and racism affecting all African natives, including Black American descendants of slaves.

More than 1 in 3 families headed by single women live in poverty in America. Elizabeth Warren proposed Universal Childcare yesterday. It's the one of the most quietly revolutionary measures against women and children in poverty and the gender pay gap in my lifetime.

Or possibly I am in hell. Either way *you need to indict Jared Kushner because he is a massive national security threat and you can easily do this by going after his security clearance lies*. FFS what you waiting for? The loss of our security and sovereignty? ALREADY HAPPENED!

A study published Monday finds that air pollution is disproportionately caused by white Americans' consumption of goods and services — but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic Americans. n.pr/2UuWPRT

BREAKING: Attorney General William Barr tonight directed immigration judges to deny bond hearings to asylum seekers. Our Constitution does not allow the government to lock up asylum seekers without basic due process. We'll see the administration in court. Again.

Airports would be 300% less soul-crushing if they had libraries

People is a word that can be used to describe persons indefinitely or collectively, regardless of their profession.

Good reminders as we head back to school. Saying our students names correctly is critical. kqed.org/mindshift/5218…

Impeach him. Impeach every lawless Trump official. They don’t care and never will until held accountable. This is a smash & grab presidency. We are not helpless: tell every Member of Congress.