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ABC 7 Denver News reports that the task force established to determine how to regulate marijuana in Colorado after the passage of Amendment 64 has no plans to create any laws dictating marijuana consumption in child custody cases.… MORE
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Michigan Law has created an online calculator called the "Debt Wizard" that helps current and prospective law students better understand their student loan obligations and how their perspective career paths may impact them financially… MORE
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Responding to a 6-3 supreme court decision that invalidated a legislative initiative requiring a two-thirds vote for tax increases, three Republican senators proposed a bill that would eliminate four justices from the nine-member court, citing the… MORE
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Arizona’s house of representatives passed a bill that would increase from three to five the minimum number of candidates a nominating commission sends to the governor for each judicial vacancy. The constitution calls for the commission to submit at… MORE
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Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Advisory Committee member Paul Lippe recently spoke to the “Deans Workshop for ABA Approved Schools,” and, while that meeting was off the record, he proposes new ideas and frameworks for changing the current… MORE
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The United States District Court for the District of Colorado announced proposed amendments to its Local Rules on March 7, 2013. The proposed amendments are few, but include an amendment to D.C.COLO.LCivR 1.1 to include a section on "Pilot Programs… MORE
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The Business Insider has compiled a list of the 9 most costly cities for divorcees. The list considered each city's average fee rate for divorce attorneys in addition to the financial impact of each state's different spousal… MORE
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Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson of the Texas Supreme Court issued his State of the Judiciary message on March 6. In his remarks, Chief Justice Jefferson, who is also member of the Quality Judges Initiative O'Connor Advisory Committee, called for… MORE
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The house of representatives approved with a 78-14 vote a proposed constitutional amendment that would alter the process for selecting Tennessee's appellate judges. The senate approved the measure 29-2 in February. The legislature also approved the… MORE
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Last week, IAALS Associate Executive Director Karen J. Mathis was presented with the Community Service Award by the University of Denver. As part of the DU Founders Day celebration, Karen and five other award honorees spent an intimate evening with… MORE