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Private Voluntary Bar Association Has First Amendment Right to Discriminate Based on Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation

Dec. 20's N.J. appellate court decision in Saadeh v. N.J. State Bar Ass'n (opinion by Judge Allison Accurso, joined by… The post Private Voluntary Bar Association Has First Amendment Right to Discriminate Based on Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation appeared first on Reason.com.

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Advocates boycott court in Walajah for not whitewashing their chambers

Bar Association members in Walajah boycott court proceedings due to whitewashing delay and proposed taluk-level courts.

The Hindu

Advocates protest against implementation of A.P. Land Titling Act

Tirupati Bar Association protests against Andhra Pradesh Land Titling Act 2023, halting court duties & taking out procession.

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Knesset Advances Bill To Reduce Power Of The Israel Bar Association

The Knesset passed in a preliminary reading a bill to transfer authority of the Israel Bar Association to a new public council

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Qld youth crime 'doesn't justify' rights override

Queensland's Human Rights Commission, Law Society and Bar Association have major concerns with proposed laws targeting children who commit crimes.

AAP

Parkland school shooter’s attorney under investigation

The Florida Bar association has launched an investigation into one of the Parkland school shooter’s attorneys, who appeared at one point to raise her middle finger at a camera amid the dramatic and devastating legal proceedings.

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UN Warns against Obstructing Political Settlement in Sudan

The United Nations, Sudanese civil society and Western countries have warned supporters of the regime of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir against obstructing a political settlement in the country. They strongly rejected an attack on the Bar Association in Khartoum, considering it an attempt to sabotage the planned political process.…

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Bashir Supporters Attack Headquarters of Sudan Bar Association after its Dissolution

A group of lawyers loyal to the regime of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir attacked on Tuesday the headquarters of Bar Association in an attempt to seize it. The attack was sparked by a decision to dissolve the Association’s steering committee, which had recently developed a proposal for a transitional…

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Sudan’s Military Agrees on Transitional Draft Constitution, Voices Some Reservations

Sudan's opposition Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) revealed that unofficial contacts were underway with army leaders to negotiate a solution to the political crisis in the country. It revealed in a statement on Wednesday the military’s approval of a constitutional document proposed by the Bar Association but expressed reservations…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudanese authorities launch cases against newspaper, bar association

Sudan's public prosecution has launched legal proceedings against a prominent newspaper and the bar association, triggering complaints that authorities are trying to restrict basic freedoms‮ ‬nearly a year after a coup.

Reuters

Bihar: Scuffle breaks out between two groups over social media post supporting Nupur Sharma

A scuffle broke out between two groups in Bihar's Arrah in Bhojpur district, allegedly, over a social media post on suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lawyers accuse State government of discrimination

Bar association members accuse State government of discrimination, protest against shifting of consumer forum

The Hindu

Partisan balance of Illinois Supreme Court in play in races for seats once held by Kilbride and Thomas

Four Republicans and three Democrats are vying for the seat previously held for two decades by retired Justice (and former Chicago Bear) Bob Thomas in the 2nd District, which was redrawn to cover a large part of northeastern Illinois, including DeKalb, Kendall, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties.

Chicago Sun-Times

Australian, Canadian judges to stay on Hong Kong top court

Hong Kong (AFP) - Australian and Canadian judges confirmed Thursday they will stay on Hong Kong's top court after two senior British justices resigned to avoid endorsing China's crackdown on political freedoms in the financial hub.

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Judge warns lawyers of contempt of court proceedings for disrupting court functioning

According to judge, the police official who asked Ms. Prasad to stop the performance acted in excess of his instructions

Reuters

Hong Kong leader rejects barrister nominee to sensitive judges panel, appoints another

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam rejected a Bar Association nominee to a discreet panel that selects the city's judges, according to a statement on Friday from the barristers' body, appointing instead the Bar's new chairman in an unprecedented switch.

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The Honourable Dyson Heydon AC QC: the case for the prosecution

‘Honourable’ is not a word most Australians would associate with the former judge, but despite his disgrace his titles and honours remain.

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Ex-chief of Hong Kong barristers says he left city after police interview

A British human rights lawyer and former head of Hong Kong's Bar Association said he left the city on Tuesday evening, hours after China's state-backed media said he was summoned to a local police station and interviewed by national security police.

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Gujarat HC raps Inspector for laxity during virtual hearing

Chief Justice orders police officer to supply beverage to Bar Association after he was caught sipping a drink

Reuters

Hong Kong leader delays filling post, raising questions about judiciary's independence

Hong Kong's leader has left open for more than five months a seat on the panel that selects the city's judges, three lawyers familiar with the situation said.

AFP

No more politics for Hong Kong barristers, says new Bar chief

Hong Kong (AFP) - The newly elected leader of Hong Kong barristers said Thursday that his profession should avoid politics and build closer ties to mainland China, as concerns grow about rule of law in the financial hub.

Reuters

New leader of Hong Kong barristers vows to defend rule of law

The new head of Hong Kong's Bar Association pledged on Thursday to defend the Chinese-ruled territory's vaunted rule of law amid concerns over the impact of a Beijing-imposed national security law on the Asian financial hub.

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