/tags/lawyers lawyers en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:08:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-12/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-continue-to-face-obstacles-to-meet-with-lawyers-court-papers-allege The filings say detainees are often transferred just before scheduled lawyer visits, denying them legal representation. The new court papers were filed a week after a federal appellate court allowed the facility to continue operations by staying a lower court's injunction ordering the center to wind down. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:08:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-12/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-continue-to-face-obstacles-to-meet-with-lawyers-court-papers-allege Mike Schneider | The Associated Press /news/national-politics/2022-09-07/the-midterm-elections-need-workers-teens-veterans-and-lawyers-are-stepping-up Some election officials are sending the call out to high school students, veterans and lawyers to help staff the elections. But COVID and the political climate are making it harder to recruit. Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:00:52 GMT /news/national-politics/2022-09-07/the-midterm-elections-need-workers-teens-veterans-and-lawyers-are-stepping-up Hansi Lo Wang /news/2022-07-29/clarence-thomas-drops-out-of-teaching-a-law-class-after-students-protested Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the George Washington University law school received calls to drop Thomas and cancel the seminar he taught. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:44:34 GMT /news/2022-07-29/clarence-thomas-drops-out-of-teaching-a-law-class-after-students-protested Ayana Archie /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-08-31/sometimes-lawyers-can-improve-a-patients-health-when-doctors-cant Putting lawyers in medical clinics — sometimes funded by Medicaid — is based on the idea that fixing some legal woes can be vital to good medical care. Emerging evidence suggests that works. Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:23:03 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-08-31/sometimes-lawyers-can-improve-a-patients-health-when-doctors-cant Jakob Rodgers /news/2019-11-08/pioneering-black-lawyer-w-george-allen-dies-at-83 W. George Allen, a hugely influential figure in Broward history and its black community, has died, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 83.In 1962, Allen… Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:13:09 GMT /news/2019-11-08/pioneering-black-lawyer-w-george-allen-dies-at-83 David Hayes /news/2019-08-09/miami-prosecutors-just-got-sizable-raises-will-broward-counterparts-get-them-too To stem the exodus of poorly paid state-funded prosecutors and defense attorneys, Florida lawmakers earlier this year passed a law mandating starting pay… Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:39:16 GMT /news/2019-08-09/miami-prosecutors-just-got-sizable-raises-will-broward-counterparts-get-them-too David Ovalle /2018-04-10/does-fbi-raid-on-trump-lawyer-cohen-mean-attorney-client-privilege-is-dead President Trump complained that investigators have violated a fundamental part of the legal system, but there are exemptions to the well-known privilege between lawyers and clients. Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:41:00 GMT /2018-04-10/does-fbi-raid-on-trump-lawyer-cohen-mean-attorney-client-privilege-is-dead Ryan Lucas /2018-03-07/pro-bono-attorneys-may-soon-be-able-to-avoid-disclosing-expert-witnesses-to-prosecutor A Tallahassee defense lawyer finds it absurd that he has to disclose which experts he might call on in his case to the prosecutor. Current legal... Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:41:59 GMT /2018-03-07/pro-bono-attorneys-may-soon-be-able-to-avoid-disclosing-expert-witnesses-to-prosecutor Ryan Dailey /news/2017-07-10/south-floridian-takes-reins-as-florida-bar-president Lawyers in Florida have a new leader - Michael Higer, a South Floridian has taken over as the Florida Bar's 69th president.Higer is in his first month of… Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:50:38 GMT /news/2017-07-10/south-floridian-takes-reins-as-florida-bar-president /news/2017-03-18/how-many-people-represent-themselves-in-court-lawyers-are-trying-to-figure-that-out How many people in South Florida represent themselves in court? How many people don’t have access a lawyer?The short answer is we don’t know, but an… Sat, 18 Mar 2017 13:38:50 GMT /news/2017-03-18/how-many-people-represent-themselves-in-court-lawyers-are-trying-to-figure-that-out