#lawfedi — Public Fediverse posts
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There is a new toolkit
> to help law schools, law firms and other organisations design and develop effective partnerships and initiatives that widen access to the solicitors' profession for people from underrepresented backgrounds.
I don't know how many, if any, people who'd like to be a solicitor in England and Wales are in the fediverse, but if you are one of them, I'm always happy to find time to have a chat (audio or video, as you wish) about my experience, talk about "commercial awareness" etc.
(I can't offer placements, work experience/shadowing, and the like.)
https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/resources/equality-diversity/toolkit-partnerships-initiatives/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/117257996650784977
THURGOOD MARSHALL is the best Supreme Court Justice of my lifetime and who Bush/Reagan, in their sociopathic malice, substituted with CLARENCE THOMAS
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The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: math + OpenAI = beef; CA's governor passes AI bills; Flock deploys drones as first responders; over 100 million driver's license data has been breached; and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/math-problems/
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The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: math + OpenAI = beef; CA's governor passes AI bills; Flock deploys drones as first responders; over 100 million driver's license data has been breached; and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/math-problems/
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The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: math + OpenAI = beef; CA's governor passes AI bills; Flock deploys drones as first responders; over 100 million driver's license data has been breached; and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/math-problems/
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The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: math + OpenAI = beef; CA's governor passes AI bills; Flock deploys drones as first responders; over 100 million driver's license data has been breached; and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/math-problems/
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The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: math + OpenAI = beef; CA's governor passes AI bills; Flock deploys drones as first responders; over 100 million driver's license data has been breached; and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/math-problems/
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Today is World Wide Day of Genital Autonomy!
On this WWDOGA, let's review this resource guide from GALDEF:
Do Genital Mutilation Laws Protect Children Equally?
Six important legal questions for courts to considerThese are six key questions which are raised by the 2025 Equal Protection lawsuit Hadachek v. Oregon.
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Hi all! I studied computer science with a focus on RTOS and FP/PL, but I graduated law school earlier this year. I practice at a boutique firm that primarily handles IP cases. I foilboard and I play way too many rhythm games in and out of the arcade.
I contribute to open source projects where I can, and I write up my experience in my digital garden which I’ve been maintaining for 2 years now. It’s also a good place to find usage tips for projects/tools that you might want to use.
My passion for tech also includes privacy, and I’m an advocate for minimizing your digital footprint. GenAI is a scam and its purveyors are causing real harm while they sell it as hard as they can.
Follow me for: #selfhosting #digitalgardening #privacy #lawfedi #section230 #copyright #patents #rustlang #gleam #haskell #RSS #neovim #NixOS #zotero #tmux #alacritty #linux #egpu #qemu #arch #archlinux #GNOME #watches #watchmaking #obsidian #obsidianmd #thunderbird #fpv #mechkeys #mechkeeb #mechanicalkeyboard #matrix #signal #fido2 #passkeys #dancerushstardom
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📣 SSRN DROP
Currently "attending" the JURIX Workshop on AI and Access to Justice at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.¹
I'm remote, but @qsteenhuis is there in-person presenting a paper we wrote with @brycew on the use of LLMs to help with the drafting of guided interviews.
Weaving Pathways for Justice with GPT: LLM-driven automated drafting of interactive legal applications, up now on SSRN @ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4661195
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If you're into #LegalTech or know folks who are, please boost!!! Our annual hybrid conference is back in Boston & online! #LITCon2024 (4/8/24)
Focus: Practical AI in the Real World
Conference site: https://suffolklitlab.org/LITCon/2024
Get notification when registration opens: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3T4471XKgPYZ4dfU2_VV_KprFFDGqCbpE0hOV-ITJuBe_UQ/viewform
Pitch an idea for a rapid-fire talk: https://suffolklitlab.org/LITCon/2024/litbits/
Check out last year’s talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy6i9GFGw5GwuczR7PkFoaKDk2ic78loP
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EEOC Sues Over Refusal of Religious Accommodation to Christian from Vaccine Mandate http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2023/09/eeoc-sues-over-refusal-of-religious.html
This seems like an odd use of the EEOC's limited resources.
The Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which made it easier to seek religious accommodations at work under Title VII, invited lawsuits like this one.
I just didn't expect the EEOC to join in.
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There was also debate in #Groff about whether the calculus consider the effects on employees
The Court has held that "Impacts on coworkers are relevant only to the extent those impacts go on to affect the conduct of the business."
The Supreme Court in Groff also makes clear that hostility to a particular religion or religious accommodations is not the type of coworker impact that should be taken into consideration.
#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #TitleVII #religion #Law #lawFedi #Fedilaw
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Title VII requires that employers provide religious accomodations to their employees unless it imposes an "undue hardship"
Previously, that was interpreted leniently as anything more than a de minimus cost
test is more now rigorous, so more protection for religious employees
[The Supreme Court adopted neither side's standard.
One wanted to keep it the same & the other wanted to incorporate the ADA undue hardship standard. ]
#TitleVII #religion #Groff #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #law #LawFedi
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The second #SCOTUS opinion today is Groff v. DeJoy
It is unanimous
New standard: Title VII required unless "accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business"
Link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-174_k536.pdf
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In Groff v. DeJoy, an postal worker wanted Sundays off to observe his Sabbath, which forced coworkers to cover for him.
His employer refusedTitle VII requires that employers accommodate the religious needs of their employees unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship
The #SupremeCourt has in the past interpreted this standard leniently: “An ‘undue hardship’ is one that results in more than a de minimis cost to the employer.”
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Why wasn't SCOTUS all onboard given its record of privileging religion regardless of cost?
Maybe
One, it was a clash between two of its favorite things, religion and businessTwo, Kavanaugh observed there were religious interests on both sides, the Sabbath observer employee who felt compelled to go to church on Sunday and his coworkers who would cover him who might have wanted to go to church on Sunday.
#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Groff #TitleVII #FediLaw #Law #LawFedi #LawProf #employment
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Cert. Granted To Review Title VII "Undue Hardship" Test For Religious Accommodation https://buff.ly/3ZCIfdj
" In the case, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held that accommodating a Sunday sabbath observer by allowing him not to report for work on Sunday would cause an 'undue hardship'to the U.S. Postal Service. "
I always worry when the Supreme Court decides to hear a religion case
#ChristianNationalism #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #law #lawfedi #lawprof #religion #TitleVII #undueburden
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Christian School Teacher Fired for urging the school's principal to show acceptance and understanding of LGBT Students Files Suit http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2022/12/christian-school-teacher-fired-for.html
Not all religious claims are brought by conservatives.
#religion #religiousliberty #TitleVII #TitleIX #lawfedi #LGBTQ #law #lawprof