Legal Technology.com Reports US law firms McDermott Will & Emery and Akin both announced yesterday (30 September) that they have appointed directors of AI, becoming the latest firms to create and fill this new role. Akin announced that Jeff Westcott has rejoined the firm as director of practice technology & AI innovation, where he will focus on leveraging AI
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Canada: Faculty strike: McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students
By Sean
MONTREAL — McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can’t reach an agreement with a faculty union that has been on strike since August, but the union says it won’t back down. The university says it will drop its legal challenge of the faculty’s…
UK Media Report: Window-smashing yob targets Stoke-on-Trent solicitors in 4am wrecking spree
By Sean
A yob was caught after smashing the windows of a Stoke-on-Trent business in the middle of the night. The alarm was raised at 4am after the vandal targeted Stevens Solicitors in Longton. Photos from the scene in Uttoxeter Road show the downstairs windows have since been boarded up following Sunday’s wrecking spree. Now Staffordshire Police have confirmed that…
Celebratory event marks 75 years of women King’s Counsel in England and Wales
By Sean
UK Law Society Gazette More than 350 women KCs and judges came together in the Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice to mark 75 years since women first became King’s Counsel. The celebratory event was organised by Mrs Justice McGowan, who took silk in 2001 and is number 120 on the list; Mrs…
Post Office lawyers still ‘defending the indefensible’, former chair tells inquiry
By Sean
The UK Law Society Gazette The recently-departed chair of the Post Office has said there remained ‘lingering distrust’ of postmasters within the company even this year. Such sceptics, Henry Staunton told the Post Office Inquiry today, included lawyers still working for the organisation who were still commissioning investigations based on questionable data as recently as last…
Attend This Event To Learn About The People’s Parity Project (UK) “a community of legal professionals and students committed to building a more just and equitable legal system”
By Sean
People’s Parity Project (PPP) is a community of legal professionals and students committed to building a more just and equitable legal system—and we want YOU to join us! That’s why we’re holding an info session on Monday, October 7th at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT to explore what it means to become part of the movement. Why Join…
USA: Study By Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys analyzes all 50 states to determine which has the least reliable legal systems
By Sean
A new study by Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys analyzed all 50 states to determine which have the least reliable legal systems, using three primary metrics: the justice index (measuring fairness and efficiency, lower justice index score represents a less reliable system), the language access index (reflecting services for non-English speakers), and the number of lawyers per 100,000 people. Ultimately, these metrics formed a composite score, scaled…
Pakistan: Lawyer arrested for misbehaving with Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa
By Sean
Mustafain Kazmi had warned SC that 500 PTI lawyers were prepared to oppose any ruling against the party Tayyab Mustafain Kazmi, a lawyer involved in an outburst against Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa during a Supreme Court hearing yesterday, was arrested by Islamabad police on Thursday. Kazmi was taken into custody from F-7/4 and transferred to the…
Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison for receiving illegal gifts
By Sean
A first in Singapore KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean Cabinet minister was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran had pleaded guilty last week to…
Roll On Friday: Former DWF partner (and Methodist preacher) caught in paedo sting struck off
By Sean
A former DWF partner has been struck off the roll after he was convicted of attempting to communicate with an underage person for the purpose of sexual gratification. David Storry Walton, 68, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court in September 2023 to a charge of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. The court sentenced…