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As a disabled person, I find the campaign for assisted dying in the UK extremely worrying. No disability group in our country supports the move, which is perhaps why such [...]

Following the death at Alder Hey Hospital of little Alfie Evans, who had a rare neurological condition, Christina Odone recalled her brother Lorenzo, who at six years old developed a [...]

Even after she died in September 2020 at age 87, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg continued to give sexism the elbow. Tyler recalls Ginsburg visiting UC Berkeley when a student approached wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Notorious RBG" and Ginsburg's face framed by a lacy court collar and slightly lopsided crown. After Prelogar clerked for Ginsburg, she became an appellate litigator, arguing seven times in front of Ginsburg. "The reason I'm thinking of it", Prelogar says, "is because one thing that Justice Ginsburg was known for was mastering the facts of the case. [Extracted from the article]

To reach that verdict, the prosecutors had to nudge the jurors past any number of culturally ingrained misbeliefs about sexual assault victims: fallacies like "real" rape victims fight back. As Manhattan D.A. Vance stated afterward, "Rape is rape whether the survivor reports it within the next hour, within a year, or never at all. One count of first-degree rape and one count of third-degree rape arose from the alleged 2013 rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Thus, in order to obtain a conviction of predatory sexual assault, the jury would have to believe Sciorra's account of Weinstein barging into her home and raping her in 1993 in addition to finding him guilty of either or both of the first-degree charges against the original victims. [Extracted from the article]

It wasn't long ago that women and men who had been raped needed the bruises and cuts to prove the assault. A participant survey resulted in the NJEP publication Judges Tell: What I Wish I Had Known Before I Presided in an Adult Victim Sexual Assault Case, where they describe learning, for instance, that sexual assault is far more prevalent than the general public believes and that it's common for a victim to display a flat affect while testifying. "Judges have found this information very helpful in understanding victim behaviors that don't match common expectations about how sexual assault victims should behave during and after an assault", Schafran notes. [Extracted from the article]

The author presents her experience in attending the funeral of her uncle Martin D. Ginsburg. The topics discussed include the supported marriage that he had with wife, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the eulogy about him. Moreover, it also features the women's rights, gender equality, and the legacy of his uncle.

The article discusses the political experiences and political activities of writers such as G. K. Chesterton and Winston Churchill.

The article focuses on women lawyers and their role in several areas of law. Topics discussed include role of women lawyers in Intellectual Property Law; views of Antoinette Konski, an intellectual property (IP) lawyer, on passion for law; role of women in sports law; and other law areas which include Energy Law and Construction Law.

The article discusses sexism and harassment issues typically experienced by women lawyers in the profession with the backdrop of the "Better Call Saul" television (TV) series from the AMC network. Topics include the reference to the Kimberly Wexler character in the TV series, demotion to document reviewer position in the Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill law firm as well as corporate law portrayal alluded to by "New York Times" reporter David Segal.

The article presents information related to Immigration Justice Corps, founded by Robert Katzmann, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in SSeptember2014. It is mentioned that Executive Director Rachel B.Tiven, a lawyer, hopes the IJC will have a comparable effect on law school graduates just as the 27-year-old Skadden Fellowship Program made the pursuit of public interest law.

The article focuses on the lack of awareness about the legal issues which can arise in a school administration and the behavior of school employees. It discusses how an education lawyer representing educational institutions in legal proceeding, counseling school board and teachers on the laws and school district's rules of legal policies of school like the Smart Snack Standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The article offers information on racial injustice focusing on the incident of police killing of Black men at Minnseota. The system of criminal justice and how it can protect children of color is mentioned. Also mentioned is the incident in which a 17-year-old, unarmed, African American high school student, was shot in Florida in 2012 by a neighborhood watch coordinator. It highlights a law related to public school driver's education courses on how to interact with police officers.

The article discusses the discriminatory comment of lawyer Camilo Salas to lawyer Dora Monserrate-Peñagaricano during a hearing in March 15, 2017. Topics mention including examining of cases from the perspective such as types of cases, type of client and type of practice setting, women were underrepresented in the lead counsel roles and majority of men than women are most likely to serve as a lead counsel in the civil cases.

The article focuses on the life of television actor and host Trevor Noah when he was a child during the apartheid era in South Africa before he became a comedian and the host of commentary television program "The Daily Show" in the U.S.

The article focuses on the experience of actor Idris Elba inside a penitentiary on South Africa's Robben Island where former President Nelson Mandela was held to prepare for his role in the film "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" and his portrayal as a detective in the television series "Luther."

The article offers an update on the event "Outlander: From Scotland to Paris" held by the Television Academy in New York City on April 5, 2016.

The article reflects on American television and film producer Betsy Beers who discusses producing the American medical drama television series "Grey's Anatomy", working in film production, and serving as president of the entertainment firm Mark Gordon Co.

The article presents an interview with the journalist Fareed Zakaria who discusses U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslim immigration, interviewing U.S. President Barack Obama, and hosting a television show as compared to working in print.