Judge Gave Drug Dealer a Second Chance. 16 Years Later He Swears Him In As a Lawyer
Bruce Morrow, a Detroit judge, gave crack dealer Edward Martell a second chance. Now he's a lawyer.
Bruce Morrow, a Detroit judge, gave crack dealer Edward Martell a second chance. Now he's a lawyer.
ChatGPT even quoted specific sections of the New York rent stabilization code and posited that the rent increase was retaliatory.
The year was 1998, and Malaysian lawyer Ahmad Zaharil was concerned when he saw a woman charged with shoplifting brought into the court.
She had no idea that she was targeted along with a suite of other illegal online vendors in an October lawsuit filed in a court in Illinois.
Peter Park took on California's bar exam, widely considered the nation's toughest along with Delaware. Half of all attempts fail.
A repeat drug offender turned criminal defense attorney, it shows among other things that it's never too late to turn one's life around.
When it was time for Juliana Lamar to be sworn in to the state bar, the judge insisted on making her son a part of the ceremony.
It was Christmas in September when a lawyer paid $460K to donate backpacks stuffed with new school supplies to every elementary school child in Detroit.
Ugandan Jordan Kinyera won back his family's land back after working for 18 years to become lawyer—and now he's helping others in need of justice.
A Good News Network tribute to the brilliant legal mind and feminist Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at the age of 87 in Washington, D.C.
A local boozer in West London was ordered rebuilt "brick by brick" after developers illegally demolished a section of its wall
When Texan lawyer Rod Ponton was unable to turn off a cute kitty Zoom filter in a Presidio county court hearing, he got into a flap.
The Hague Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of four Nigerian farmers suing Shell Oil for spills on their farmland.
Four brave women in South Africa have successfully overturned a set of apartheid-era marriage laws that denied them equal property rights.
For the homeless, the struggle for food and shelter tends to eclipse any other concerns – that's where these young lawyers come in.
A new center for women, the first of its kind in British Columbia, opened its doors May 24 to provide legal help for free or a reduced-cost.
Rafael Gonçalves lost a client when he asked these questions of a young couple – but he knew that he could help their marriage if he tried.
This former drug addict has done everything to turn her life around – and even though the bar denied her, the Supreme Court backed her up.
From helping to expunge a mother's legal record to helping an older man learn how to read so he can pay his bills on time – this library is making a big difference in the lives of its visitors.
A Maltese lawyer who has fought for the rights of boat people fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea, including victims of trauma or torture and survivors of sexual and gender based violence, sometimes in the face of great danger to herself, today won the most prestigious United Nations refugee award.
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