SCOTUS opinions, law schools offer undergrad degrees, and Venable partner Schwalb poised to win AG race in D.C.
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???Good morning.?The U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York's limits on concealed handguns, and in another ruling, shielded police from 'Miranda' lawsuits, law schools are offering undergrad degrees in an emerging education trend, and Venable partner Brian Schwalb appears poised to win D.C. attorney general race. We break it all down below in today's Legal File:??
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns in public, handing a landmark victory to gun rights advocates in a nation deeply divided over how to address firearms violence.
The 6-3 ruling, with the court's conservative justices in the majority and liberal justices in dissent, found that the state's law, enacted in 1913, violated a person's right to "keep and bear arms" under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court shielded police from the risk of paying money damages for failing to advise criminal suspects of their rights before obtaining statements later used against them in court, siding with a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff.
The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of deputy sheriff Carlos Vega, who had appealed a lower court decision reviving a lawsuit by a hospital employee named Terence Tekoh who accused the officer of violating his rights under the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.
Undergraduate degrees are catching on at U.S. law schools as universities seek new ways to give students a head start on legal careers and help them better understand the role of law in society.
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The University of Southern California Gould School of Law said that it will offer a Bachelor of Science in legal studies — making it at least the third law school in the country to grant degrees to undergraduate students and the first to do so among U.S. News & World Report’s top 20 highest rated schools.
These degrees don’t enable students to sit for the bar exam and practice law, but they can pave to way to law-adjacent careers in compliance and human resources or prepare students for a Juris Doctor program down the road, the schools said.
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law have also said they plan to launch undergraduate degree programs this fall.
Brian Schwalb, a partner and office leader at large law firm Venable, has prevailed over two rivals, including former Perkins Coie partner Bruce Spiva, in the Democratic primary race for Washington, D.C., attorney general.
Schwalb received about 45% of the vote, according to D.C. Board of Elections results updated late June 21. The win in heavily Democratic Washington sets up Schwalb to replace current attorney general Karl Racine.
"This is a victory for the people of Washington. Now, we will step forward to do the work that needs to be done. Because people are counting on us."
Schwalb, a trial lawyer, joined Venable in 2005 from his own small litigation firm, Schwalb, Donnenfeld & Schwalb.
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