Morning Legal Links ... A wrongfully convicted man who was freed in 2008 after nearly two decades in prison follows through on a post-release promise and earns his law degree ... This Justice-Scalia-vs.-Law-Schools debate is heating up with continued reaction from all sides ... Is licensed paralegals giving limited legal advice and assistance the next forward-thinking idea in law? Long Islands Martin Tankleff, 42, spent 17 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of killing his parents. When he got out in 2008, he told reporters that he wanted to go back to school and study the subject that helped set him free: the law. Six years later, Tankleff was handed his law degree this past Saturday -- with a personal congratulations from New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: bit.ly/1gAj17E Criticizing law schools and their curriculum has become an annual event for Justice Antonin Scalia, whose recent speech at William & Marys commencement ceremony is receiving a lot of brush back -- and even a little praise: bit.ly/SPNfZG Barbara Liss, a senior paralegal in California, writes in her blog that if UPL statutes were relaxed, there are areas of the law not economically feasible for lawyers to provide services profitably -- but experienced lay advocates easily could: bit.ly/1ng9sJI
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:52:08 +0000
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