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Nation: 'FACT' teams aim to keep people with mental illness out of jail
MPR News: "When someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, often the only alternatives are jail or an emergency room. Neither of those alternatives is particularly helpful, and sometimes they can make a person’s condition worse."Job Announcement
A job announcement for a Paralegal with Legal Services of North Dakota in Bismarck has been posted.
U.S.: Justices to consider dispute over tax credits for scholarships
SCOTUSblog: "This winter, the justices will . . . review a decision by the Montana Supreme Court invalidating a tax-credit program because the scholarships created by the program could be used at religious schools. The impact of the justices’ eventual ruling could be significant."The Constitution Annotated: The Constitution explained in plain English
To celebrate this year's Constitution Day, the Law Library of Congress is launching the Constitution Annotated, a website that provides online access to a massive Senate document that has served for more than a century as the official record of the U.S. Constitution.
UND Law faculty member Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich named Webb Professor
UND News Release: "Assistant Professor Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich has been named the Rodney & Betty Webb Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law."Minn.: 'Restorative circles' launch in St. Paul for some first-time offenders
MPR News: "At a St. Paul church, Russel Balenger held up a shiny quartz stone and set the ground rules for the conversation to come. Rule No. 1: Only speak when you’re holding the talking piece, he told about 30 people. No. 2: What’s said in the circle stays in the circle."U.S.: Court cuts jury award, warns Steinbeck family to end litigation
KTLA News: "A federal appeals court attempted to close the book on endless litigation between the relatives of author John Steinbeck in a ruling that upheld a $5 million verdict against his daughter-in-law, but threw out $8 million she faced in punitive damages."