U.S.: A lawyer’s guide to upcoming Supreme Court term Thursday, October 3, 2019

Bloomberg News: The Supreme Court’s upcoming term is shaping up to be an explosive one, with LGBT discrimination, deportation for 'Dreamers,' and the Second Amendment all currently on the docket. But there are also a number of 'sleeper cases' on the docket this term that could be deeply significant for the way lawyers practice—from pleading standards to preclusion rules to the availability of statutory resources.

There aren’t a lot of attorneys who practice in the Second Amendment space, said Robin Effron, who teaches civil procedure at Brooklyn Law School.

But any time the court hears a case touching on civil procedure, which are the rules governing legal practice, there’s a potential for 'spill over into other areas of the law,' Effron said.

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