Katherine Rautenberg

When she assumes leadership of the nation’s largest legal aid provider in August, Twyla Carter, a former public defender and civil rights attorney and newly appointed leader of The Legal Aid Society, will make funding a priority, she told Law360.

When a draft decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked, reproductive rights advocates leapt into action, while civil rights advocates began ringing alarm bells over the future of their movements as legal experts examined how the drafted decision could ripple far beyond the…

Some states are changing their laws to address the fact that living with a juvenile record can make it harder for a young person to succeed as an adult. But the road to expungement is still laden with pitfalls, including varied state policies, courtroom bureaucracy, and public access concerns.

Fordham University School of Law announced that Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP special counsel and adjunct professor Jerry Goldfeder will be director of its new voting rights project. Here, Goldfeder spoke with Law360 about the importance of protecting voting rights in the U.S.

Republicans held onto all four of Pennsylvania’s statewide appellate court seats that were up for grabs in Tuesday’s election, according to preliminary results Wednesday morning.

A Massachusetts commission charged with exploring changes to qualified immunity for police officers in the state did make some “important” recommendations, but ultimately failed to substantively tackle the controversial doctrine, according to activists.

While criminal justice reform has been slow at the federal level in 2021, some states have passed major reforms like eliminating money bail and reducing lengthy prison sentences that can be legislative templates for other states in 2022.

New York-based litigation boutique Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP has forged an innovative partnership with The Intercept. Here, two partners discuss with Law360 what spurred the FOIA-focused partnership and the ambitions of the project.

Boutique firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP has for years represented media organizations and publishers. But starting this year, the firm did something that perhaps was never done before: It forged an informal partnership with a news outlet and became its go-to shop for all t…

Ninth Circuit nominee Jennifer Sung apologized Tuesday for signing a 2018 letter denouncing then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh as “intellectually and morally bankrupt” during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling the letter’s rhetoric “overheated” and saying it wouldn’t aff…