Webinar will consider caregiving bias in legal profession
The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession will examine how the legal profession can ensure the success of mothers and caregivers in a July 28 webinar titled “Motherhood and Caregiving Bias in the Legal Profession: Dismantling the Systemic Barriers to Equity.” The program begins at noon Eastern time. (The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession’s Facebook page, the registration link)
Animal rights lawyer pleads guilty in alleged hit man plot
Animal rights lawyer Jennifer Emmi of Evergreen, Colorado, has pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit second-degree murder after she was accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband’s girlfriend. She pleaded guilty to a total of seven felonies and four misdemeanors in the plea deal. Her lawyer, Colin Bresee, had maintained that the accusations were blown out of proportion, and she had no intention of acting on the idea. Emmi, who is also known as Jennifer Edwards, is set to be sentenced Aug. 16. (The Brighton Standard Blade, Law & Crime, People magazine)