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uring last week’s installment of the Maine State Bar Association’s “Bar Talk” series, attorney Leah Baldacci chimed in to share her “concerns” about anti-racism efforts in the state. “I would like to note that many of the attorneys in Maine… despite having white skin have had their struggles in order to achieve all of the academic achievements they have made and become attorneys and I am certainly one of them,” Baldacci said on the video chat with the Acting Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court. Baldacci is the daughter-in-law of the former governor of Maine. It is, truly, a hard knock life. As the legal community begins… an introspective process about racism, I would like to caution attorneys… [that] telling attorneys that are of the white race that they have ‘White Privilege’ is antithetical to the goals of searching for a way to make race a non-issue in our community… I was very surprised during some of the discrimination training that I’ve received through the State ...

Great legal blogs go deeper into practice niches than the mainstream legal press and share well-written personal insights. Here we’re highlighting 10 blogs that are new to our Web 100 list, 20 making a repeat appearance and five joining the  Blawg 100 Hall of Fame . Ad Law Access NEW:  For attorneys looking to stay abreast of trends in consumer protection, Ad Law Access provides analysis of issues from the labeling of gummy vitamins to whether leaving empty space in packages of chips and candy is misleading. “A nice source—from Kelley Drye & Warren—for developments in advertising law, including cases decided by the advertising industry self-regulatory body,” says Harvard Law School professor and blogger Rebecca Tushn The Appeal NEW:  This blog launched in 2017 as In Justice Today, and it was rebranded this year. The Appeal and its two companion podcasts produce original reporting that examines cases of prosecutorial misconduct, overcharging and abuses ...