LegalEagle

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LegalEagle
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Born
Devin J. Stone

1983or1984(age 39–40)
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)
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  • YouTuber
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Subscribers3.44 million [1]
Total views911.3 million [1]
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YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: December 24, 2024

Devin J. Stone [2] [3] [4] (born 1983or1984 [5] ) is an American lawyer and YouTuber known for his channel, LegalEagle, [6] where he reviews films and television shows [7] [8] to discuss the level of accuracy of their depictions of the law and courtroom procedure, and to discuss the legal issues raised by those works. He also talks about current legal cases and explains how US law works in respect to them. [9] [10] [11] He operates a law school exam prep company called Legal Eagle Prep. [12]

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Biography

Stone graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. He then attended the UCLA School of Law, graduating in 2008 with a Juris Doctor degree. As a law student, he was a member of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review and participated in the UCLA Mock Trial Program and the UCLA Moot Court Honors Program. [13] Stone was a judicial extern for senior United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge Arthur Lawrence Alarcón, and later worked as an associate at national firms Barnes & Thornburg and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. [13]

In February 2020, Stone filed a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests asking a federal judge to order the Trump administration to produce the information removed from former national security advisor John Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened , and to reveal details concerning the underlying prepublication review process. The National Security Council (NSC) Records Access and Information Security Management Directorate (RAISMD) were named as the primary defendants in the action, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Archives and Records Administration, and Departments of Defense, Justice, and State. [14] [15] The suit was dismissed on March 18, 2021, with a judge ruling that the NSC is not an agency subject to FOIA and that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the other agencies had to expedite their processing of the FOIA requests. [16]

In September 2021, Stone became an adjunct law professor at Georgetown University Law Center. [13] [17]

On December 11, 2024, Stone announced that he is filing lawsuits against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice to have them comply with his FOIA requests relating to the DOJ investigations on President-elect Donald Trump's classified documents case and election obstruction case. [18]

Accolades

LegalEagle was nominated for the best commentary channel at 2022's 12th Streamy Awards. [19]

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  2. ↑ Horn, Liam (May 28, 2020). "Better Call Saul: 5 Things It Gets Right About Legal Practice (& 5 It Gets Wrong)". ScreenRant . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Devin J Stone". Georgetown University Law Center . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ "About". stonelawdc. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ Stone, Devin J. (May 27, 2023). Real Lawyer Reacts to The Little Mermaid. LegalEagle. Event occurs at 0:00. Retrieved December 28, 2024– via YouTube. Disney's original "Little Mermaid" came out in 1989. And even though I was five at the time...
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  7. ↑ "Briefly". State Bar of Wisconsin . February 12, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
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  9. ↑ "YouTube lawyer sounds off on charges against Crumbley parents". The Oakland Press . December 12, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Real-Life Lawyer Shares Insight on Fortnite Dance Move Lawsuits". VGR. December 26, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Welcome to Legal Eagle". legaleagle. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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