This voting rights advocate and ‘Jeopardy!’ champ is ready with the right answers
Depleting reserves can lead to burnout
California often leads the way in passing environmental and consumer protection laws
Former inmates are battling legal barriers to work as firefighters
How do firms benefit from hiring a CFO?
The new frontier of health care is here, but will DNA privacy be lost?
First all-virtual ABA Techshow emphasized that web conferencing tools are here to stay
There is strength in silence
How to craft your legal writing on the clock
How do firms benefit from hiring a financial consigliere?
Could international animal rights laws prevent the next pandemic? Rajesh Reddy has a plan
As ABA’s president-elect nominee, Deborah Enix-Ross brings a wealth of experience
Working remotely for the first time? Here are lessons from a lawyer who’s done it for 13 years
Board of Governors candidates share their motivations to serve
ABA-backed Family Justice Initiative has improved access to counsel in child welfare cases
June-July 2021 ABA Notices
June 15, 1992: Supreme Court upholds DEA’s kidnapping of Mexican doctor
How one lawyer is trying to solve a John Wayne Gacy murder mystery
California judge gathers signatures of internment survivors on 48-star flag
A judge in Santa Clara County, California, is honoring survivors of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II by gathering their signatures on…
Years after challenging drug dealer to change, judge swears him in as a lawyer
Edward Martell faced a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison when he stood before a Michigan judge nearly 16 years ago on…
Afternoon Briefs: Kristen Clarke confirmed as DOJ civil rights chief; SCOTUS chief justice speaks to law grads
Senate confirms Kristen Clarke The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kristen Clarke to head the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division on a 51-48 vote.…
Goldberg Segalla is sued over alleged leak of woman’s personal information on PACER
A fashion model has filed a lawsuit alleging that Goldberg Segalla exposed her Social Security number and other personal information in a PACER filing. The…
How to handle tough conversations on whether to return to the office
The question is on every lawyer’s mind these days: When will management beckon me to return to my law firm office? And the related questions…
How to handle tough conversations on whether to return to the office
The question is on every lawyer’s mind these days: When will management beckon me to return to my law firm office? And the related questions…
Little-known chapter of labor history is illuminated in union attorney’s new book
When Mark A. Torres was researching his first novel, A Stirring in the North Fork, he came across a piece of local history that he’d…
As lawyer stress escalates during pandemic, LAP agencies see significant increase in calls
As lawyer stress escalates during pandemic, LAP agencies see significant increase in calls
Afternoon Briefs: BigLaw firm requires tests for unvaccinated; Florida will fine social media for candidate bans
BigLaw firm requires COVID-19 tests for unvaccinated Lawyers and staff members at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom who don’t get vaccines will have to…
Afternoon Briefs: Judge rules against courtroom prayer program; public comment sought on student loans
Judge rules against courtroom prayer program A federal judge in Texas has ruled against a Texas justice of the peace in a suit claiming that…
These factors help predict whether a law grad will pass the bar on the first or second try, study says
A survey of law graduates who took the New York bar exam in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic has identified six factors that contribute…
Brice Ngameni helps support prospective law students of African descent
Law firms in Am Law Second Hundred saw gross revenue increase slightly; which virtual firm cracked the list?
The law firms ranked 101 to 200 for gross revenue had a respectable year in 2020, but their numbers are still well below law firms…
ABA Journal wins 12 design and editorial awards
The ABA Journal recently took home a number of awards in two journalism contests—one for the national business press and the other for Chicago-area media.…
FCC approves plan to make some phone calls cheaper for inmates and their families
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to make phone calls more affordable for people in prisons or jails by approving a plan to reduce…
Ethics case accuses judge of making racist and sexist remarks, mouthing N-word, criticizing overweight people
An elected probate judge in Alabama has been temporarily suspended after he was accused in a March ethics complaint of making racist and sexist remarks…
SCOTUS abortion case complicates Breyer retirement speculation
Fake victims, fake cops and the myth of entrapment in Netflix’s ‘Why Did You Kill Me?’
Every once in a while, I’ll hit a wall with this column. The problem usually arises when I have too many irons in the fire…
Plaintiffs law firm kicked off securities class action for failing to disclose client’s investment in short position
Plaintiffs law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd has been kicked off a securities class action alleging that investors lost money when a Mexico-based media…
2021 Silver Gavel Awards honor works on court secrecy, racial justice, women’s rights
This year’s winners of the ABA 2021 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts focused on matters that included court secrecy, open justice, racial…
After prosecutor declines to bring rape charge, accuser uses unusual law to convene her own grand jury
A Kansas woman is taking matters into her own hands after she was unable to persuade a prosecutor to bring a rape charge against the…
Florida Coastal’s teach-out plan rejected again; another school demonstrates compliance on bar pass rates
For the second time in a month, the council and an executive committee of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar…
Outgoing immigration judge says he encountered ‘soul-crushing bureaucracy’
The assistant chief immigration judge who oversaw judges and staff members in San Francisco has quit in frustration after only 14 months on the job.…
Sickle cell trait is sometimes blamed for deaths during police arrests and custody; is it warranted?
A sickle cell trait is sometimes blamed for deaths of suspects that happen during police arrests and custody, even when the circumstances raise questions about…
New AI-powered legal writing tool aims to help lawyers craft winning briefs
Shortly after Jacqueline Schafer entered the courtroom for the final hearing in an asylum case that she was litigating several years ago, she sensed that…
Afternoon Briefs: Future civil rights lawyers win scholarships; LSAC-funded pipeline program seeks requests for proposals
Future civil rights lawyers receive scholarships The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has named the first 10 “Marshall-Motley Scholars,” who will receive law school…
Protester accuses appeals judge of nearly hitting her with SUV; his lawyer says video supports defense
A summons issued Friday has ordered a North Carolina appeals judge to answer a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after a Black Lives…
Afternoon Briefs: $75M verdict for exonerated half brothers; surprise at high-profile lawyer’s disbarment
Jurors award $75M to exonerated half brothers Jurors in Raleigh, North Carolina, awarded $75 million Friday to two half brothers exonerated in the rape…
Requirement for jury unanimity in serious cases isn’t retroactive, Supreme Court rules
The requirement for unanimous jury verdicts in serious criminal cases doesn’t apply retroactively to overturn final convictions on federal collateral review, the U.S. Supreme Court…
SCOTUS rules against warrantless seizure of guns while man is in hospital for suicide evaluation
In a unanimous opinion Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against police who seized a man’s guns without a warrant while he was in the…
