Newest Issue - May 2017

The 14th: A Civil War-era amendment has become a mini-Constitution for modern times

Features

• Public Employees, Private Speech: 1st Amendment doesn't always protect government workers
• Gun War: Congress has been silent on guns, but states haven't, so change is on the horizon

10 Questions

• 10 Questions: Indiana family law attorney has a second career in high fashion

Opening Statements

• Controversial Supreme Court decision lands on the big screen
• 5 tips from a BigLaw partner on 'making it work' in real life
• Trump and the Constitution: Law course explores the limits of executive power
• 10 Questions: Indiana family law attorney has a second career in high fashion
• General counsel say bold moves like HP's diversity mandate are necessary to achieve lasting change

The Practice

• California may toughen rule on sex between attorneys and clients
• How to write powerful closers

The National Pulse

• Sharing isn't caring when small businesses skirt civil rights laws
• Inaccurate leads from IP addresses prompt police to serve warrants on innocent people

Supreme Court Report

• Racially discriminating statements in jury rooms are subject to scrutiny

Business of Law

• Building a better law firm takes tech collaborators
• TBD Law conference goes beyond basics
• Law Architects: New legal jobs make technology part of the career path

Your ABA

• Arizona Summit offers stipend for at-risk grads to put off exam and get extra bar prep
• Leading Roles: Candidates for president-elect, Board of Governors show strong ABA roots
• In Safe Hands: Torch passes to new leader of ABA Center on Children and the Law
• ABA Announcements

President's Message

• A free press is necessary for a strong democracy

Precedents

• May 4, 1970: Guardsmen kill 4 students at Kent State

Letters to the Editor

• Letters: Remarkable Reno

Recent Issues

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Apr 2017

Legal advertising blows past $1 billion and goes viral

Featured Stories

• Legal logjam in immigration court grows to more than 540,000 cases
• ABA commission had warned of immigration-court backlog
• The Outer Space Treaty turns 50. Can it survive a new space race?
• 5 United Nations treaties in outer space
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Mar 2017

Law firms must manage cybersecurity risks

Featured Stories

• The Brain Defense: Vets with head trauma, stress find mercy in court
• Risk-assessment algorithms challenged in bail, sentencing and parole decisions
• Female First-Chairs: Firm's founders chip away at male litigation domination
• 6 major law firm hacks in recent history
• Learning to say no—and say so
• Grit and a growth mindset are linked to success

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Feb 2017

For more good: Law firms find other ways to provide service to society

Featured Stories

• States raising age for adult prosecution back to 18
• Kids in Chains: Juvenile advocates urge that shackling be limited
• 10 lawyer-authors choose the top 10 law novels in the past 10 years
• A Father's Mission: Victim's dad demands to know why 4 child murders remain unsolved after 40 years

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