Bar Associations
State bar president calls recent lawyer suicides ‘disproportionate’ and ‘disconcerting’
Jun 4, 2013, 05:35 am CDT
Careers
Former Utah AG resigns from new job at Troutman Sanders, cites ‘just too hard’ commute and schedule
Jun 3, 2013, 04:12 pm CDT
Trials & Litigation
Court-martial begins in WikiLeaks case for soldier Bradley Manning
Jun 3, 2013, 02:40 pm CDT
U.S. Supreme Court
SCOTUS upholds DNA swab for arrestees; Scalia says majority taxes ‘credulity of the credulous’
Jun 3, 2013, 10:21 am CDT
ABA Journal Podcast
‘Aggressive’ is not a dirty word for women rainmakers (podcast with transcript)
Jun 3, 2013, 08:45 am CDT
Prosecutors
Prosecutor’s ‘gangbanger’ remarks and emotional closing lead to reversal
Jun 3, 2013, 06:34 am CDT
Sentencing/Post Conviction
Rats are so plentiful at Mississippi prison that inmates put them on leashes, suit says
Jun 3, 2013, 06:04 am CDT
Law Firms
Second-hundred largest firms ‘gambled on growth’ in 2012, boosting nonequity partners by 10 percent
Jun 3, 2013, 05:44 am CDT
Features
Ex-offenders face tens of thousands of legal restrictions, bias and limits on their rights
Jun 1, 2013, 05:00 am CDT
President's Message
Gender inequity in pay diminishes women’s prospects—and the law profession
Jun 1, 2013, 04:40 am CDT
Your ABA
Employment picture for law grads looks pretty much the same as a year ago—for better and worse
Jun 1, 2013, 01:50 am CDT
ABA Journal
Meet 6 law firm leaders, each with a different story, each at the top of her game
May 31, 2013, 05:59 pm CDT
Criminal Justice
Man accused of painting a crosswalk at a busy intersection is jailed and faces felony case
May 31, 2013, 04:44 pm CDT
Media & Communications Law
Leaker tells New York Times about off-the-record meeting on handling leak probes
May 31, 2013, 08:42 am CDT
Around the Blawgosphere
Blaming the Baby Boomers; Do young children believe that ideas can be owned?
May 31, 2013, 08:30 am CDT
Criminal Justice
Reported nominee for FBI chief signed off on waterboarding, ACLU says
May 31, 2013, 07:59 am CDT
Consumer Law
New Mini-Wheats settlement gets preliminary OK; deal value dropped, but not attorney fees
May 31, 2013, 06:24 am CDT
Paralegals
$36 an hour is average pay for law firm paralegals, survey shows
May 31, 2013, 05:54 am CDT
Education Law
Teen arrested in exploding water bottle experiment will return to regular high school next year
May 31, 2013, 05:34 am CDT
Elder Law
Docs filed in will contest over heiress’ $300M estate and ‘accountability of professionals’
May 30, 2013, 04:02 pm CDT
Business of Law
Rainmakers are paid too much, says ‘Lawyer Bubble’ author (video)
May 30, 2013, 01:40 pm CDT
White-Collar Crime
$1M overbilling claim leads to criminal case against lawyer and office manager
May 30, 2013, 01:00 pm CDT
The New Normal
What’s driving change in legal education and why you should care
May 30, 2013, 09:01 am CDT
Real Estate & Property Law
Lawyer cites beautification exception in trespass law to justify takeovers of abandoned homes
May 30, 2013, 08:08 am CDT
Criminal Justice
Proposal for mass gang arrests is an ‘elitist, white-boy solution,’ congressman says
May 30, 2013, 07:20 am CDT
American Bar Association
Do unpaid pro bono internships violate the law? ABA says they should be allowed
May 30, 2013, 06:30 am CDT
U.S. Supreme Court
Are lengthy concurrences boosting SCOTUS prospects for federal appeals judge?
May 30, 2013, 06:10 am CDT
Election Law
Virginia’s general ban on voting by ex-felons is ‘stain on the state’s democracy’
May 30, 2013, 05:45 am CDT
Tort Law
Judge grants injunction barring 16 members of warring gangs from Houston neighborhood
May 29, 2013, 03:55 pm CDT
Evidence
Man charged in cellphone robbery after police say he accidentally emailed his photo to victim
May 29, 2013, 02:59 pm CDT
Lawyer Pay
Ex-partner settles suit claiming ‘boys club’ hogged origination credit at Greenberg Traurig
May 29, 2013, 07:53 am CDT
Careers
Georgetown Law official exemplifies new stats on rise of breadwinner moms
May 29, 2013, 07:13 am CDT
Law Schools
Elite law schools are letting down their students because of ‘intellectual homogeneity,’ op-ed says
May 29, 2013, 06:10 am CDT
Administrative Law
US government is ‘dangerously off kilter’ because of growing administrative state, law prof says
May 29, 2013, 05:40 am CDT
Privacy Law
Family living in glass home sues photographer who took pictures with zoom lens for art exhibit
May 28, 2013, 03:15 pm CDT
White-Collar Crime
Former state supreme court justice gets one year in bank fraud case
May 28, 2013, 02:40 pm CDT
Criminal Justice
Feds say alleged $6 billion money-laundering scheme used Internet-based currency
May 28, 2013, 02:00 pm CDT
U.S. Supreme Court
SCOTUS: Actual innocence may excuse blown habeas deadline; Scalia blasts ‘shiny new exception’
May 28, 2013, 10:12 am CDT
Judiciary
A filibuster dare? Obama reportedly plans three simultaneous nominations to DC Circuit
May 28, 2013, 09:04 am CDT
Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
Help pick the best legal novel of the year: Vote for one of three Harper Lee Prize finalists
May 28, 2013, 08:45 am CDT
Legal Rebels
Do you know a legal innovator? Nominations due June 14 for 2013 Legal Rebels project
May 28, 2013, 08:42 am CDT
Law Firms
Is US suffering from ‘diversity fatigue’? Bar president says country is ‘at a precipice’
May 28, 2013, 07:51 am CDT
Personal Lives
Paralegal is found dead in lawyer’s bathtub; she may have drowned after a seizure
May 28, 2013, 07:08 am CDT
Criminal Justice
Public defenders can reject cases because of excessive workloads, state supreme court rules
May 28, 2013, 06:30 am CDT
Constitutional Law
Teeth-whitening entrepreneurs challenge dentists-only restriction
May 28, 2013, 06:30 am CDT
ABA Journal
Hacker’s Hell: Many want to narrow the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
May 24, 2013, 05:13 pm CDT