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Law Firms

Corporate Clients Eager to do Pro Bono with Outside Counsel

Judiciary

Suit Seeks to Block Appointment of Kansas Supreme Court Judge

Law Students

Suit Claims Baptism Injury Forced Law Student to Give Up School

Legal Ethics

Ex-Judge Reprimanded After Vowing to Let Cases Sit ‘Until Hell Freezes Over’

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Suspended for Destroying Law Firm Docs in Court Restroom and After Hearing

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor Suggests Hispanic Ethnicity Is Reason Critics Questioned Her Intelligence

Law Professors

Law Prof and Ambassador Douglas Kmiec Crashes Car, Killing Nun

Careers

Lawyer Gives Up Law Practice for Pulpit

Legal Marketing & Consulting

What a Famous Husband’s Bio Can Teach Lawyers About Better Drafting

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Found Dead in Home After Suicidal Gunman Shoots at Downtown Indy Firm

Animal Law

Chihuahua Bought By Wife Isn’t Community Property, Appeals Court Rules

Legal Education

U of Iowa Law School Offers Free Web Course on Health Care Reform Act

Legal Education

Northwestern Law Dean Van Zandt Gets New Gig as President of New York’s New School

Legal Ethics

Lawyer: I Had Sex with Client at Her Home and in My Office, But Not in Courthouse Law Library

Law in Popular Culture

Not Worried About a Career-Ending Exit? Snark Offers Ideas for Leaving the Law

Family Law

Billionaire Bren Owes Adult Kids Zip, Jury Rules; They Had Sought $134M in Child Support

Privacy Law

Germany Ponders Possible Ban on Using Facebook Info for Hiring Decisions

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Lawyer Gets 18 Months, Must Repay $628K in Mortgage Fraud That Earned Him About $14K

Criminal Justice

Feds Drop Case Against Blagojevich’s Brother

Criminal Justice

Study Estimates 4.4 Percent of Inmates Are Sexually Victimized in Prisons

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