Online marketing tools for lawyers are addressed in revisions to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct approved Monday by the ABA House of Delegates.
Corrected: Outgoing ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III emphasized the association’s commitment to law students and young lawyers in a speech to the ABA House of Delegates Monday morning.
Law schools must disclose more consumer information on their websites under changes to accreditation standards concurred in by the ABA House of Delegates Monday.
Most illegal aliens detained by the Department of Homeland Security should not be held in jails or jail-like settings, according to new civil immigration detention standards adopted Monday by the…
A resolution asking the ABA House of Delegates to reaffirm its stance against nonlawyer ownership of law firms was so controversial that 92 people filed so-called “salmon slips” asking to…
A new study on why federal judges retire, resign or take senior status has its authors worried about an increasing judicial exodus in the coming decades.
The ABA has begun planning to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta with a series of events in the United States and the United Kingdom in…
The policymaking ABA House of Delegates will be asked to consider the needs of younger lawyers in a tough job market when it considers changes to the association’s model ethics…
You might have an unlisted phone number, eschew social media and never post photos online, but those steps alone don’t guarantee safety if a disgruntled litigant wants to find and…
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