The costs of legal malpractice cases have increased since 2011, according to a study put out recently by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability. And malpractice insurers…
Oct 17, 2016 11:30 AM CDT
BARBRI, a legal education group that offers bar review courses and attorney professional development programs, recently announced that ABA members get special pricing for its products.
The courses include e-discovery…
Oct 5, 2016 10:25 AM CDT
Admission barriers are challenged as infringing on competitive and First Amendment rights, driving up litigation costs and disrupting the right to counsel.
Oct 1, 2016 3:00 AM CDT
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The ABA House of Delegates took several actions during its sessions at the 2016 annual meeting in San Francisco to assert the association’s commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion in…
Oct 1, 2016 1:50 AM CDT
Myles Lynk. Photograph by Tony Avelar.
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As expected, the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services delivered plenty of recommendations for how the bar can close the gap in access to justice in America,…
Oct 1, 2016 1:40 AM CDT
Judy Perry Martinez. Photograph by Tony Avelar.
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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics just 7 percent of college student sexual assaults were reported to police.
Oct 1, 2016 1:30 AM CDT
Sherrilyn Ifill warns of a crisis of confidence in the rule of law.
Oct 1, 2016 1:20 AM CDT
Sherrilyn Ifill. Photograph by Tony Avelar
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Panelists for the CLE discussion had a lot of warnings about security and liability.
Oct 1, 2016 1:10 AM CDT
Early on during a rambling dialogue about the impact that television and other forms of entertainment are having on public perceptions of justice in the United States, David E. Kelley…
Oct 1, 2016 1:00 AM CDT
David Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro. Photograph by Tony Avelar.
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A sobering look at how police use of military tactics and equipment can lead to unnecessary loss of life.
Oct 1, 2016 12:50 AM CDT
On Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1929, as much as $9 billion was lost on a volume of more than 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange alone. So much…
Oct 1, 2016 12:30 AM CDT
Crowds panic in the Wall Street district of Manhattan due to heavy trading on the stock market in 1929. AP Photo.
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The U.S. Senate adjourned on Thursday without passing a child welfare bill that had the backing of the ABA.
According to reporting by the Chronicle of Social Change, the…
Sep 30, 2016 11:09 AM CDT
The Florida Supreme Court has approved a rule requiring state lawyers to take technology-related CLE courses.
On Thursday, the court issued a short opinion (PDF) adopting the bar…
Sep 30, 2016 8:45 AM CDT
The U.S. Department of Education will not implement a panel recommendation that called for suspending the ABA from accrediting new law schools for one year.
Sep 23, 2016 8:22 AM CDT
The ABA has unveiled a free Q&A-style program to allow income-eligible users to ask civil law-related questions to pro bono attorneys.
The ABA formally launched ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org on Thursday. According…
Sep 22, 2016 1:00 PM CDT