Often it seems as if there’s no getting around bad news. Foreign conflict, crime, death and sadness dominate headlines. And with the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and continuing economic woes…
The results are in for the 2012 election—in fact, the results of the presidential election were announced before many votes in the battleground state of Florida—Nov 7, 2012 7:53 PM CST
In early October, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told the Chicago Bar Association at its annual John Paul Stevens Award luncheon of his Oct 31, 2012 4:22 PM CDT
For several months now, the National Constitution Center has invited both visitors to its Philadelphia museum and visitors to its website to share what they…
At The Velvet Hammer a little while back, Seattle plaintiffs personal injury attorney Karen Koehler described a tense encounter at a photocopier with opposing counsel and…
Last week, in a post titled Eggs Win Trials, Houston criminal defense lawyer Mark Bennett extols the virtue of eating eggs and bacon for breakfast—and hard-boiled…
Sometimes, child actors and star athletes grow up to be attorneys. In recent years, law blog Bitter Lawyer has interviewed both Jeff Cohen, aka “Chunk” from the…
A recent thread on the ABA’s SoloSez email discussion list focused on how fellow solosezzers deal with random letters from prisoners. While some lawyers say they ignore them,…
Marriage is a union of love–and frequently, of finances. So when you’re saddled with student loan debt, it could give your potential partners cold feet. NPR spoke…
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.