Deadspin noticed a vanity plate—JLA ESQ—on the SUV of Joe Amendola, who recently represented former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky at his trial on sex abuse charges. (The…
All over the nation, school years are coming to a close, and many law school graduates have just left teachers and classrooms—well, aside from bar exam prep—behind them forever.
This week, the American Bar Association and lawyers across the country celebrated Law Day on May 1 with essay contests, mock trials, town hall meetings to…
Now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking like his party’s nominee, speculation has begun on who he would nominate for the U.S. Supreme Court…
This month, the ABA Journal has a magazine story that singles out law firms that say they have a “no-jerks rule.” Terry Conner, managing partner of Haynes…
Last week, a new domestic violence court judge told an ABA Journal staffer that she chastised a defendant who appeared in her courtroom in a “wifebeater.” And this…
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