Stephanie Francis Ward, an assistant managing editor, joined the ABA Journal staff in 2001 as a legal affairs writer. She was also previously a senior writer. Ward had worked as a reporter for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and California Law Business, a publication of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. She earned her BA in journalism from California State University at Long Beach.
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Ongoing auction features documents, furniture Lincoln used to practice law
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Los Angeles law firm accused of unauthorized practice in Texas, Virginia, Arizona, Iowa and Michigan
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Increasing court security concerns restrict some activities, Justice Thomas says
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Use humans, not AI, to take meeting notes, attorneys say
May 11, 2026, 10:56 am CDT
