January 2011

Featured Stories

• Master of Disasters: Is Ken Feinberg Changing the Course of Mass Tort Resolution?
• Fordham Law's Unique Film Forum Boasts a Cast of Stars--and Faces an Uncertain Future
• Starting Up: If You're Hanging a Shingle in 2011, Financial Strategy Begins Now

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February 2011

Featured Stories

• Why I Love Being a Lawyer
• Hunting Happy: In Grim Times, a Search for Joy in Law Practice Gains Ground
• Myths About Happy Lawyers

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March 2011

Featured Stories

• What America's Lawyers Earn
• Lawyer's Attempt to Keep His Head Above Water Landed a Client on Death Row
• As Surrogacy Becomes More Popular, Legal Problems Proliferate

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April 2011

Featured Stories

• As Bulging Client Data Heads for the Cloud, Law Firms Ready for a Storm
• More Discovery Woes from Web 2.0
• Web Attacks Can Diminish Your Good Name, But Something Can Be Done

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May 2011

Featured Stories

• Flunking Civics: Why America's Kids Know So Little
• Battle of Atlanta: Fight over a Downtown Homeless Shelter Strains Some Down-Home Ties
• A Trove of Historic Jazz Recordings has Found a Home in Harlem, But You Can’t Hear Them

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June 2011

Featured Stories

• Sustaining Justice: 10 Experts Tell How Courts Can Do More with Less
• As Other States Watch, Florida’s Redistricting Fracas May Set the Lines for the Future
• The Son Also Rises: After Blago, Sam Adam Jr. Is Ready for a New Role

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July 2011

Featured Stories

• What Did Katrina Teach Us?
• Some Designers Say Their Work Deserves Copyright Protection; Others Say It Would Harm the Industry
• Law Job Stagnation May Have Started Before the Recession--And It May Be a Sign of Lasting Change

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August 2011

Featured Stories

• 30 Lawyers Pick 30 Books Every Lawyer Should Read
• Plowing Over: Can Urban Farming Save Detroit and Other Declining Cities? Will the Law Allow It?
• Gene Swipe: Few DNA Labs Know Whether Chromosomes Are Yours or If You Stole Them

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September 2011

Featured Stories

• Legal Rebels 2011: Big Change in BigLaw
• The Legacy of Sept. 11: Still Searching for Focus
• Turning Point: Even as Threats Still Loom, US Officials Raise Possibility of Defeating al-Qaida

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October 2011

Featured Stories

• The Rise of the Latino Lawyer: New Study Reveals Inspiring Successes, Lingering Obstacles
• The Confession: Excerpt from John Grisham's Winning Entry for Harper Lee Prize
• Stephen Zack: Ignoring Obstacles

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November 2011

Featured Stories

• Despite Globalization, Lawyers Find New Barriers to Practicing Abroad
• The Next Chapter: Municipalities Are Using Chapter 9 to Fend Off Creditors
• The Battle on the Home Front: Special Courts Turn to Vets to Help Other Vets

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December 2011

Featured Stories

• The 5th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100
• The Hacktivists: Web Vigilantes Net Attention, Outrage and Access to Your Data
• Unsettling Science: Experts Are Still Debating Whether Shaken Baby Syndrome Exists

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