Newest Issue - August 2012

The Theater's 12 Greatest Courtroom Dramas

Features

• Lady of the Last Chance: Lawyer Makes Her Mark Getting Convicts off Death Row
• Crashing the Third Party: Experts Weigh How Far the Government Can Go in Reading Your Email
• The Data Question: Should the Third-Party Records Doctrine Be Revisited?

President's Letter

• Upward and Onward: ABA Initiatives Continue to Educate and Inspire

Letters

• Letters: Lawyergate Lessons

The National Pulse

• Hoist Your Mug: Websites Will Post Your Name and Photo; Others Will Charge You to Remove Them
• Rolling the Dice: States Double Down in Bid to Lure Online Gamblers

Business of Law

• To Teach or Not to Teach: Adjunct Work Can Come with a Hefty Price
• Of Sound Mind: Make Plans for Your Digital Estate
• Mongolia or Bust: A New 'It' Country Draws Adventurous Lawyers to BigLaw
• Lesson from Dewey: Look Closely at Your Own Firm's Finances
• Reality Sinks in: Attitudes Have Changed About the Post-Recession Marketplace
• Beyond Prediction: Technology-Assisted Review Enters the Lexicon

Report from Governmental Affairs

• The Big Push: ABA Urges the Senate to Finally Ratify Law of the Sea Convention

Precedents

• August 14, 1889: Justice Stephen Field Attacked

The Practice

• Shall We Abandon Shall?

Opening Statements

• Wanna Buy Some Boots? Online Counterfeiters Get the Message--Don't Mess with These Brands
• Deductive Reasoning: Documentary Filmmakers Get a Boost, as IRS Deductions Ruling Gets the Boot
• Risk Averse: Insurance Firm Looks Askance at 'Pot Lawyers'
• A Personalized Issue: 1st Amendment Lawyer Fights for His Right to a Vanity Plate
• Cataloging Wrongful Convictions: New Registry Looks Beyond DNA

Supreme Court Report

• Youth Will Out: No Matter Who Wins, SCOTUS Nominees Will Get Younger

McElhaney on Litigation

• Better Never than Late: Fix the Problem If You're Always Running Behind in Your Work

Your ABA

• End of Round Two: Progress in Raising Awareness About Funding Crisis in State Courts
• The Big Push: ABA Urges the Senate to Finally Ratify Law of the Sea Convention
• A Crusader's Reward: Morris Dees to Receive 2012 ABA Medal
• ABA Announcements
• Lawyers Giving Back

Obiter Dicta

• Bone of Contention: Pets Get Caught in the Middle When Relationships Go to the Dogs

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