Newest Issue - November 2012

Brain Trials: Neuroscience Is Taking a Stand in the Courtroom

Features

• Biloxi Blues: Legal-Cost Fears Have Victims of the Oil Spill Sliding out of the Middle Class
• Judge Fights to Uphold Delaware's Reputation of Being Fair to Corporations

President's Letter

• Stepping Up for the Underserved: Lawyers' Pro Bono Is Key to Providing Equal Access to Justice

Letters

• Letters: Pro Bono Heroes

The National Pulse

• Queens Justice: Borough's DAs Criticized for Probing Suspects Before Miranda Rights
• Site Unseen: Schools, Bosses Barred from Eyeing Students', Workers' Social Media

Business of Law

• Pet Friendly: It's a Dog's Life at Some Solo Offices
• A Debate on the Future of Legal Ed Breaks Down to the Real Versus the Ideal
• No Twitters: Law Blogs Hold Their Own
• 'Facing' It: It Can Be Worth It to Join the Social Media Giant
• An A for Alternatives: AFAs Are Here to Stay
• Hay from a Hated Task: 2 Big-Firm Refugees Offer Online Help for Contract Signings

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Last-Minute Business: ABA Urges US Senate to Approve Ratification of Disabilities Convention

Precedents

• November 1, 1950: Truman Escapes Assassination

The Practice

• A Text on Textualism, Part 2: Garner and Scalia Offer More Outtakes from Their Latest Collaboration

Opening Statements

• No Will, But a Way: Law Prof and Students Launch African Probate & Policy Initiative
• You Gotta Fight for the Right to Tattoo
• Michael Connelly Accepts Second Annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at Ceremony
• Hearsay: November 2012
• Legal Road Trip: Los Angeles

Supreme Court Report

• A Touch of Class: Certification, Says One Brief, 'Is the Ballgame'

Your ABA

• Three Strikes: Litigation Section Drops Proposal for Guidelines on Dealing with Expert Witnesses
• The 800-Year Reunion: ABA to Hold Commemorative Events in 2015 to Mark Magna Carta Signing
• ABA Announcements
• Lawyers Giving Back

Obiter Dicta

• Pass the Subpoena, Please: Intrafamily Squabbling Could Put a Damper on Holiday Feast Gobbling

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