Newest Issue - February 2013

Working for free: Lawyers incorporating pro bono into their lives talk about its rewards, challenges

Features

• Muslim women lawyers aim to reconcile traditional beliefs with secular society
• It's a golden age for Texas' oil and gas transactional lawyers

President's Letter

• Shattering the glass ceiling: Initiatives under way to end gender inequity in the legal profession

Letters

• Letters: The history of labor strife

The National Pulse

• It's Google, but is it art? Museums wonder whether they should open their galleries to digitizing
• Patent lawyers ponder the changed post-grant process

Business of Law

• Space law is taking off
• New lawyers and military veterans both benefit from school's legal clinic
• Hurricane Sandy caused losses that East Coast solos are struggling to offset
• Manage app overload on your iPad or iPhone with folders
• Should firms move to the cloud? Legal IT professionals are split
• Mindfulness in legal practice is going mainstream
• Bidding time: Firms are putting in more hours on requests for proposals

Report from Governmental Affairs

• ABA produces guidebook on lobbying for state and local bar associations

Precedents

• Feb. 22, 1841: Amistad case opens in Supreme Court

Opening Statements

• Hells Angels, Juggalos claim they are being unfairly singled out by law enforcement
• Jazzing it up: Concert series benefits pro bono efforts and music students
• Female-Focused: Northwestern's Center for Wrongful Convictions launches a groundbreaking project
• 6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 Fan Favorites
• DIY legal websites threaten to outsource Indian lawyers
• The Visionary: In memory of Steven Keeva, 1956-2012

Supreme Court Report

• Supreme Court weighs whether Virginia can deny public records to noncitizens

Your ABA

• The Stonewall legacy: ABA commission creates an award commemorating a key moment for LGBT rights
• Legal ed section takes steps to speed up review of accreditation standards
• Lawyers giving back

Obiter Dicta

• Some HOAs act as though their bylaws are etched in stone

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