Newest Issue - May 2014

Visual law services are worth a thousand words--and big money

Features

• These venture capitalists skip law firms for legal services startups
• 'Sovereign citizens' plaster courts with bogus legal filings--and some turn to violence

President's Letter

• Law Day 2014 emphasizes the importance of the right to vote

Letters

• Letters: Attorney Ad Aggro

The National Pulse

• Courts are hearing new challenges to tax exemptions for religion
• Patent trolls are getting First Amendment protection for their demand letters

Business of Law

• Firms raise partners' contributions, delay payback
• 2 new tools allow you to compare major firms' billing rates
• Responsive websites may not be the way forward for firms
• Lateral hiring drops again in 2013
• What will you do with your life post-retirement?

Precedents

• May 31, 1921: Race riot erupts in Tulsa

The Practice

• The tortuous tale behind the 10th edition of the most widely cited lawbook in the world

Opening Statements

• Law firms add coaches to their staffs
• Former DEA agent switches over to the legal marijuana industry
• Silicon Valley lawyer creates another social network for lawyers
• MoFo starts Twitter feed to promote its female lawyers

Supreme Court Report

• Experts sound off once again on Justice Thomas' silence

Your ABA

• Gun control advocates search for policies which pass 2nd Amendment muster
• Paulette Brown will be the first woman of color to serve as ABA president
• ABA steps up calls for increased Legal Service Corp. funding
• ABA Announcements

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