Newest Issue - August 2023

Sci-Fact: Futuristic films have gotten some things right about tech law challenges

Many films and shows have imagined the future and how technology both helps and hurts society. When it comes to some parts of the legal system, it’s clear that the future is now.

Features

• Doing Their Homework: How these incoming law students selected their schools
• Shadow Foster Care: Children and caregivers in a 'hidden' system miss out on benefits and support

Web Extras

• Advocates support use of kinship caregivers in child welfare cases

President's Letter

• Diversity of Viewpoints: Civility turns down heat, increases light to attain results

Letters

• Letters: Dr. Lawyer?

Inter Alia

• First Black federal judges carved a civil rights path
• Septuagenarian lawyer can beat both his clients' criminal charges and a drum set
• How collegiality can influence judicial decisions

Practice Matters

• Decoding the Legal Doctorate: The curious case of why lawyers are not called 'doctor'
• Legal Interpretation: A quiz based on recent cases
• How retainers can lead to ethics issues

The National Pulse

• Return-to-office push prompts law firms to reconsider child care benefits
• High-risk, high-reward world of mass torts is a billion-dollar business

Business of Law

• Are law firm leaders having second thoughts on remote work?
• Thanks to the pandemic, law firms have embraced remote e-discovery
• Smaller law firms are bracing for the new pay transparency laws

ABA Insider

• ABA Treasurer's Report - Fiscal Year 2022
• Community Veteran Justice Project founder helps vets navigate legal needs
• ABA entities help amplify the 'court watch' movement
• ABA Notices - August-September 2023

Report from Governmental Affairs

• ABA advocates for combating money laundering while honoring client confidentiality

Precedents

• Sept. 25, 1930: U.S. names its first drug czar

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