Color Me Legal

The ABA Journal’s new book about the U.S. Supreme Court is not the dense and stuffy tome you might expect.

Oct 1, 2007 10:11 PM CDT

Top India Law Salary: $7K + Stock Options

The starting annual salary for a graduate of one of India’s top law schools working in an outsourced position for a major U.S. law firm is less than an American counterpart earns in a single month if employed by the firm directly. But the job has some nice benefits, at…

Oct 1, 2007 9:51 PM CDT

The Billable Hour Won’t Die

Regarding “The Billable Hour Must Die,” August: There is another aspect to the issue that is not so apparent. As a lawyer rendering services dealing with people problems, not corporate problems, I see this issue in another context, with ramifications of client dissatisfaction and misunderstanding that are considerably different. These…

Oct 1, 2007 7:41 PM CDT

The Company Line

The Supreme Court is backing business with gusto, taking aim at liability and litigation costs

Oct 1, 2007 6:12 PM CDT

Survey Says: Career Satisfaction a Struggle

Lawyers are ruder. Litigation costs more. And many attorneys struggle for career satisfaction. But nonetheless, most lawyers are still proud of their profession. That’s the gist of an American Bar Association survey of 800 attorneys that is discussed in next month’s ABA Journal cover story. One troubling statistic is the…

Sep 28, 2007 3:02 PM CDT

If You Could Be A Bionic Lawyer, What Would Be Your Strength?

With this week’s premiere/return of the “Bionic Woman” TV series, up pops a question: If you could get a bionic superpower to help you in your practice, what would it be? Answer in the comments below. Read last week’s answers.

Sep 27, 2007 4:36 PM CDT

Guilty Verdict in Church Leader Trial

Updated: A Utah jury has reached a guilty verdict in the case of a controversial church leader accused of accomplice rape for using his religious influence to pressure a 14-year-old into a marriage she didn’t want. Despite the removal of one juror and the addition of an alternate earlier today,…

Sep 25, 2007 9:47 PM CDT

Trial of Millennium: Osama Bin Laden

It’s not a real trial, of course. But some of the country’s best-known lawyers are talking about how they would defend the nation’s most-wanted terrorism suspect, if they were lucky—or unlucky—enough to draw the job of representing Osama bin Laden, were he to be captured. The case would probably start…

Sep 5, 2007 10:09 AM CDT

Defense Lawyers Give Terror Effort a D+

In an article that has sparked lively debate on the Internet, the ABA Journal discusses the results of a poll of 50 defense lawyers about the legal system’s response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Their answers weren’t confidence-inspiring. Although the defense lawyers felt that the judicial branch has…

Sep 4, 2007 10:47 PM CDT

Helpful Hacks

I enjoyed the “Law Hacks” feature, July, and agree wholeheartedly with most of the tips you give, especially using the GTD method. As an attorney, professor and Web developer, the GTD methodology has helped me keep my sanity during my first year outside academia.

I must say, however, that you forgot to mention one thing: Switch to OS X. Moving to a more stable platform lets me spend less time doing routine maintenance and allows me to concentrate on getting work done.

John Benson

Kansas City, Mo.

Sep 1, 2007 7:20 PM CDT

Accounting for Lives

The 9/11 victim compensation fund worked. But what about the next time?

Sep 1, 2007 5:30 AM CDT

On ABAJournal.com

Additional materials here on our Web site related to the articles in our September special issue print magazine

Sep 1, 2007 5:05 AM CDT

Being Karen Mathis

Bright and early this morning, ABA Journal senior writer Terry Carter began taking us behind the scenes at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco with ABA President Karen Mathis, shadowing her for every minute of her 15-hour day, which begins at the bottom of the post and ends at…

Aug 9, 2007 5:51 PM CDT

The Ultimate Question

A courthouse conversation brings a lawyer’s purpose into sharper focus

Aug 1, 2007 12:50 PM CDT

Erosion of Trust

Hawaii’s Bishop Estate: a cautionary tale of mismanagement at a charitable organization

Aug 1, 2007 11:57 AM CDT