In the recent U.S. Supreme Court case
Elonis v. United States, argued in December, lawyers for Anthony Elonis said he should not have been convicted of making online threats against…
Apr 1, 2015 6:00 AM CDT
Michael Moore, Rusty Hardin and Jeffrey Dion made up a panel moderated by Sherri Bevan Walsh that addressed the balance between free speech rights and threats issued online. Photo by Kathy Anderson.
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Photo of Nicholas Carr courtesy of Mr. Carr
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Photo of Walter White Jr. by Kathy Anderson
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Photo of Leigh-Ann Buchanan by Kathy Anderson
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Deborah Enix-Ross looks on as Hilarie Bass speaks to the Nominating Committee. Photo by Kathy Anderson.
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Anura Meddegoda and William Hubbard sign the friendship agreement.
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Carla Adkinson-Johnson leads a discussion on the matter of child discipline. Photo by Kathy Anderson.
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Photo of Motoko Aizawa courtesy of the Institute of Human Rights and Business
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Ensuring that all Americans have sufficient access to justice has been one of the top priorities of the American Bar Association. One of the states with the largest gaps between…
Mar 23, 2015 4:15 PM CDT
The governing Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has approved a proposal to change the way law schools classify school-funded jobs in their…
Mar 16, 2015 5:20 PM CDT
Four Arizona high school students have won first place in an ABA video competition with the theme “Magna Carta: What’s So Great about the ‘Great Charter’?”
The students will get…
Mar 16, 2015 2:11 PM CDT
University of California at Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinsky is pitted against his mentor and one-time constitutional law professor, Harvard Law School’s Laurence Tribe, in the books category of the…
Mar 11, 2015 11:48 AM CDT
An ABA committee is considering a proposed change in the way law schools are required to report admissions data and entering class credentials.
Under the current regime, law schools are…
Mar 6, 2015 9:15 AM CST