In response to the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern U.S. border, a delegation of ABA leaders visited detained immigrant minors in San Antonio this week.
An ABA study of Missouri public defenders serves as a blueprint for other jurisdictions developing evidence of “crushing workloads,” according to ABA President James R. Silkenat.
Resisting pressure to include a religious exemption, President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order banning discrimination by federal contractors based on employees’ sexual orientation or gender identity.
The ABA is opposing two draft tax bills that would require many law firms to switch accounting methods and pay taxes on phantom income before it is received.
The ABA is cooperating with the Department of Veterans Affairs in a pilot program to provide free legal representation to vets with pending disability claims.
Former ABA President Dennis Archer has been appointed chair of current ABA President James Silkenat’s newly formed Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education. AP Photo/Mike Groll
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Boston’s historic Old South Church stands at the NW corner of Copley Square. ©Rick Friedman/Corbis/AP Images
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Photo by Wayne Slezak
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Illustration by Tim Marrs
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Hazrat, 7, works at a brickmaking factory in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Photo by Reuters/Parwiz.
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Former ABA President Dennis Archer has been appointed chair of current ABA President James Silkenat’s newly formed Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education. AP Photo/Mike Groll
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Photo of Stephen N. Zack courtesy of his law firm, Boies, Schiller and Flexner.
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