A concurring opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on the ABA’s capital representation standards and the association’s membership has one conservative commentator doing the blog equivalent of a victory…
In a summary disposition, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a federal appeals court should not have judged a murder defendant’s representation based on ABA standards enacted 18 years after…
Southern New England law school dean Robert Ward is preparing for battle over his school’s plan to merge with the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and become the state’s first…
Updated: In a surprise ruling from the bench today, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., agreed with the American Bar Association that the Federal Trade Commission exceeded its authority by…
Updated: Law school tuition has been rising since 1994, reaching as much as $50,000 per year when combined with fees at law schools such as Yale and the University of…
Norman Eisen, the former Zuckerman Spaeder parner who is President Obama’s new ethics adviser, says he did consult with lobbyists before instituting new ethics…
A perfect storm of political unrest, generational conflict and a biased judge set the stage for a 1969 trial that is still memorable 40 years later for its drama and…
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