For a while, it looked like a coalition of newly elected leaders of Pakistan’s parliament would restore to office this spring dozens of appellate judges removed from the bench late…
A new law school in China has announced its intent to seek accreditation from the American Bar Association, so graduates could potentially practice law in the U.S. (States commonly require…
London’s top billing as an international financial and legal center could lose some of its luster in the foreseeable future, according to the global managing partner of Clifford Chance.
A U.S. investigation is under way to determine whether China secretly copied a top American official’s government laptop computer during a trip late last year, subsequently using the information in…
After his first (and only) four months of schooling, at an Islamic madrassa in Pakistan, Shauker Ullah was ready, at 14, to pursue what religious leaders reportedly told him was…
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, himself a former corporate lawyer and law professor, called for reform of the country’s judicial system at a Kremlin meeting today of judges and legal officials.
In a report to a United Nations committee, the United States says it is holding 500 juveniles, apparently in adult detention facilities, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2002, a total…
An ABA Rule of Law award will be given this year to “those lawyers and judges in Pakistan who demonstrated courage in upholding the rule of law in their country”…
An agreement reportedly has been reached among Pakistan’s new parliamentary leadership to restore to office all of the appellate judges removed last year by President Pervez Musharraf.
Americans aren’t the only ones eagerly awaiting the Internal Revenue Service tax rebates expected to be in the mail to many U.S. residents by the end of May. A growing…
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.