An idea to combine three bodies in the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has been put into a report and shared with the group's council, which is meeting Friday in Portland, Oregon.
Adding some spice to the agenda of the ABA Techshow 2017 was the inaugural Startup Alley competition,which pitted 12 legal startups against one another in a knockout-style contest, with audience members voting for the winners. First place went to Ping, an automated timekeeping program that allows lawyers to automatically track and bill their hours without starting or stopping a timer.
Jun 1, 2017 1:50 AM CDT
Ping CEO Ryan Alshak and COO Kourosh Zamanizadeh. Photos by Jerry Lee.
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The ABA filed a motion for summary judgment on Wednesday in its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for its decision to drop some lawyers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
ABA President Linda A. Klein on Tuesday sharply criticized proposed budget cuts by the White House that would do “severe damage to the most vulnerable people in our society.”
“Steep budget cuts proposed today by the White House would severely undermine the fairness of the legal system and deny access to justice for some of society’s most vulnerable individuals,” Klein said in the statement.
May 23, 2017 3:53 PM CDT
ABA President Linda Klein. Photo Courtesy of ABA Communications.
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Further arms sales to Saudi Arabia would violate federal law, unless the country takes steps to comply with international humanitarian law, according to a law professor whose opinion was provided…
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The Alabama Legislature has passed and sent to the governor a bill intended to shorten death penalty appeals in the state.
The Legislature gave final approval to the bill last week despite opposition by the ABA, report AL.com and WHNT-TV. The bill requires requires defendants to seek post-conviction relief at the same time they are pursuing a direct appeal.
The ABA Journal received an honorable mention for magazine of the year in its revenue category in the national ASBPE Awards of Excellence honoring business-to-business journalism. The awards were given…
Alabama legislation designed to streamline capital appeals increases the risk that an innocent person will be executed, according to ABA President Linda A. Klein.
ABA President Linda Klein submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate on Friday urging them to set the Legal Services Corp. budget to $450 million for 2018.
Tarra Simmons, a third-year law student, convicted felon and former drug addict who in December won a Skadden Fellowship to help people recently released from prison, did not have…
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Ping CEO Ryan Alshak and COO Kourosh Zamanizadeh. Photos by Jerry Lee.
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ABA President Linda Klein. Photo Courtesy of ABA Communications.
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