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Updated: A modified ABA professional conduct model rule that makes discrimination and harassment based on race, sex and religion an ethical violation for lawyers violates free speech rights, according to…
The ABA is “a leading bulwark for the rule of law” that has not shied away from its support for that concept through the deliberative process of the ABA House…
Unaccompanied minor immigrants are so vulnerable—and the immigration court process so complicated—that they cannot have a fair trial without court-appointed attorneys, the American Bar Association argued Thursday.
Total enrollment for ABA-accredited law schools decreased by 2.6 percent in the past year, but for first-year classes, there was an increase of 0.1 percent, according to Standard 509 Information…
Corrected: While the University of North Texas Dallas College of Law is pursuing ABA accreditation, the state supreme court on Tuesday granted a request from the dean that its graduates…
A company that aims to simplify the way litigation services are bought and another that automatically tracks a lawyer’s billable time were among the 12 winners of a competition to…
The leaders of five legal groups have written an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump that urges his administration and Congress to “lead the nation towards unity and inclusion.”
A lawyer who receives earned fees that must be shared with a lawyer from another law firm must take steps to appropriately safeguard the funds, according to an ABA ethics…
The group that challenged a race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas has filed a lawsuit that contends the State Bar of Texas maintains “a race- and sex-based quota…
Although there’s been a contraction in the law school market, tuition continues to rise, including at private institutions that take first-year students with lower LSAT scores and have high attrition…
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