ABA President Paulette Brown is urging Kenya to conduct a “full, thorough and impartial” investigation into the deaths of a human-rights lawyer, his client and their taxi driver. The bodies…
Jul 11, 2016 10:02 AM CDT
The ABA has chosen detained Chinese lawyer Wang Yu to receive its first International Human Rights Award.
The ABA announced the award on Friday, one year after Wang was detained…
Jul 8, 2016 1:15 PM CDT
Photo of ABA President Paulette Brown by Marc Hauser.
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The law is a culturally conservative profession. But in a changing job market, Nicole Abboud doesn't believe young lawyers can afford to stay conventional.
Jul 1, 2016 3:30 AM CDT
From early on, Paula E. Boggs was never inclined to seek out the easy path. That characteristic was apparent as far back as the late 1970s, when, Boggs says, she…
Jul 1, 2016 1:20 AM CDT
Paula E. Boggs. Photos Courtesy of Paula E. Boggs.
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It's a long-standing tradition: Law school applicants take the standardized Law School Admission Test. Applicants' scores on the test, which is given four times a year, can determine the range…
Jul 1, 2016 1:10 AM CDT
The 20th annual ABA Day in Washington, the association's major grassroots lobbying event coordinated each year by the Governmental Affairs Office, brought a record number of state and local bar…
Jul 1, 2016 1:00 AM CDT
ABA President Paulette Brown joins (from left) Michael Flowers, Otto Beatty Jr., Rep. Joyce Beatty and Bill Weisenberg at the ABA Justice Award ceremony. Photograph courtesy of ABA.
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The U.S. Department of Justice will require its employees to receive training designed to prevent implicit bias from affecting their decisions.
The DOJ announced in a Monday press release…
Jun 28, 2016 4:35 PM CDT
A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new Department of Labor rule that requires employers and consultants—including lawyers—to report when the consultants give advice to employers about persuading employees…
Jun 28, 2016 1:15 PM CDT
A Department of Education panel on Wednesday recommended that the ABA’s accreditation power for new law schools be suspended for one year, on the basis that the organization failed to…
Jun 24, 2016 2:00 PM CDT
The ABA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a Virginia death-row inmate.
The ABA wants the Supreme Court to review whether the state’s post-conviction process…
Jun 24, 2016 10:58 AM CDT
Lawyers across the country should be on the lookout for phishing emails, which purport to be about new discipline investigations.
More than 50 attorneys have received the emails, which have…
Jun 23, 2016 2:05 PM CDT
North Carolina lawmakers have passed a bill that amends the state’s definition of law practice to permit websites that offer interactive legal documents.
House Bill 436 (PDF) won unanimous…
Jun 22, 2016 10:38 AM CDT
Updated: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland has received a well-qualified rating by the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
The committee concluded that Garland is “a pre-eminent member…
Jun 21, 2016 9:59 AM CDT
