ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III is urging U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to reverse a new Guantanamo policy that appears to violate attorney-client privilege.
The American Bar Association has filed an amicus supporting state-funded counsel for indigent parents facing the possible loss of their children in abuse or neglect cases filed by the state.
A Catholic rights group has filed a formal ethics complaint against a Minnesota lawyer whose bankruptcy filing was filled with religious slurs against a federal judge and others.
A lawyer, economist, actor, political speechwriter and journalist perhaps best-known for his role as a teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off will serve as the keynote speaker at the ABA…
The governing body of the ABA’s law school accrediting arm has approved a set of recommended changes in the collection and publication of graduate placement data.
The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 today took another step toward deciding whether to recommend changes in legal ethics rules to allow nonlawyers to have a limited ownership interest in…
A former Florida lawyer and businessman who spent 14 years in prison for plotting his wife’s murder has been permanently disbarred for practicing law without a license.
Rebecca Love Kourlis: “Law school graduates with demonstrated practice skills will have an important advantage in today’s tough job market.” Photo courtesy of the University of Denver.
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