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A prominent South Florida criminal defense lawyer federally indicted in a controversial case concerning opinion letters he wrote approving attorney fees paid by a convicted Colombian drug kingpin to another…
May 16, 2008 7:40 PM CDT
A fledgling law school at Florida A&M University reportedly is facing a tough accreditation battle, after a negative report by the American Bar Association earlier this year. But it’s a…
May 14, 2008 8:33 PM CDT
Bar presidents from all 50 states are asking Congress to increase funding for the Legal Services Corp. to at least $400 million in fiscal 2009.
A letter (PDF)…
May 13, 2008 11:43 AM CDT
Boston teens are being invited to watch mock bankruptcy hearings in federal court in a program designed to show the consequences of taking on too much debt.
The program, sponsored…
May 6, 2008 5:13 PM CDT
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”…
May 2, 2008 8:52 PM CDT
The woman who became the first African-American dean of the University of Arkansas law school is an expert in labor and employment law. But Cynthia Nance draws on her Lutheran…
May 1, 2008 4:01 PM CDT
How the ABA is relevant in Anytown, USA
May 1, 2008 3:51 PM CDT
ABA Publishing finds that legal best-sellers no longer need ‘how to’ in their titles
May 1, 2008 1:03 PM CDT
After 50 years, Law Day is still vital to building support for justice principles
May 1, 2008 1:02 PM CDT
ABA urges elimination of disparity in federal sentences for cocaine violations
May 1, 2008 1:01 PM CDT
50th Law Day will be a multidisciplinary celebration of the rule of law in our society
May 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
New procedural rules for judicial misconduct cases will apply in all federal circuits
May 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
Because the rule of law cannot be solely the province of lawyers, it was only fitting Wednesday afternoon that an economist on a panel made mostly of lawyers offered the…
May 1, 2008 1:46 AM CDT
The controversial lawyer-ranking website Avvo is fighting battles on several fronts in its effort to list lawyers in every state.
In the most recent skirmish, the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee…
Apr 25, 2008 2:17 PM CDT
Even before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce formally released its annual survey assessing state liability systems, trial lawyers were crying foul.
The survey, “Apr 23, 2008 2:41 PM CDT
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