A former Ropes & Gray associate was disbarred yesterday after he previously pleaded guilty to securities fraud in a case that stemmed from a wide-ranging insider-trading matter.
Former Holland & Knight partner Edward F. Ryan will face a 90-day suspension for overbilling. The Illinois Supreme Court adopted the proposed suspension by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary…
As would-be legal eagles try to spread their wings in a difficult economy, it’s important for law schools to provide “total disclosure” about what their graduates can realistically expect in…
In what the law school dean at the University of Miami is billing as a groundbreaking program to help jobless grads, it has established a new program that will pay…
The percentage of women lawyers in the nation’s 250 largest law firms has declined, and one expert suggests the reason may be that BigLaw is becoming less attractive.
A law professor known for his studies of the legal profession is predicting a “new hierarchy” of law schools will emerge, one that will be based on educational quality and…
Updated: ABA President Stephen N. Zack is hoping President Obama’s recent visit to India will be helpful to American lawyers who want to advise clients there without obtaining a law…
In-house lawyers with a “continuous presence” in the state of New York shouldn’t be required to pass the state bar exam, according to the New York State Bar Association.
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