The National Association for Law Placement Report on Diversity says the number of lawyers with disabilities has been increasing over the past six years. The latest report suggests that lawyers with disabilities comprise 3.06% of all lawyers, while associates are almost twice as likely as partners to report having a disability.
Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has long argued that the investigation into her fitness should be handled by a neutral circuit, rather than her colleagues.
A Wisconsin congressman introduced a bill Wednesday to overhaul the law governing misconduct investigations into federal judges and limit indefinite suspensions.
Lawyers who have clients with “decision-making limitations” must maintain the ordinary lawyer-client relationship as much as possible, according to a new ethics opinion from the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
Despite a decision last week by Washington to cancel the inaugural administration of the NextGen Uniform Bar Examination because of technical issues, those with approved accommodations were able to complete the test.
David P. Hayes was arrested late last month and faces one felony charge of first-degree sexual abuse of a developmentally disabled woman struggling with addiction who was a client.
Kimberly Panian and Hoi Yee Baxter have sued the Justice Department, claiming a “no-telework” policy at the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review endangers the health of disabled employees.
Language changes for ABA Model Rule 1.14, which provides guidance for representing clients who have challenges making reasoned decisions, was approved by the House of Delegates during the midyear meeting in February.
Nearly one quarter of law students at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law received disability accommodations granting them extra time for exams, according to records obtained by the California Post.
Updated: The competency of a retired Tennessee judge had been questioned following a stroke that she had in 2021, and yet she remained on the bench, according to court documents unsealed earlier this month.
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a 98-year-old judge—who’s also the oldest active federal judge—of an order suspending her from her duties.
A San Antonio attorney received a 20-year prison sentence last week after pleading guilty of stealing more than $500,000 from six kids whose parents died in a murder-suicide five years ago.
The Supreme Court on Thursday chose not to weigh in on what standards states should use to assess whether a person who commits a crime must be spared the death penalty because of intellectual disabilities.
A federal appeals court denied Monday a Yale Law School student’s request to proceed under a pseudonym in a lawsuit aiming to stop the school from discharging her.
