Illustration by Brad Holland
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Photo by AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova
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Photo by AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova
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The great Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once confessed that his greatest thoughts were the result of wrestling with those of others. “Life-transforming ideas,” he wrote, “have always come to me…
Aug 1, 2011 9:00 AM CDT
Lawyers say they’ve learned from New Orleans and they’re ready for the next disaster. Lawyers who were there say maybe not.
Jul 1, 2011 9:49 AM CDT
The legal profession is undergoing a massive structural shift—one that will leave it dramatically transformed in the coming years.
Jul 1, 2011 9:40 AM CDT
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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American courts are facing perhaps their worst crisis in decades. When the recession kicked into high gear, courts already besieged with heavy dockets found themselves taking on even more cases…
Jun 1, 2011 8:59 AM CDT
Illustration by Randy Lyhus
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The polls had closed only hours earlier when the electronic complaint sailed across the virtual transom over the federal courthouse door in downtown Miami just shy of 2 a.m. on…
Jun 1, 2011 8:50 AM CDT
Photo of Scott Fortune by Neil Rashba
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OK, call him an actor—or even a used car salesman—Sam Adam Jr. doesn’t care. He did, after all, minor in acting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. At one point he…
Jun 1, 2011 8:40 AM CDT
Photo of Samuel Eugene Adam, Jr., with father Samuel Forbes Adam, Sr., by Wayne Slezak
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