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Legal hiring continues to increase, despite slowdown across broader economy, new government data shows

Hiring in the legal sector outpaced hiring across the broader U.S. economy in September, according to seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.

Oct 5, 2026 10:39 AM CDT

DOJ accuses UCLA School of Law of racial discrimination

The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law is the latest to face scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice, which found that the law school discriminated against white and Asian applicants between 2019 and 2025, violating the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling banning considerations regarding race in admissions.

Oct 5, 2026 10:26 AM CDT

Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump

In the tug of war over whether Roger Rogoff can serve as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, a federal judge reinstated him Thursday.

Oct 2, 2026 9:39 AM CDT

DOJ files complaint against Minn. judges for criticizing immigration surge

The Justice Department filed judicial misconduct complaints against all but one of Minnesota’s active federal judges Wednesday, calling recent media interviews they gave discussing the impact of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown in their state evidence of partisan bias and a “threat to the rule of law.”

Oct 1, 2026 10:16 AM CDT

Protecting Attorney-Client Relationships: ABA advocacy helps safeguard the right to effective assistance of counsel

Attorney-client privilege, the lawyer’s ethical duty of confidentiality and the U.S. Constitution’s right to the effective assistance of counsel are bedrock legal principles that encourage clients to speak candidly with their lawyers without fear the information they share will be revealed to others. This enables clients to receive the most competent legal advice possible from fully informed counsel.

Oct 1, 2026 12:15 AM CDT

Could the use of AI upend privacy and security expectations in court?

As AI becomes more powerful and users become more savvy, will this sort of sleuthing become more frequent in the future? Legal experts say yes, especially since it was already happening long before AI.

Sep 29, 2026 11:10 AM CDT

DOJ enlisting military attorneys as prosecutors in California and NY

The Justice Department is planning to enlist military attorneys as temporary prosecutors to help with increased federal law enforcement efforts in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Sacramento.

Sep 28, 2026 11:00 AM CDT

Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules

The Trump administration can use a wide-ranging government database that includes Social Security information to help state officials identify noncitizens on their voter lists, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

Sep 25, 2026 12:54 PM CDT

Justice Jackson criticizes frequent use of SCOTUS emergency docket orders

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday said the high court’s heavy reliance on emergency docket orders allows the federal government unfair access to the justices’ time and attention.

Sep 25, 2026 10:03 AM CDT

Are drag shows protected by First Amendment? 5th Circuit weighs in

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans is weighing in on Texas A&M University’s ban on drag shows.

Sep 24, 2026 12:08 PM CDT

DOJ seeks to revive cases against Comey, James a year after dismissals

A federal appellate panel expressed skepticism Tuesday about the Justice Department’s bid to revive prosecutions in Virginia of former FBI director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, following a court ruling last year that the prosecutor overseeing them had been illegally appointed.

Sep 15, 2026 2:33 PM CDT

Nowhere to Go: Sick inmates on compassionate release are often barred from nursing homes

Most states now provide for compassionate release, which allows people in prison to qualify for early release when advanced age, terminal illness or incapacitation lessens the need for their continued incarceration. But how to move these people out of prison—and where to move them—remains a national problem.

Sep 15, 2026 1:49 PM CDT

Legal hiring continues to increase, despite slowdown across broader economy, new government data shows

DOJ accuses UCLA School of Law of racial discrimination

Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump

DOJ files complaint against Minn. judges for criticizing immigration surge

Protecting Attorney-Client Relationships: ABA advocacy helps safeguard the right to effective assistance of counsel

Could the use of AI upend privacy and security expectations in court?

DOJ enlisting military attorneys as prosecutors in California and NY

Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules

Justice Jackson criticizes frequent use of SCOTUS emergency docket orders

Are drag shows protected by First Amendment? 5th Circuit weighs in

DOJ seeks to revive cases against Comey, James a year after dismissals

Nowhere to Go: Sick inmates on compassionate release are often barred from nursing homes

Trump slams his own Supreme Court appointees over mail ballot ruling

Supreme Court blocks sweeping mail ballot restrictions for midterm elections

Breakfast in America: Egg producers agree to give away 53M eggs in price fixing settlement

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