Health Law

About 1 in 5 law students have a disability, new survey finds

A survey released this week from Indiana University found that among U.S. law students, about 20% reported that they have a disability of some kind—ranging from mental health conditions to physical disabilities—and often feel unsupported.

Nov 6, 2025 11:38 AM CST

Over $200M verdict overturned in ‘Maya’ hospitalization case chronicled in Netflix documentary

A trial judge made errors requiring a new trial in a case stemming from a woman’s suicide after her 10-year-old daughter was removed from her care and held at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, a Florida appeals court ruled last week.

Nov 3, 2025 11:05 AM CST

Lawyer suspended following ‘unconventional, erratic and threatening behavior’

A lawyer has been suspended from Ohio law practice for 18 months, with six months stayed, for an incident in which he confronted ex-colleagues with a hatchet and challenged the name partner of his former law firm to a duel.

Oct 23, 2025 11:33 AM CDT

Federal judge’s decision tossing youths’ climate lawsuit had ‘silver lining’

A federal judge had some good news for 22 youths in his Oct. 15 decision dismissing their lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels.

Oct 21, 2025 9:25 AM CDT

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

The Supreme Court sounded deeply skeptical Tuesday about a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors, suggesting the justices may scuttle the statute and similar restrictions in nearly 30 states.

Oct 7, 2025 1:28 PM CDT

Suit by fired Akerman partner alleges she was ‘pestered’ on medical leave, treated less favorably based on race and sex

A former income partner at Akerman in Los Angeles accuses the law firm of “brazen acts of discrimination, harassment and retaliation” in a lawsuit filed on Monday. Michelle Flores describes herself as “a highly successful 57-year-old Latina woman” and a “nationally recognized” attorney in the Sept. 29 lawsuit, filed in…

Oct 2, 2025 1:27 PM CDT

A Mother's Trial: Nurse wrongly accused of child abuse forges career bridging law and medicine to help others

“You don’t know when you’re going through this that the doctor you’re talking to is investigating you,” Alexcia Stees says. It was the beginning of a long journey during which Stees, a mother of three, would stand accused of child abuse and build a new career to help others in similar situations.

Oct 1, 2025 1:55 AM CDT

Court is not ‘enforcement division’ for ‘Miss Manners,’ concurring judge says as discipline case is tossed

The Kansas Supreme Court has rejected a recommended censure against a former district attorney who issued a press release questioning a chief judge’s statements about a plan to host jury trials at the county fairgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 3, 2025 12:35 PM CDT

Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court majority of playing Calvinball

A partial dissent last week by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is attracting attention for her reference to a game that made a recurring appearance in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.

Aug 25, 2025 9:27 AM CDT

ABA House adopts policy on law firm intimidation, immigration issues

The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted more than 50 policy matters, including one on law firm intimidation, several on immigration enforcement and detention, and resolutions on academic freedom and open, civil debate at universities when it met during the 2025 ABA Annual Meeting.

Aug 12, 2025 12:54 PM CDT

Secondary trauma hits attorneys hard; here’s how to navigate it

There’s a lesser-known but profound challenge within the legal profession: secondary trauma. For many attorneys and judges, the emotional toll of handling distressing cases can accumulate, creating lasting psychological impacts.

Aug 12, 2025 9:23 AM CDT

2 BigLaw firms make mass lateral hires involving at least 52 lawyers

Crowell & Moring and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer are hiring large groups of lawyers from other law firms.

Aug 6, 2025 1:48 PM CDT

From man’s best friend to a lawyer’s best partner? How some law firms utilize therapy dogs

A study in the American Psychological Association’s peer-reviewed journal Emotion found that the participants who spent time with their dog after a stressful task experienced a better mood and reduced anxiety than those who did not. So law firms and the courts have been steadily adding therapy dogs, court facility dogs and untrained dogs that happen to be calm and comforting. The ABA approves: The House of Delegates passed a resolution in 2021 supporting the use of trained dogs to help witnesses during testimony.

Aug 1, 2025 1:20 AM CDT

The brain tumor that almost made me blind

As a lawyer, I used to think advocacy was something I only did for others. After almost going blind, I learned the hard way that it’s also something I must do for myself.

Jul 31, 2025 10:23 AM CDT

Man sues over girlfriend’s abortion in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit

A Texas man whose girlfriend used abortion pills to end her pregnancy is suing a California doctor who allegedly mailed her the medication in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind wrongful-death lawsuit—and a fresh test of federal and state abortion laws.

Jul 25, 2025 4:30 PM CDT