Many abortion opponents are changing their tactics, switching their focus from overturning Roe v. Wade to developing social programs that will support pregnant women.
A law professor who sued two former students for defamation has dropped his suit after the school’s interim dean said there is no evidence he is a racist.
Armed with a sharp intellect, great listening skills and wicked sense of humor, the 67-year-old dean of the University of Texas School of Law is trying to do something no…
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley makes her first U.S. Supreme Court appearance today to argue that the state is not obligated to produce forensic scientists for courtroom testimony about their…
A law school known for its focus on real-world legal education has launched a new research center that will explore what lawyers do and why clients hire them.
A Pepperdine University law professor is taking to the airwaves to back a California constitutional amendment to bar gay marriage in the state, while other lawyers on both sides of…
Famous Harvard University constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe has some advice for a lawyer and Rhode Island officials feuding over who gets to argue an Indian land case before the…
Famous law professor Arthur Miller will head the appellate practice at the securities class action firm that survived allegations it participated in a scheme to pay kickbacks to lead plaintiffs.
Updated: As a longtime law professor and now dean, Erwin Chemerinsky is a regular on the pro bono scene. So when he read news reports that 2nd U.S. Circuit Court…
More money in budget coffers, a popular dean and a successful hiring spree are three of the changes that have prompted speculators to suggest that Harvard University is in a…
For the first time in 17 years, the American Civil Liberties Union has a new public face. On Saturday, the group elected constitutional law scholar Susan Herman as president.
The University of Texas School of Law has the best classroom experience and the University of Virginia School of Law has the best quality of life, according to the Princeton…
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