Illustration by Viktor Koen
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Photo of Bryan Garner by Terri Glanger.
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At their best, trials provide insight into the human condition while they illuminate principles of the law. And sometimes they even change the course of history.
Is it any wonder…
Nov 1, 2013 2:51 PM CDT
Clockwise from top left: Clarence Darrow by Photoquest/Getty Images, Adolf Eichmann by Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, Students in Brown v. Board by Carl Iwasaki/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, Slobodan Milosevic courtesy of Wikia.com, Ellis Island courtesy of Library of Congress, Beheading of Charles I courtesy of Wikipedia, Trial of Karl Brandt courtesy of Wikipedia, Nelson Mandela by Jurgen Schadeberg/Getty Images, Susan B. Anthony courtesy of the Library of Congress, Adam and Eve courtesy of Wikipedia.
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Photo of Bryan Garner by Teri Glanger.
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World War II Law and Lawyers by Thomas J. Shaw
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The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar hasn’t received much in the way of a response to its latest proposed changes in the law school accreditation…
Oct 22, 2013 6:41 PM CDT
David Berg was an ambitious young lawyer in Houston in 1968 when his older brother, Alan, disappeared. Alan, who had followed their father into the carpet business, had been killed by a hit man over a business dispute. His body wasn't discovered for another six months. The trial of Charles Harrelson (notorious killer-for-hire and father to actor Woody Harrelson) which followed–and the subsequent acquittal–was so painful for Berg that he barely spoke of his brother's death for another 40 years.
Oct 22, 2013 1:29 PM CDT
Most judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals read legal briefs on iPads, New Orleans appellate lawyer Raymond P. Ward wrote at Louisiana Civil…
Oct 11, 2013 1:30 PM CDT
It was bad enough when his brother was kidnapped and shot to death decades ago, a Texas lawyer says.
But seeing the man he still believes to be responsible for…
Oct 4, 2013 4:34 PM CDT
Photo of Bryan Garner by Terri Glanger.
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A federal appeals court begins an opinion in an insurance dispute with an observation: “There are good reasons not to call an opponent’s argument ‘ridiculous.’ ”
“The reasons include civility;…
Sep 25, 2013 12:15 PM CDT
True or not, the story goes that Ernest Hemingway won a bet that he could write a story in six words or less. The author delivered this tale: “For sale:…
Sep 24, 2013 11:15 AM CDT