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9 ABA Journal Letters from Our Readers articles.

Letters From Our Readers: Courting AI

In Amanda Robert’s “May It Please the Court” (Winter 2026, page 10), explaining why judges may utilize AI for proofing and editing but never for decision-making, Louisiana’s Judge Scott Schlegel said: “It’s part of the social contract—you want a human being struggling through the difficulties of a case and making a decision, not a bot.”

Apr 1, 2026 1:35 AM CDT

Letters From Our Readers: ABA works for us

We are often asked as ABA members why lawyers should be ABA members. The question comes in many ways, but what it really comes down to is: What is the value and relevancy of ABA membership?

Jan 1, 2026 1:20 AM CST

Letters: Hail and farewell

Letters, Fall 2025

Oct 1, 2025 1:45 AM CDT

Letters: ‘Really good issue’

‘Really good issue’ As a 50-year member of the ABA, I salute you for a really good issue, June-July 2025. There were many interesting articles even for a retired trial lawyer, especially the piece on Brian Steel! (“A Steely Defense,” page 26.) Michael Pope Glencoe, Ilinois Is it rare to…

Aug 1, 2025 1:25 AM CDT

Letters From Our Readers

Redesigned Journal Way back when, in prehistoric times, I was the associate publisher of the ABA Journal. We embarked on a redesign of the magazine, as you just did in the September-October issue. It was 30-plus years ago. Only Debra Cassens Weiss on the current staff might recall those days.…

Nov 1, 2019 3:40 AM CDT

The ABA Journal gets a new look and feel

We trimmed the frequency of publication from 12 to six issues per year. With the production savings, we were able to invest in higher-quality paper and a new size and format that give the written word, typography and art more prominence.

Sep 1, 2019 3:20 AM CDT

Letters from our readers

Bail system debate I would expect ABA membership to decline in the face of the ABA Journal’s constant barrage of contemporary liberal articles, of which the recitation “Change Agents: A New Wave of Reform Prosecutors Upends the Status Quo,” June, constitutes an example. The attacks on the bail system (notwithstanding…

Sep 1, 2019 3:00 AM CDT

Readers respond to conservative student’s perspective on controversial ‘MAGA’ hat column

The ABA Journal’s Aug. 7 Your Voice piece, “Conservative student says law school biases infringe on his right to free speech,” by Gonzaga University School of Law student Austin Phelps, has kept the conversation going after lively responses to Gonzaga Professor Jeffrey Omari’s first column on free speech, racism and…

Aug 22, 2019 2:00 PM CDT

As nation debates racism, readers respond to controversial 'MAGA' column

The ABA Journal’s July 3 Your Voice piece “Seeing Red: A professor coexists with ‘MAGA’ in the classroom” by Jeffrey Omari, has drawn a large number of comments and a lively discussion around the topics of the First Amendment and racism. Below is a sampling of reader responses to Omari’s…

Jul 18, 2019 9:15 AM CDT

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