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Law firms respond to threats as conflict in Middle East intensifies

Major law firms with offices in the Middle East are preparing contingency plans as Iran escalates its missile and drone attacks across the region.

Mar 3, 2026 9:59 AM CST

Does Qatar’s gift of a luxury plane to US violate the emoluments clause?

Some Democratic lawmakers and ethics experts are raising concerns that a plan by Qatar, a country in the Middle East, to give a Boeing 747 jumbo jet worth about $400 million to the U.S. Department of Defense could be illegal and unconstitutional.

May 13, 2025 3:24 PM CDT

Michelle Rozovics’ love of learning and teaching takes her around the world

ABA member Michelle Rozovics—the managing attorney of Rozovics Law Firm in McHenry, Illinois, a small city northwest of Chicago—says curiosity led her to the legal profession. It inspired her to pursue international and business law and to work with clients, law students and judges around the world.

Nov 27, 2024 8:48 AM CST

Amal Clooney was among the experts who advised on the International Criminal Court arrest warrants

Amal Clooney on Monday said she helped weigh the evidence that led to the International Criminal Court’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

May 21, 2024 11:55 AM CDT

Pro-Palestinian groups are Hamas propagandists, BigLaw firm’s suit alleges; is First Amendment an issue?

Updated: A May 1 lawsuit alleges that two pro-Palestinian groups are Hamas propagandists that are involved in campus protests in an effort to justify violence against Israel and Zionists.

May 6, 2024 2:06 PM CDT

Law dean Chemerinsky condemns ‘blatant antisemitism’ of caricature, confronts ‘rude’ protester with law prof wife

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is viewing a disrupted law student dinner in his backyard Tuesday through a First Amendment lens.

Apr 11, 2024 10:29 AM CDT

Foley & Lardner rescinds associate job offer over comments following Hamas attack

Foley & Lardner rescinded a job offer to an incoming associate just before she was set to begin work at the firm's Chicago office in October.

Dec 4, 2023 8:25 AM CST

ABA withdraws 2 online statements on Israel-Hamas war

Two statements on the Israel-Hamas war by ABA President Mary Smith have been withdrawn and are no longer available on the association’s website.

Nov 30, 2023 1:10 PM CST

Campus politics playing bigger role in prelaw students’ law school considerations, survey says

As conflicts related to the Hamas-Israeli war flare up on law school campuses, more than half of prelaw students—58%—want to attend a law school where their politics will align with those of others on campus, according to a survey by Kaplan conducted just before the war started and released Tuesday.

Nov 28, 2023 9:17 AM CST

Assistant public defender suspended after anti-Israel Marxist newspapers found in PD waiting room

An assistant public defender has been placed on paid leave because he was thought to be the person responsible for placement of Marxist newspapers with anti-Israel content in the waiting room of the public defender’s courthouse office in New Britain, Connecticut.

Nov 20, 2023 11:22 AM CST

Program provides senior lawyers opportunities to teach law students abroad

Do you have an interest in sharing your experience and expertise as a practicing lawyer by teaching for a few weeks at a law school in Eastern Europe, Asia or Africa? The Senior Lawyer Visiting Professors Program might be for you.

Nov 15, 2023 9:44 AM CST

Federal judge wants clerks to confirm they aren’t part of antisemitic or Islamophobic groups

A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, is asking his incoming law clerks and interns whether they have done anything—or belonged to groups that did anything—that could be construed as celebrating or condoning the “massacre perpetrated by Hamas in Israel.”

Nov 10, 2023 1:42 PM CST

Law firms respond to threats as conflict in Middle East intensifies

Does Qatar’s gift of a luxury plane to US violate the emoluments clause?

Michelle Rozovics’ love of learning and teaching takes her around the world

Amal Clooney was among the experts who advised on the International Criminal Court arrest warrants

Pro-Palestinian groups are Hamas propagandists, BigLaw firm’s suit alleges; is First Amendment an issue?

Law dean Chemerinsky condemns ‘blatant antisemitism’ of caricature, confronts ‘rude’ protester with law prof wife

Foley & Lardner rescinds associate job offer over comments following Hamas attack

ABA withdraws 2 online statements on Israel-Hamas war

Campus politics playing bigger role in prelaw students’ law school considerations, survey says

Assistant public defender suspended after anti-Israel Marxist newspapers found in PD waiting room

Program provides senior lawyers opportunities to teach law students abroad

Federal judge wants clerks to confirm they aren’t part of antisemitic or Islamophobic groups

PD resigns after video is said to show her tearing down posters of Hamas hostages

BigLaw firms ask law school deans to respond to antisemitism in campus protests

Chemerinsky: ‘Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks’

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