Three attorneys, including Evan Wolfson, the founder and president of Freedom to Marry, have been selected to receive the American Bar Association’s third annual Stonewall Award. The accolade is…
Sep 18, 2015 5:30 PM CDT
In the recent U.S. Supreme Court case
Elonis v. United States, argued in December, lawyers for Anthony Elonis said he should not have been convicted of making online threats against…
Apr 1, 2015 6:00 AM CDT
Michael Moore, Rusty Hardin and Jeffrey Dion made up a panel moderated by Sherri Bevan Walsh that addressed the balance between free speech rights and threats issued online. Photo by Kathy Anderson.
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Photo of Walter White Jr. by Kathy Anderson
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Photo of Leigh-Ann Buchanan by Kathy Anderson
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Deborah Enix-Ross looks on as Hilarie Bass speaks to the Nominating Committee. Photo by Kathy Anderson.
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Anura Meddegoda and William Hubbard sign the friendship agreement.
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Carla Adkinson-Johnson leads a discussion on the matter of child discipline. Photo by Kathy Anderson.
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Photo of Motoko Aizawa courtesy of the Institute of Human Rights and Business
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Mary Ryan, co-chair of the ABA’s Working Group on Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants, spoke passionately to the House of Delegates Monday about the plight of the youngest who find themselves…
Feb 9, 2015 5:00 PM CST
Corrected: After the 2012 death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, national attention focused on stand-your-ground laws, which remove the duty to retreat before using lethal force if a person feels…
Feb 9, 2015 4:19 PM CST
After a false start last August, the Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities was able to pass its resolution condemning “foreclosure rescue” fraud.
According to delegate Estelle Rogers, who presented…
Feb 9, 2015 3:50 PM CST
All 50 states allow victims of domestic and sexual violence to get protective orders, Angela C. Vigil told the ABA House of Delegates Monday.
But only 19 states allow…
Feb 9, 2015 3:20 PM CST
The ABA called for caution when administering capital punishment with two resolutions passed at Monday’s House of Delegates meeting.
Resolution 108A calls for all governments that use the death…
Feb 9, 2015 1:00 PM CST
On Monday, the Section on Taxation withdrew Resolution 104, which would have made ABA policy calling for a federal law to regulate paid tax preparers.
The resolution stemmed from two…
Feb 9, 2015 12:20 PM CST