Nixon Peabody’s San Francisco office is now home to a rainbow crew of LGBTQ startups, with seven already part of the new StartOut Growth Lab and about a dozen in the pipeline.
The word whistleblower evokes names such as Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg and Deep Throat. But the reach of today’s whistleblower has begun to extend beyond the political jungle and into the animal kingdom through the Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program.
Don D. Bush left his position as a magistrate judge with the U.S. District Court for work as a medical technician for a nonprofit urgent care clinic and an ambulance service.
The 12,000 items in the Library of Congress collection of Alexander Hamilton’s papers includes letters, drafts of speeches and writings, including the outline of Hamilton’s speech to the Constitutional Convention.
A new Georgetown University Law Center study describes how “adultification” affects how African-American girls are treated by school administrators, law enforcement and the justice system, beginning in childhood.
John Bouman, president of the Shriver Center, says it’s important for private entities to combat what he sees as a political climate where “it’s OK to discriminate” and for the Shriver Center to act as a legal resource that can “push back as the federal government withdraws from enforcing civil rights.”
As the executive director of Muslim Advocates, Farhana Khera and her staff work with volunteer lawyers and dedicated faith leaders across the country to stand up to hate and bias through education, advocacy and litigation.
Daniel Lukasik: “Driving home from work, I used to cry almost every day without even knowing why. If it weren’t for my wife and daughter, I might’ve killed myself. Depression is an illness, not an emotion. It’s a sadness far beyond just being sad.” Photo courtesy of Lawyers with Depression
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The terms emoji and emoticon—the keyboard-created forerunner of emojis—have cropped up in about 80 U.S. court opinions to date, with about half the case references within the last two years.
Tracy Richelle High: “You make time for the things that matter. Period. What matters most on any particular day changes, and you must be flexible. Some days I devote more time to being a lawyer, and other days I devote more to my personal life.”
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.