This week, the American Bar Association and lawyers across the country celebrated Law Day on May 1 with essay contests, mock trials, town hall meetings to…
Now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking like his party’s nominee, speculation has begun on who he would nominate for the U.S. Supreme Court…
This month, the ABA Journal has a magazine story that singles out law firms that say they have a “no-jerks rule.” Terry Conner, managing partner of Haynes…
Last week, a new domestic violence court judge told an ABA Journal staffer that she chastised a defendant who appeared in her courtroom in a “wifebeater.” And this…
Next week, U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments take place in United States Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida and National Federation of Independent Business v. Kathleen…
At the suggestion of a reader and in the spirit of the neverending “[stuff] people say” video memes, this week, we’d like you to tell us a ridiculous statement (or…
This week, we noted a survey that stated lawyers, on average, are the second-most sleep-deprived professionals, getting an average of seven hours of sleep each night,…
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