DA charged with aiding drug dealers | Paralegal on firm team denied workers' comp | Ex-lawyer guilty in sex trial

Latest Headlines

From the ABA Journal

Pennsylvania DA is charged with protecting drug dealers, trading favorable treatment for sex

April 5, 2018, 8:59 am CDT

A word in favor of judicial elections

April 5, 2018, 8:00 am CDT

Paralegal injured playing softball for law firm team isn't entitled to workers' comp, court rules

April 5, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

NYU Law gets $20M for global legal studies program

April 4, 2018, 4:17 pm CDT

After passage of new law, Microsoft and US tell Supreme Court that email access case is moot

April 4, 2018, 3:33 pm CDT

Do you belong to any social groups for lawyers?

April 4, 2018, 2:10 pm CDT

Judge tosses 1 charge against lawyers and client over Waffle House CEO sex tape

April 4, 2018, 1:35 pm CDT

Suit seeks end of jailhouse informant program, disclosure to convicted inmates

April 4, 2018, 12:29 pm CDT

Judge says statute used to charge local crime blogger is unconstitutionally vague

April 4, 2018, 10:50 am CDT

Jury convicts ex-lawyer called 'pimp in a suit' without juror who fainted after graphic video

April 4, 2018, 10:11 am CDT

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

Do you belong to any social groups for lawyers?

Law practice may be the loneliest profession. Lawyers outranked other professionals on a "loneliness scale" in a survey of more than 1,600 workers. Houston-area lawyer Scott Rothenberg tells the ABA Journal that loneliness and isolation may be a root cause of many lawyer issues like depression, suicide and substance abuse.

Do you belong to any groups to socialize with other lawyers? In-person or online? Where you discuss work-related issues or personal ones? Why or why not? If you belong to a group, do you think it helps professionally or with your overall well-being? Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: How would you amend the Constitution?

Featured answer:

Posted by AndytheLawyer: "Add an express right of privacy, similar to that in the constitutions of California and other states."

In the Magazine

From the April 2018 issue

Women of the world

Meet 3 female human rights lawyers fighting for change worldwide

Fighting words

Can anti-profanity laws and the fighting words doctrine be squared with the First Amendment?

This Week's Featured Blawg

From our Blawg Directory

Stanford Center for Legal Informatics fellow Monica Bay interviews leaders in legal technology and keeps readers informed about CodeX events. Recent posts preview presentations at the CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2018.