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Judge says ex-lawyer lived a 'diabolical secret life' and sentences him in wife's 1973 murder

September 14, 2018, 7:50 am CDT

Asylum-seekers whose children were taken away may get another chance under DOJ settlement

September 14, 2018, 7:01 am CDT

Courts, law schools affected as Hurricane Florence makes landfall

September 13, 2018, 11:34 am CDT

10 Questions

This stand-up comedian and Oregon lawyer stands up against sexual harassment

ABA Journal: In 2002, you decided to move from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon. Did you have to change your practice to adapt to a smaller legal community?
Mitra Shahri: No, perverts are perverts everywhere you go.

From the September 2018 issue

ABA releases new report on access to justice commissions in the US

September 14, 2018, 6:00 am CDT

House committee advances sweeping judicial reform bills as ABA president urges caution

September 13, 2018, 6:50 pm CDT

Suit: Blank Rome tried to 'play cute' in de facto merger to defraud Dickstein partners

September 13, 2018, 1:22 pm CDT

Kavanaugh responds to gambling questions, explains rebuffed handshake

September 13, 2018, 11:39 am CDT

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