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Friday, April 5, 2024

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Blaming Word setting for overlong briefs is 'somewhat hard to believe,' federal judge says as she tosses footnotes

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Four Ways to Improve Your Law Firm's First Impression

ABA proposal to accredit online law schools faces opposition from law deans

Should you hire a divorce coach?

Missing Benchmarks: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are still underrepresented in the judiciary

From the April-May 2024 Magazine

Creatures Great and Small: 9 court rulings that shaped the Endangered Species Act

Since its enactment more than 50 years ago, lawyers representing groups ranging from conservation organizations to loggers have challenged the law, testing it with suits when public or private interests clashed with the act's protection of specific species.

ABA UNSUNG HEROES OF DEMOCRACY AWARD

Know a beacon of free and fair elections? Submit your nomination

Tikkun Olam: When public service is a sacred obligation

Should Justice Sotomayor retire? Chemerinsky, White House haven't joined calls for her to step down

Judge Cannon shoots down Trump's presidential records act claim

Which BigLaw firms are increasing lateral associate hiring the most? One made legal headlines last year

Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation's strictest abortion bans to take effect

Advocacy Works: Grassroots advocates will take action April 10-11 for ABA Day

Recruiter Major Lindsey blackballed associate for suing law firm, showing 'bogus' commitment to diversity, suit alleges

Burdened prison staffers seeking more time between executions should 'suck it up,' top criminal court judge says

'Venue is not a continental breakfast,' judge says in transferring case

Federal judge who 'despised obituaries written by funeral home hacks' wrote his own

Florida lawyer uses 'unorthodox foreclosure auction' tactics to ensure clients get deals on property, report says

Judge refuses to toss suit claiming lawyer, a Civil War buff, played 'Dixie' and watched disturbing racist videos at work

'Nerd' lawyer spotted differing 3-point lines at NCAA women's tournament; 'once you saw it, you couldn't unsee it'

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James Patterson dishes on his new legal thriller, 'The #1 Lawyer'

In The #1 Lawyer, James Patterson tells the story of a criminal defense attorney who's never lost a case. But after handing a high-profile murder trial involving the son of a mobster, the lawyer finds himself on the other side of the bench as a defendant--charged with murdering his wife.

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