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From the ABA Journal

Supreme Court rules police generally need a warrant to get cellphone location data

June 22, 2018, 9:36 am CDT

Some choices for legal billing software that really pay off

June 22, 2018, 7:10 am CDT

Justice Department asks court for settlement exemption to allow immigrant families to stay together

June 22, 2018, 7:05 am CDT

Study: Mental illness exemption to death penalty would save Tennessee more than $1 million a year

June 22, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

State supreme court justice accused of fraud, lying to federal agents in 22-count indictment

June 21, 2018, 4:25 pm CDT

ABA president will visit Texas-Mexico border to assess how America’s lawyers can help

June 21, 2018, 2:15 pm CDT

Divorce lawyer is shot and killed by his client's former husband, police say

June 21, 2018, 12:52 pm CDT

Are prosecutions of immigrants continuing? DOJ says yes, official says trips to courthouse will end

June 21, 2018, 12:24 pm CDT

How Lawyer Moms of America quickly gained 10,000 members to oppose family separations

June 21, 2018, 11:30 am CDT

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Posted by TAGLAW: “Interviews in their current format should ABSOLUTELY be phased out. First of all, people can pad their resumes with all sorts of artful nonsense that fits the job description and technology provides ways to help them talk their way through the few job related interview questions that arise. The rest is all salesmanship. What happens if you have a brilliant candidate that isn’t a salesman? The fake person presenting themselves as the person they think the recruiter wants them to be is not at all the real person they could potentially hire. The best way to get a gauge of whether a person will fit into an organization is to speak to them in a more natural setting about more natural things. Most recruiters are not trained psychologists so asking how they acted under pressure in one situation in their lives isn’t really enough information for an employer to judge whether or not a person can function in a 'fast paced environment' whatever that means.”

In the Magazine

From the June 2018 issue

Bad Samaritan

Proposed Florida law resurrects the debate around the legal duty to help someone in distress.

Every lawyer a lexicographer

Bryan Garner: Defining words with clarity, brevity and practicality.

This Week's Featured Blawg

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The Blunt Truth

A blog from Seyfarth Shaw's cannabis law practice group chronicles the evolution and implementation of marijuana laws. Features include a news roundup, The Week in Weed.