The study from the National Association for Law Placement and the NALP Foundation, released Wednesday, showed 70% of all graduates have held two or more jobs in the three years since graduation, up from 69% of the class of 2019 surveyed a year earlier.
The typically slow-moving wheels of bar exam reform have sped up in the past few months, creating a pileup of changes that some experts say makes this a key moment for the venerated-yet-dreaded licensing exam.
Michigan is the latest state to ban the “gay and trans panic” criminal defense. The American Bar Association has long called for legislative action to “curtail the availability and effectiveness” of the defense, saying that “successful gay and trans panic defenses constitute a miscarriage of justice.”
A business executive and philanthropist has pledged $30 million to launch a first-of-its-kind center pushing to overhaul the Supreme Court, after several ethics controversies and conservative rulings prompted rising scrutiny of the justices.
For years, federal prosecutors have been coming up with ways to fight state and local corruption, and the battles may be harder going forward, thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion. The Supreme Court found a federal fraud statute regarding state and local officials does not cover gratuities, even if the payments were intended as rewards for official acts.
During next week’s ABA Annual Meeting, Emmet Bondurant will receive the ABA Medal—the highest honor bestowed by the association—for his own longtime dedication to righting wrongs in the legal system.
An Indiana lawyer has received a 30-day stayed suspension in an ethics case that raised this issue: Can a lawyer be sanctioned for an “offensive personality”?
Lawyer Doug Emhoff made history as America’s first male vice-presidential spouse, and who could do so again in November if Harris were to win the presidency.
The long hours and the pressure to succeed are like a pressure cooker just waiting to explode. And often, your body will start giving you signs that you have to help your mind. While you may recognize common signs of stress—tension headaches, fatigue and mood changes—there are other surprising signs of stress that your body may provide. Here are some to watch.
Clio, a cloud-based practice management software company, has clinched $900 million in a Series F round—one of the largest single investments in legal technology to date.