In July, John Marshall Law School’s Pro Bono Program & Clinic launched the Name & Gender Marker Change Project, through which students help transgender people navigate federal, state and local laws to obtain corrected passports, licenses and other documents.

Lawmakers across the country are seeking to strengthen animal rights as the pet industry continues to grow. The American Pet Products Association estimated that Americans would spend $62.75 billion on furry and feathered friends in 2016.

The media and lawyers wrestle with the question: Should some stories be forgotten? An uptick in requests has followed EU support for removing access to online info.

Across the nation, about 383,000 inmates with serious mental illness sit in jails and state prisons. That’s 10 times as many people as in state hospitals, according to the nonprofit Treatment Advocacy Center. Read this ABA Journal feature recently honored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

If you live in some parts of Michigan, you might be able to go to court without actually going.

In 2013, Camden County, New Jersey, police started using the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. The way Dan Keashen, spokesman for the department, tells it, the tool had an immediate impact.

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Residents of Flint, Michigan, hope lawsuits and criminal prosecutions will hold decision-makers accountable for the poisoning of their water supply.