Newest Issue - June 2012

The Lawyers of Watergate: How a '3rd-Rate Burglary' Provoked New Standards for Lawyer Ethics

Features

• Probing Questions: Experts Debate the Need to Create Exceptions to Rules on Coerced Confessions
• Should We Create Exceptions to Rules Regarding Coerced Interrogation of Terrorism Suspects?
• Help in KIND: Group Guides Pro Bono Attorneys Serving Unaccompanied Child Immigrants

President's Letter

• Calling on Congress: Lawyers from 50 States Advocate for Vital Funds and Legislation

Letters

• Letters: Techie Talk

The National Pulse

• Few Jobs, But a Rack of Suits: Law Grads Claim Their Alma Maters Duped Them
• Preach the Children Well: Employment Lawyers Puzzle over 'Ministerial Exception'

Business of Law

• Talking 2012 & Beyond: Techshow Highlights Access to Justice, Ben Stein and Zombies
• Facing the Future: Kickoff Event Features Old and New in 6-Minute Bites
• Law Students & Mentors Across the Globe Team Up to Develop New Approaches to the Legal Profession
• Merger Momentum: 2010 Turnaround Continues in Firms' Urge to Merge

Report from Governmental Affairs

• All In: For the First Time, Every State Is Represented at the Annual ABA Lobbying Event in D.C.

Precedents

• June 26, 2003: Court Overturns Bowers v. Hardwick

Opening Statements

• A Big Mess in Little Neck: Clause in 17th Century Land Trust Causes Modern-Day Ruckus
• A Canine Cure: Law Library Sponsors Therapy Dog Program for Stressed-Out Students
• A Moment in History: Big Names Stage Retelling of Fight to Defeat Gay Marriage Ban
• Clapping for Credit: State CLE Courses Use Unusual Pairings to Stimulate Interest
• You'll Never Guess Who I Met Today: Friendly Encounters Show Justices Are Down-Home Folks

Supreme Court Report

• Please Plea Me: Court Expands Effective Assistance of Counsel

McElhaney on Litigation

• Good Memories: Use the Right Words to Help the Jury Remember Key Facts of Your Case

Your ABA

• Unequal Justice: U.S. Trails High-Income Nations in Serving Civil Legal Needs
• Stephen Zack to Chair Access to Justice Center
• Lawyers Giving Back

Obiter Dicta

• Pistol-Packin' Practitioners: What's Up with Lawyers' Low-Caliber Grip on Gun Safety?

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