Newest Issue - March 2014

Has 'stop and frisk' been stopped?

Features

• Foreclosure firm goes statistical to improve speed and quality
• 50 years after New York Times v. Sullivan, do courts still value journalists' watchdog role?

President's Letter

• ABA scholarship and other programs broaden inclusion in all areas of the law

Letters

• Letters: Golden tickets

The National Pulse

• States keep mum on where lethal injection drugs are made
• California city seeks eminent domain to bail out foreclosures

Business of Law

• What does it take for a firm to become a Harvard Business School case study?
• What can 'gamification' do for lawyers?
• Law firm's Next Mile aids nonprofits and social change
• Microsoft is ending XP support in April; Windows 7 and 8 await
• Law firms have shown little growth in recent years
• Clients don't seem to mind nontraditional office arrangements
• Service offers a better way to search federal court records than PACER
• Don't panic, plan: Regular saving and asset allocation help build a retirement

Report from Governmental Affairs

• ABA opposes burdensome accounting method affecting law firms

Precedents

• March 1, 1875: Grant signs the Civil Rights Act

Opening Statements

• A new documentary takes on the 'divorce business'
• New website provides searchable database of constitutions
• Chicago law school adds clinical rotation for 1Ls

Supreme Court Report

• Companies claim contraceptive mandate goes against owners’ religious beliefs

Your ABA

• Legal Ed task force to lobby for change in law school programs
• Startup Lab’s Rick Klau to keynote Techshow conference
• ABA Announcements

Obiter Dicta

• Some criminals can’t help taking ineptitude to the next level

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