Newest Issue - January 2017

Erasing the News: Should some stories be forgotten?

Features

• For sale: your personal data
• Starved of money for too long, public defender offices are suing—and starting to win
• When public defenders become plaintiffs
• Another Shot

President's Letter

• New Year, Bright Future: The ABA improves the legal profession and serves its members

Letters

• Letters: The Rules on Rules

The National Pulse

• Law students offer free legal services to help transgender people change their names
• Lawmakers are strengthening animal cruelty measures

Business of Law

• Building the 21st-Century Law Firm
• Use tech, yes, but your law firm must be client-centric
• 8 strategies for constructing your new law firm

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Guide helps state and local bars carry out effective lobbying campaigns

Precedents

• Jan. 19, 1988: Woman wins the right to be homeless

The Practice

• Use subtext to guide jurors to recognize what a trial is really all about
• Lawyers advising clients on marijuana laws may run afoul of ethics rules
• Bryan Garner mourns the lost art of reviewing books

Opening Statements

• Can nonprofit firms bridge the access-to-justice gap?
• #BlackLawyersMatter inspires movement to increase representation in law
• Law firms provide innovative family benefits that cater to moms
• Georgia bar exam mistake takes toll on 90 law students
• 10 Questions: Omaha lawyer spends Sundays as NFL official

Supreme Court Report

• How will Trump shape the Supreme Court?

Your ABA

• California legislature may split state bar into two separate entities
• Conflicting views on proposal to link accreditation to bar passage results
• How can barriers to advancement be removed for women at large law firms?
• ABA Techshow in Chicago gets revamped
• ABA Announcements

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