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Criminal Justice

Law Profs Apply ‘American Idol’ Concept to Criminal Law Review Topics

Women in the Law

Law Student, 77, Looks Forward to Practicing in California

Legal Ethics

Chesley Hits Lack of Trust Accounts in Trial of Fen-Phen Lawyers

Civil Rights

Suit Filed over ‘Gated Community’ Created by Police Barricades

Legal Ethics

A Letter Left on a Copier Spurs an Associate’s Ethical Response

Criminal Justice

Okla. Attorney Pleads in Law Partner’s Manslaughter

Law Firm

Mass Defection Shutters Buckingham’s Columbus Office, for Now

Judiciary

Lawyer’s Libel Suit Against Appeals Judge Gets Tossed

Law Schools

Dean Complains About ‘Glut of Law Schools’

Military Law

Ex-Pentagon Lawyer Says He Researched ‘Real Manchurian Candidate Stuff’

Personal Lives

Cancer a Chronic Rather than Fatal Disease for N.Y. Lawyer

Criminal Procedure

Activists Spurring Grand Jury Probes More Successful Fighting Porn than Abortion

Constitutional Law

Suit Challenges Public Intoxication Statutes in N.J.

Verdicts & Settlements

Objectors Claim Morgan Stanley Settlement Was ‘Lawyer Driven’

Law Schools

Law School Dean Calls Conference to Plan Bush War Crimes Prosecution

Law Firms

Vinson & Elkins Agrees to $4.35M Settlement in San Diego Pension Suit

Attorney General

House Panel Subpoenas Mukasey for Interviews in CIA Leak Probe

Constitutional Law

Texas Appeals Court Denies Habeas to Hood, Despite Judge’s Claimed Affair

White-Collar Crime

Milberg Plea: Feds Will Drop Charges, Law Firm Will Pay $75M

Legal Ethics

3rd Circuit Panel to Hear Complaint Against 9th Circuit Chief Judge

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