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ABA Midyear Meeting

ABA’s Practice Forward group puts focus on members’ needs, well-being

ABA Midyear Meeting

Federal student loan repayment plan rules should be eased, says ABA House

ABA Midyear Meeting

Trained dogs should be allowed to comfort witnesses during court proceedings, ABA House says

ABA Midyear Meeting

Tampons and pads shouldn’t be prohibited at bar exam, ABA House says

ABA Midyear Meeting

ABA is on a ‘promising path forward,’ President Patricia Lee Refo says

Attorney General

‘I am not the president’s lawyer’: Garland says he wouldn’t be swayed by politics as attorney general

ABA Midyear Meeting

ABA House urges Congress to pass judicial security bill

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court will consider Trump admin rule that made it easier to deny green cards to poor immigrants

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will review rule banning abortion referrals by clinics receiving federal funds

Legal Education

Citing a consumer need, ABA Legal Ed keeps March law school employment reporting deadline

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court refuses to block subpoena for Trump’s financial records

Practice Management

Automating your firm’s documents is a snap with document assembly software

Paralegals

Paralegal’s discrimination suit alleges Jones Day partner threatened her with toy gun

Asked and Answered

Public defender with Patreon for FOIA lawsuits shares her thoughts on lawyers and social media

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Gunman had file on SCOTUS justice, judge says; state AG charged in fatal crash

ABA Midyear Meeting

Spirit of Excellence honorees strive for diversity and inclusion

Death Penalty

Witness accounts of federal executions are at odds with government reports on tranquil deaths

Ethics

‘I destroyed my life’: Former Willkie co-chair suspended for paying $75K to boost daughter’s ACT score

Ethics

Former administrative law judge is censured for punching a lawyer outside a party

U.S. Supreme Court

House panel considers reforms to deal with Supreme Court’s shadow docket

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