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Technology

Unbundled law firms find success offering virtual legal services

Ethics

Lawyer gets 5-year suspension for firing gun into colleague’s law office

Legal Education

Florida Coastal’s proposed teach-out plan dinged by ABA’s legal ed section because of lack of details

Practice Management

In defense of the team: What basketball and law practice have in common

Judiciary

Judge is accused of threatening to bust butt of traffic defendant, claiming she likes ‘to flim-flam people’

Law Professors

Human Rights Watch fires general counsel after she used N-word in classroom lecture

Bankruptcy Law

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News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: DOJ will probe Louisville, Kentucky, police; Coca-Cola reviews outside counsel diversity policy

U.S. Supreme Court

Detainee’s quest for information on secret CIA interrogation site will get Supreme Court review

U.S. Supreme Court

Does First Amendment bar public bodies from censuring members for critical speech? Supreme Court will decide

U.S. Supreme Court

Can California ban state-funded travel to LGBTQ-discriminating states? 2 SCOTUS justices dissent to cert denial

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will consider Second Amendment right to carry a gun outside the home

Asked and Answered

The pandemic brought this lawyer to legal commentary, and the work includes sponsorship deals

Real Estate & Property Law

Washington is first state to give right-to-counsel protections to these litigants

Career & Practice

How should the legal profession navigate a post-COVID-19 world? ABA group has recommendations

Bar Exam

Data shows increase in both first-time and 2-year bar exam pass rates

Pro Bono

ABA calls on volunteers to help with ProBAR video project

U.S. Supreme Court

Ruling in payday loan case, Supreme Court curbs ability of FTC to obtain restitution

Practice Management

NALP executive director talks empowering careers, recruiting and professional development

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Coca-Cola GC leaves after 8 months; wrongly jailed man challenges $4K bill for confinement

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