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Law Students

Students at CLEO Boot Camp Debate ‘Seinfeld’ Hypothetical

First Amendment

Hate Speech Prosecuted in Other Countries, Including Canada

Lawyer Pay

UK Clients Rap ‘Unsustainable’ Plan to Raise Billable Rates

Diversity

New Steptoe & Johnson Diversity Partner Schmoozes Undecided Summers

Attorney Fees

Jury Gives Lawyer Extra $1.6 M Slice of $103 M Legal-Fees Pie

Law Practice Management

The Top 10 Habits of Successful Firms

Law Schools

Berkeley to Offer Two-Summer LL.M. Program for International Students

Legal Ethics

Fen-Phen Lawyer Defends Deposit of Settlement Funds Into Personal Accounts

Careers

US Has More Artists Than Lawyers

Legal Ethics

Death-Row Inmate Claims Trial Judge Secretly Dated Prosecutor

Guantanamo/Detainees

Lawyer for David Hicks Says Habeas Ruling Could Help His Client

Law Firms

Annual Revenue Grows 13 Percent for Top UK Law Firms

Criminal Justice

Rape Charges Dropped Against Boston Lawyer

U.S. Supreme Court

Scalia’s ‘Apocalyptic’ Dissent Warns of American Deaths

International Law

‘Champions of Justice’ Share $500,000 Prize

Legal Ethics

9th Circuit Chief Judge Initiates Internal Review of Explicit Website Posts

Bar Associations

Internationally Known Lawyer Patricia Wald to Get Top ABA Honor

Personal Lives

‘It’s Chic to Buy Used Clothes,’ Prominent Lawyer Says

Civil Rights

45 Years After Medgar Evers’ Murder, His Work Continues

Real Estate & Property Law

Fearing Foreclosure, Debtors Sue Lenders Over Excessive Mortgages

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