Big Sky Country to the Heartland: Teachers Get Kids to Care About Civics Despite Political Taboos

You can probably name all 9 Supreme Court justices. But most people can't even name one. How can we change this for the younger generation? ABA Podcast moderator Stephanie Francis Ward spoke with educators and experts about why civics ed matters in a constitutional democracy and how some young folks are already putting their lessons into action.

May 2, 2011 2:02 PM CDT

Flunking Civics: Why America’s Kids Know So Little

Parents traditionally worry about what their children are learning in school, but it’s what those students are not learning that’s even more unsettling. Only one state deserved a rating of A when it came to teaching its students American history, according to a recent study. Most states fall in the…

May 1, 2011 9:58 AM CDT

Truth in Legal Education Will Help Prospective Law Students Make Informed Decisions

May 1, 2011 9:20 AM CDT

Commission Seeks Input on Issues Related to Technology, Globalization

May 1, 2011 8:10 AM CDT

ABA Task Force Builds Its Case to Broaden Support for Cash-Strapped Courts

May 1, 2011 6:20 AM CDT

Despite Criticism, a Review of ABA Standards for Law Schools Is Moving Forward

May 1, 2011 6:10 AM CDT

John Adams Gets His Day: The First Lawyer-President Set a Standard for Representing Unpopular Causes

May 1, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Fending for the Elderly: ABA Sees Elder Justice Act as Partial Solution

May 1, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

ABA Treasurer’s Report: Fiscal Year Ending Aug. 31, 2010

May 1, 2011 5:40 AM CDT

Lawyers Giving Back

May 1, 2011 5:30 AM CDT

ABA Announcements

May 1, 2011 5:20 AM CDT

Gay-Rights Advocates Have Transformed the Legal Profession, Law Prof Says in Op-Ed

In 1961, astronomer Frank Kemeny wasn’t able to get legal support from the American Civil Liberties Union when he was fired from his federal job for being gay. At the time, the laws in all 50 states made sodomy a crime, and the ACLU did not help him file a…

Apr 29, 2011 12:12 PM CDT

ABA President to Boxer: Law Grads Shouldn’t Be ‘Shadowed by Overwhelming Debt’

Nobody is more concerned about the future of the legal profession and the value of a legal education than the ABA, association President Stephen N. Zack said Wednesday. Zack wrote in a letter (PDF) to U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that the ABA already distributes information that can help prospective…

Apr 27, 2011 9:50 PM CDT

Ethics 20/20 Pitch: Law Firms That Serve ‘Sophisticated’ Clients Need Own Regulatory System

The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 today heard a pitch to create a separate regulatory regime that would address the concerns of large law firms about such issues as conflicts of interest, liability and lawyer mobility. The proposal was submitted by the Law Firm General Counsel Roundtable, representing a number…

Apr 16, 2011 11:36 PM CDT

Ethics 20/20 Commission Settles on Recommendations on Outsourcing, Confidentiality, Foreign Lawyers

The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 today reached consensus on the first pieces of the package of recommendations it will submit next year to the association’s policy-making House of Delegates. The nature of the recommendations might come as some relief to members of the legal community who have been concerned…

Apr 16, 2011 12:59 AM CDT