The ABA’s House of Delegates paused in its consideration of the legal issues of the day on Tuesday to honor To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel by Harper Lee that…
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry in civil ceremonies, the ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates declared on Tuesday. The measure passed on a voice vote.
Florida attorney Stephen N. Zack has become the first Hispanic American to head the world’s largest voluntary professional association. He is the administrative partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s Miami…
The legal profession is “seeing the acceleration of large-scale trends which were accentuated [by the recession]. They will have a profound impact on all lawyers’ practices and how we regulate,…
Noncitizens charged with crimes should be entitled to free legal counsel on immigration matters if they cannot afford to hire their own lawyer, the ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates said…
The ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates on Monday urged the U.S. Department of Justice to more fully report on its investigations into misconduct by DOJ attorneys. The measure passed by…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, appearing Monday before the ABA House of Delegates, called for a return to the less contentious U.S. Supreme Court confirmations that she experienced 17 years ago.
Looking back on her year in office, ABA President Carolyn Lamm told the ABA’s House of Delegates on Monday that the ABA is neither ahead nor behind the curve, but…
The same weekend Elena Kagan was sworn in as the fourth female justice ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, five other female lawyers were honored at the ABA’s…
Changes in technology and an increasingly global market for legal services offer both opportunities and challenges to U.S. lawyers, ABA President Carolyn Lamm told an audience at the ABA Annual…
Corrected: The explosive growth of social media in the form of digital networks such as Facebook and Twitter is quickly changing how information is disseminated in today’s society.
Twitter-savvy lawyers will have an official set of eyes and ears on the floor of the ABA’s House of Delegates Monday and Tuesday. Connecticut-based attorney Dan…
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