‘Micro-Inequities’ Have Big Workplace Impact

Eric Tate says everyone has experienced “micro-inequities” in the workplace, and he is no exception. Tate, a partner at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, recalls an incident that occurred when he was the only African-American associate at the law firm’s Palo Alto, Calif., office. A secretary mistook him for…

Aug 7, 2008 11:03 PM CDT

Nurses in Red Heels Make Rounds at ABA Expo

Round the corner at the ABA Expo, and two young women dressed in skintight nurses’ uniforms, doctors’ coats and red high-heeled shoes are there to tell curious lawyers about WhoCanISue.com. Representatives of the new website, set to launch in September, are among more than 100 exhibitors at the ABA Annual…

Aug 7, 2008 8:52 PM CDT

Music Is Here To Stay, But Change Is Needed, Insiders Say

In what may be an ABA Annual Meeting first, presenters at the Section of Science & Technology Law’s session on the future of music and technology digitally recorded, remixed, replayed and then uploaded their version of the Rolling Stones’ “Last Time” before a rapt audience of music aficionados, recording industry…

Aug 7, 2008 8:26 PM CDT

Ex-ABA Prez Mathis Takes Break to Become CEELI Institute Exec

Former ABA President Karen Mathis is taking a one-year sabbatical from her law firm partnership in order to serve as CEO and executive director of the CEELI Institute in Prague. Starting Sept. 1, she will be in the Czech Republic, working in her new role. Her clients at McElroy, Deutsch,…

Aug 6, 2008 6:38 PM CDT

Live From New York, It’s the ABA

With more than 1,500 programs ranging from the fallout of the economy on the legal profession to what the presidential candidates should be saying about judicial selection, the American Bar Association is expected to attract some 10,000 lawyers, legal professionals and family members to its 131st annual meeting this week…

Aug 6, 2008 4:40 PM CDT

CasemakerX: New Social Network for Law Students

A new social network for law students has been announced by Lawriter, a subsidiary of Collexis Holdings Inc. The free CasemakerX site will be launched this fall, as the new law school year is beginning, the company reports in a Business Wire press release. It is supported by the Casemaker…

Aug 6, 2008 3:36 PM CDT

Threats to Judicial Independence a Top Priority for Incoming ABA Prez

Incoming ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. says he got the message in talks with other bar leaders over the past year or so. There is widespread concern, he says, about “potential threats to judicial independence, and to fair and impartial courts” at the state level. Wells and other bar…

Aug 4, 2008 8:13 PM CDT

How I Learned to Litigate at the Movies

5 Lawyers Share Silver Screen Secrets!!!

Aug 1, 2008 5:09 PM CDT

ABA to Consider Proposal that Would Make Lateral Moves Easier

The ABA House of Delegates will consider a proposed change to model ethics rules that would ease the way for lawyers leaping from one law firm to another. The controversial proposal would revise the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, used as a guide for lawyer ethics rules in most…

Aug 1, 2008 4:58 PM CDT

A Vienna Convergence

World Justice Forum raises rule of law issues

Aug 1, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Sharpening Our Focus

World Justice Project brings rule of law to the fore as the highest priority for all

Aug 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Advocate for the Courts

Judiciary issues top agenda of incoming ABA President Wells

Aug 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

The ABA’s New Scorecard

Impact of association policies will be posted online

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Why?

A father’s question spurs exploration of our profession

Aug 1, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

ABA Notices

Aug 1, 2008 10:00 AM CDT