Meet the lawyers behind high-profile investigations

Before former FBI Director Robert Mueller was named special counsel, the NFL called on him. to assess how it dealt with the Ray Rice domestic abuse incident. Read our feature on lawyer-investigators.

May 1, 2015 5:30 AM CDT

These JD-carrying exonerees are using their experiences to right wrongs

May 1, 2015 5:10 AM CDT

Indian tribes are retaking jurisdiction over domestic violence on their own land

Diane Millich was only days into her marriage when her husband first hit her. So began her year of "horrific terror." Millich, a member of the Southern Ute tribe of southwestern Colorado, called tribal police many times from her home on the reservation. But because her husband was not an…

Apr 1, 2015 6:02 AM CDT

20 apps to help provide easier access to legal help

Just as the smartphone brought computing to the cyberchallenged, it is putting justice into the hands of some who may need it most. Apps for immigrants, the indigent, those who face arrest and the lawyers who help them have been popping up with increasing frequency. And many of those closest…

Apr 1, 2015 6:01 AM CDT

100 innovations in law

Law is change. People tend to think of the law as slow-moving, immutable and disconnected from daily life. And lawyers have a reputation of being cautious and resistant to change. But in fact, when technology or sweeping changes are necessary to better serve their clients, improve access to justice or…

Apr 1, 2015 5:30 AM CDT

A new defense approach to storytelling changes capital cases in Texas

"The first time he murdered was to get a car," Jill Patterson says, "and the second time he murdered was also to get a car. "At age 6 his mother didn't have a car, and they were doing illegal things in the house. So when he was 6 she said…

Mar 1, 2015 6:12 AM CST

Lawyers who self-medicate to deal with stress sometimes steal from those they vowed to protect

At one point in his legal career, Dallas attorney Tom Corea had a fancy downtown office, a six-bedroom/six-bathroom house, a fleet of high-end cars, and his own indoor horse arena. He also had a wife, a girlfriend and a mistress.

Mar 1, 2015 6:10 AM CST

Valuing and selling a firm takes time, matchmaker skills

Selling a law practice is akin to a dating game for solo and smaller-firm practitioners. Finding the right buyer who fits with a particular seller doesn’t happen overnight.

Mar 1, 2015 5:30 AM CST

The most dangerous job in law

Feb 1, 2015 6:20 AM CST

How Dewey management’s rosy picture masked an ugly truth

In December 2011, Dewey & LeBoeuf chair Steven Davis used a calm, matter-of-fact tone in a phone interview about his firm's uncharacteristically aggressive streak of lateral partner hiring during the previous year. It was all part of the plan, Davis said.

Feb 1, 2015 4:30 AM CST

Model program brings holistic solutions to divorce

Feb 1, 2015 4:20 AM CST

Does the UK know something we don’t about alternative business structures?

Jan 1, 2015 5:51 AM CST

Washington state moves around UPL, using legal technicians to help close the justice gap

Michelle Cummings looks forward to this spring, when she expects to take on her first law client. By then, the Auburn, Washington, resident will have completed her studies and taken the state licensing examination. Provided she passes, she will begin practicing right away.

Jan 1, 2015 5:50 AM CST

One Hundred Years of Law

It goes without saying that the world was a vastly different place in 1915 than it is today. But while the events of that year now carry the echoes of history, they also predicted some of the upheaval of the coming century.

Jan 1, 2015 5:40 AM CST

Good News, Bad News

Good news and bad news alike arrive in the same way. In a letter, placed in a mailbox on the first floor of the office. Mailbox is a generous term. It's really a small wooden cubby with a name pasted on it using one of those label-makers grocery stores used…

Jan 1, 2015 4:20 AM CST