Political powers blunt good law, human rights lawyer says

Aug 1, 2015 1:20 AM CDT

Speakers consider the grand sweep of the Great Charter

Aug 1, 2015 1:10 AM CDT

UK trade envoy: ‘I’d give anything’ for the ABA to work with the Iraqi judiciary

Aug 1, 2015 1:00 AM CDT

What can US, UK lawyers learn from each other?

Aug 1, 2015 12:50 AM CDT

Laws need to catch up to high-speed trading

Aug 1, 2015 12:45 AM CDT

Corporations have a role in (and gain benefits from) promoting the rule of law

Aug 1, 2015 12:40 AM CDT

August 5, 1981: Reagan fires air traffic controllers

Aug 1, 2015 12:30 AM CDT

Five years after ‘Rosa’s Law’ eliminated ‘R-word’ from federal lexicon, movement continues to grow

At age 14, Rosa Marcellino already has an enviable track record as a lobbyist. Five years ago, she was a central figure, along with her parents and other family members, in a national campaign to pass a law requiring federal government officials to eliminate the “R-word”—mentally retarded—from their lexicon. Although…

Jul 24, 2015 4:06 PM CDT

7th Circuit nixes 5 counts in conviction of ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, calls for new sentence

Faced with an 18-count conviction and what it described as overwhelming evidence of a former Illinois governor’s guilt in a political corruption case, a federal appeals court Tuesday nonetheless nixed five counts and called for a resentencing. The impeached former governor, Rod Blagojevich, “now asks us to hold that the…

Jul 21, 2015 4:20 PM CDT

Ex-lawyer killed 2 at Texas courthouse in ‘92: Should lawyers now be able to bypass security there?

Angry about a divorce and child-custody battle in which he was a party and facing criminal charges in another state concerning claimed abuse of a relative, a former Texas lawyer took a 9 mm semiautomatic Glock to the Tarrant County courthouse in July 1992 and started shooting. Two lawyers were…

Jul 17, 2015 12:10 PM CDT

Petition seeks removal of historical courthouse mural that included Klan

A petition on Change.org seeks removal of a historical mural in a Florida courthouse that shows hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan riding horses. News4Jax has a story on the petition, which criticizes the painting hanging in the Baker County courthouse for its “divisive imagery” and for denying “the…

Jul 16, 2015 9:34 AM CDT

Ex-SS guard guilty as accessory to 300K murders in Auschwitz death camp during WWII, gets 4 years

A former SS officer who worked for the Nazis in an administrative job at the notorious Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II has been found guilty of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jewish prisoners. Oskar Groening, 94, was sentenced Wednesday to four years…

Jul 15, 2015 1:40 PM CDT

Courthouse shooter’s relatives convicted of cyberstalking, face possible life prison terms

A federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware, has convicted three family members of a courthouse shooter of cyberstalking causing death. Lenore Matusiewicz and her children, David Matusiewicz and Amy Gonzalez, now face possible life prison terms when they are sentenced in October in the landmark case. Prosecutors say this is the…

Jul 10, 2015 11:40 AM CDT

July 28, 1932: U.S. Army disperses bonus marchers

Jul 1, 2015 1:10 AM CDT

Should Confederate flag be displayed? ABA president, state officials, stores take a stand against it

A call Monday by South Carolina’s governor for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds was swiftly followed by announcements from additional states, major retailers and at least one flag manufacturer that they, too, are taking action to limit the flag’s display. Considered by some…

Jun 24, 2015 10:22 AM CDT