The ABCs of CLE

Cost and confusion. Those two words sum up the experience of many lawyers and administrators wading through the maze of state regulations while trying to get continuing legal education programs certified.

Aug 1, 2010 5:10 AM CDT

It’s What’s for Dinner

Within months of being jailed in Phoenix in January in connection with the disappearance of her infant son, Elizabeth Johnson was accused of assaulting fellow inmates in the Maricopa County Jail and placed on its infamous bread-and-water diet as a disciplinary measure.

Jul 1, 2010 9:50 AM CDT

Living History

If you’re thinking about a family vacation that would include some real-life civics lessons, you might want to consider heading to Tahlequah, Okla.

Jul 1, 2010 9:40 AM CDT

An App for That?

Lawyers have long used bus stops, websites, radio advertisements and brochures to market themselves. But an app for the iPhone?

Jul 1, 2010 9:30 AM CDT

Just Cry Uncle?

If you ever wondered about the legal ramifications of, say, protecting civilians from air raids or handling an enemy pilot who’s parachuted from an aircraft in distress, then the Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare could be your beach reading this summer.

Jul 1, 2010 9:20 AM CDT

There’s More Than Killing All the Lawyers

If the only Shakespeare line about lawyers you can quote is the one about killing all of them, then you might want to consider reading Shakespeare for Lawyers: A Practical Guide to Quoting the Bard.

Jul 1, 2010 9:10 AM CDT

Match Game

The University of New Hampshire in Durham hadn’t been looking to add a law school when Franklin Pierce Law Center came a-knocking.

Jul 1, 2010 9:00 AM CDT

As Easy as 1, 2 ...12

Thanks to Northwestern University School of Law, the only thing standing between foreign lawyers and an American LLM is 12 weeks.

Jul 1, 2010 8:50 AM CDT

Legal Road Trip: New Orleans

The legal sites of the Big Easy

Jul 1, 2010 8:40 AM CDT

Box Mitzvah

What happens when a high-powered New York City lawyer who represents the New York Yankees, a bar mitzvah boy who loves the Bronx Bombers and a boxing promoter all want to use Yankee Stadium on the same day? If you’re thinking this could have the makings of a “brawl in…

Jun 1, 2010 8:50 AM CDT

Lawyer, Professor, Art Collector

Arthur Miller’s renown stretches from courtroom to classroom, from television studio to art gallery.

Jun 1, 2010 8:40 AM CDT

Not in the Cards

Nick Nefedro says he can forecast the future. So maybe the fortune teller should have known what would happen when he tried to set up shop two years ago in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Bethesda, Md.

Jun 1, 2010 8:30 AM CDT

We’re No. 1!

Jun 1, 2010 8:20 AM CDT

A Scam by Any Name

While in Florida on a family trip to the New York Mets’ spring training facility in March, Todd Higgins suddenly found himself con-sumed by a series of e-mails on his BlackBerry.

Jun 1, 2010 8:10 AM CDT

Questions for Kagan

Appearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this month, Solicitor General Elena Kagan presents a candidate as polished as can be: former Harvard law dean, highly regarded professor, a clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall—a top-tier resumé showing a talent for consensus-building. Since she criticized the confirmation process in a 1995…

Jun 1, 2010 7:59 AM CDT