As California grapples with budget issues and Arizona faces a shortage of lawyers, both states announced shifts to their licensure protocols, with ripples potentially impacting other jurisdictions.
Florida will adopt the NextGen bar exam starting in July 2028, becoming the 21st jurisdiction to use the new exam focused on assessing skills new attorneys need. The Florida Supreme Court approved the switch on Thursday.
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, the ABA Commission on Disability Rights has launched the #BeCounted campaign.
“I could write and I had analytical abilities, so I thought law school would be a good idea,” Philip Witte says. “I can’t say it was a pleasant experience, though.” It definitely was not as pleasant as sitting in an artist’s studio dreaming of cartoons.
An insurance company improperly denied a Minnesota trademark attorney her long-term disability benefits, a federal court has ruled.
In 1991, personal injury lawyers Zachary Bravos and Todd Smith took on the strangest medical malpractice case of their careers—a case that led them to tales of satanic cults, child abuse and cannibalism.
Neal Sonnett, a renowned criminal defense attorney and active leader in the ABA, died on Thursday at the age of 81. He was instrumental in the ABA’s efforts to protect civil liberties in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
A statement from the Association of Academic Support Educators slammed the National Conference of Bar Examiners, saying its “scattershot approach to communicating essential information leaves law school academic support faculty without the clear, consistent and reliable guidance necessary to prepare graduates for the new bar exam” that 20 jurisdictions have committed to adopting.
As artificial intelligence continues to dominate the legal field, many law firms are finding relief through alternative legal services providers.
Updated: A former public defender who represents a detainee at Guantanamo Bay is the winner of the 2024 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction.