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Florida Democrat's Vote Advances 'Anti-Religious Hate' Bill

Shawna Vercher | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Shawna Vercher

Democratic State Senator Geraldine F. Thompson cast a deciding committee vote in Tallahassee that advanced Bill 58, which national advocacy organizations have labeled the "Anti-Religious Hate" bill.

Some Veterans Die Waiting for Benefits, One Man Lives to Help Them

Pat LaMarche | Posted 04.29.2013 | Impact
Pat LaMarche

Books are written about the lawyers who dedicate pro-bono time to helping the indigent. One such book put out by the American Bar Association is a collection of stories about the good work being done. But none of the stories tells a tale like the one going on in Charleston.

When a Prosecutor Learns He Has Likely Convicted an Innocent

Joel Cohen | Posted 09.30.2012 | New York
Joel Cohen

It is hard to imagine anything more Kafkaesque than a true innocent sitting in jail day after day, while a cynical prosecutor hides the knowledge of his innocence and the keys to the man's freedom in a lockbox in her office.

American Bar Association Imposes $250,000 Fine On Illinois Law School For Fudging Figures

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.25.2012 | College

The pressure is on for competitive law schools, and University of Illinois College of Law appears to have caved, allegedly tipping Lady Justice's scal...

Peace vs. Justice: The Diminishing Importance of Diplomacy with the Emergence of International Justice

Kip Hale | Posted 09.01.2012 | World
Kip Hale

While the case-by-case circumstances of each conflict always matters, the question remains what standard playbook should the global community employ when confronted with the mass perpetration of international crimes?

That Law Degree Just May Not Be Worth It

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 06.25.2012 | Business

Planned your entire life around nabbing that law degree and pulling in automatic dough? Too bad. Within nine months of graduating, only 55 percent...

10 Things Law Schools Don't Want You To Know

Posted 06.06.2012 | Home

SmartMoney: 10 Things Law Schools Won't Tell You We reveal why the Juris Doctor isn't what it used to be. 1. "Lawyers are a dime a dozen." ...

ICC Turns Ten: A Measure of Justice

Kip Hale | Posted 07.30.2012 | World
Kip Hale

In this tenth year of the ICC, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Court's progress in its primary mission: end impunity through the just rule of law.

Andrea Stone

Alberto Gonzales: 'Mean' Talk On Immigration Hurting GOP With Hispanic Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- who was the first person of Hispanic descent to hold that position and a lightning rod for c...

A License to Steal: The Perils of Questionable Legal Representation

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.23.2012 | Crime
Anthony Papa

Cases like mine give the profession of lawyering a black eye. Individuals need to be careful when choosing a lawyer.

Group Secretly Rating Obama Nominees Shrinks Number Of Women, Minorities For Judgeships

New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 11.23.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The American Bar Association has secretly declared a significant number of President Obama's potential judicial nominees "not qualified,...

D.C. Has Nation's Highest Concentration Of Lawyers

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2011 | DC

WASHINGTON -- While it's no secret that the nation's capital is full of lawyers, a new study gives a better picture as to just how many District of Co...

Dan Froomkin

American Bar Association Takes Aim At Lobbying Law Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.10.2011 | Politics

Under current law, lobbyists seeking consideration for their clients can sweeten the pot by throwing massive fundraisers for the members of Congress t...

ABA Urges Congress To Reject Birthright Law

AP | By ROB GILLIES | Posted 10.10.2011 | Latino Voices

TORONTO -- The American Bar Association passed a resolution Tuesday urging the U.S. Congress to reject any changes to the Constitution that would elim...

Young Lawyers Forced To Find Jobs Outside Legal Profession

The Huffington Post | Holly Nunn | Posted 10.01.2011 | Business

Earning a degree -- and accumulating student loan debt -- drives today's young lawyers to get creative with their livelihoods....

The U.S. May Need More Lawyers!

Clifford Winston | Posted 09.27.2011 | Business
Clifford Winston

The solution to the "trouble with lawyers" is counter-intuitive: we may need more of them -- or, at least, we must spur more competition among them by busting the lawyer monopoly!

Foreclosure Notices Being Issued Via Facebook

Time | TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON | Posted 09.11.2011 | Business

The most distressing content most of us have ever seen on Facebook falls within the realm of the overshare: your boss's Vegas stag party pics, or your...

Making Reunification Possible For Families Split By Foster Care

Michael Piraino | Posted 08.13.2011 | Impact
Michael Piraino

Reunification in many cases is a testament to the exceptionally hard work by parents to overcome cycles of abuse, drugs and violence, and to recreate bonds with their children.

The Worst Bullying PSA Ever

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 06.08.2011 | Home
Rosalind Wiseman

A cyber-bullying PSA presented by the American Bar Association manages to not only be laughably stereotypical, but send the message that suicide is the best revenge against bullies.

Online Law Schools Have Yet To Pass The Bar

US News and World Report | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Enrolling in an online J.D. program may seem like a convenient alternative to spending three years and more than $100,000 on a traditional legal educa...

Rehab For "Terminally Unique" Lawyers

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Iris Erlingsdottir

Whether it is because they are members of a stressful profession or because personalities with a penchant for addictive disorders are drawn to the law, lawyers have twice the addiction rate of the general population.

A Formula for Failure

Michael Bendetson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Bendetson

The Great Recession has exposed a major flaw in the American economy beyond risky derivatives: an intellectual elite that now seeks success at the expense of our society -- instead of through it.

The Marketing Genius of Erectile Dysfunction

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Sarah O'Leary

We must tip our hats to the creative and strategic geniuses among us who took one of the most embarrassing maladies literally known to man and made it sexy.

Zenovia Evans On MSNBC, 'Looking Thinner'

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Can't get enough of Zenovia Evans, the fake unemployed lawyer behind UnemployedJD.com who went on hunger strike? MSNBC invited "a thinner-looking" E...

'Unemployed JD' Is Actually EMPLOYED

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Support for Ethan Haines, the unemployed-lawyer-on-hunger-strike whom Huffington Post e-interviewed at the start of the strike, has backfired as USA T...