Law Firms Shy Away From Challenging Trump On ABA’s Behalf
Great opportunity for other firms to step up.
ABA Warns Public About Scammers Posing As Immigration Lawyers
Don't let someone fraudulently immigrate your money into their pockets.
How Filevine Helps In-House Legal Teams Manage Every Matter With Confidence
AI powers tools for data intake, document management, and drafting contracts.
ABA Strikes Back At Trump, Condemning His Attacks On Lawyers And The Rule Of Law
Will it do much besides further enrage a tyrant? Probably not! But sometimes it just has to be said.
Trump Sued By ABA Over… *Gestures At Months Of Lawlessness*
American Bar Association complaint asserts that lawyers can't be targeted by arbitrary retaliation.
Sex Asteroids, Sleazebags, And Meme Police
Quite the combination of words.
DOJ Ditches ABA Judicial Vetting Because ‘Being Qualified’ Is Too Woke
Make Judges Unqualified Again!
3 Ways Lawyers Are Finding New Efficiencies With AI
Those who’ve adopted legal-specific systems are seeing big benefits.
Insurer Spending On Lawyers Rather Than, You Know, Healthcare
And Biglaw begins adjusting to Trump era.
Morning Docket 02.11.25
* All that groveling New York City Mayor Eric Adams did to Donald Trump paid off. [Bloomberg News]
* Now that the EEOC has stopped investigating actual discrimination, conservative groups are calling on the agency to investigate the American Bar Association. [Reuters]
* Trial lawyers hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire complains that a judge reigned in his access to Treasury data. [New York Law Journal]
* New partners say being a partner is better than being an associate, because obviously. [American Lawyer]
* Judge Amy Berman Jackson says Donald Trump cannot fire federal ethics watchdog Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger. [Politico]
ABA Takes A Stand Against Trump Administration Probes
Let's see if this stand stands up for long.
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
ABA Calls For Supreme Court Ethics Rule While Clarence Thomas Laughs All The Way To The Bank
Don't hold your breath.
ABA Council Proposes Language Change To Nix ‘Diversity’ From Law School Considerations
Increasing access sounds good, but how?
ABA Asks Cops To Pretty Please Stop Lying To Children To Extract Bogus Confessions
Apparently this is something we needed to say out loud in 2024.
ABA’s New Law School Free Speech Requirement Just Makes Everything Worse
The ABA's new accreditation requirement doesn't live in a vacuum.
Wishing Law School Cost Less? Attending Law School Completely Online Could Be The Answer
It'll probably be like 3 years of Barbri online courses.