ABA Warns Public About Scammers Posing As Immigration Lawyers
Don't let someone fraudulently immigrate your money into their pockets.
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.
Why Law Firms Are Moving Beyond The Billable Hour
Explore 5 expert-backed reasons law firms are rethinking the billable hour and how legal billing software is leading the way.
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!
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.
ABA Calls For Supreme Court Ethics Rule While Clarence Thomas Laughs All The Way To The Bank
Don't hold your breath.
The Law Firm’s Guide To Trust Accounting And Three-Way Reconciliation
Proper trust accounting and three-way reconciliation are essential for protecting client funds and avoiding serious compliance risks. In this guide, we break down these critical processes and show how legal-specific software can help your firm stay accurate, efficient, and audit-ready.
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.
The ABA Has Had Enough Of The Supreme Court Being Held Unaccountable
‘Idk man, a code of conduct would just make doing our jobs feel so yucky’ - Chief Justice Roberts, probably.