By Jonathan Ringel | May 30, 2020
Atlanta's mayor, a practicing lawyer before she entered public service, showed how black mothers fear for their sons while railing against the "chaos' that disgraced the legacy of hometown hero Martin Luther King Jr. A former chief justice of the state Supreme Court expressed via social media African Americans' exhaustion and frustration with racism.
By Alaina Lancaster | October 30, 2019
Senate Judiciary Republicans criticized the ABA's "not qualified" rating for former Nevada Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke. Committee Democrats, meanwhile, cautioned against proceeding with the nominations for VanDyke and California nominee Patrick Bumatay without sign-off from home-state senators.
By Marcia Coyle | August 30, 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that there was no constitutional violation in the bar association's procedures for collecting members' dues and that attorney Arnold Fleck's First Amendment association claim failed because he forfeited the issue in the district court.
By Jason Grant | April 30, 2019
Given the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court, with the more conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy and with President Donald Trump's other appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch, “the fear is that [the justices] are going to actively take up cases” and issue rulings that will undercut gay and transgender-rights issues “that we've already won," a panelist said.
By Angela Morris | April 29, 2019
“Attorney General Paxton is committed to ensuring that Texas attorneys' free speech rights are protected from the State Bar's current unconstitutional practice," said Ken Paxton's spokesman, Marc Rylander.
By Greg Land | March 7, 2019
Three Texas lawyers say they have no desire to be members of the State Bar of Texas and do not support its "diversity" initiatives or other programs aimed at assisting immigrants who have crossed the border illegally or those based on lawyers race, gender and sexual orientation.
By Karen Sloan | February 25, 2019
The U.S. Department of Education must reconsider the Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility of several lawyers who were denied from the program.
By Marcia Coyle | February 14, 2019
"You should expect to see similar lawsuits in more states in the near future," said Jacob Huebert of the Goldwater Institute in Arizona.
By Tony Mauro and Ellis Kim | October 3, 2018
ABA executive director Jack Rives said in response: “I've got the greatest respect for Ted Olson, who has been a longtime friend and supporter of the ABA." He added: “I would hope that people wouldn't let one issue affect their membership.”
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By Jed Rakoff | May 3, 2018
Judge Rakoff, in his Learned Hand Award speech at the Federal Bar Council's Law Day dinner, said: We cannot blind ourselves to the failure of our profession to provide affordable legal services to what is probably a majority of our fellow Americans. What is needed is a global solution.
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