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January 17, 2005 |

Newsmakers

2 minute read
January 08, 2001 |

Ambitious Agenda for New Head of Texas Senate Finance Committee

Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, is the legislator to watch in 2001. His appointment as finance chairman comes on top of an already ambitious agenda: reforming Texas' "criminal-injustice" system, including the state's indigent defense system. Ellis says the current system has no reliable standards, few requirements for defense lawyers, and weak protections for poor people accused of committing crimes.
9 minute read
March 26, 2001 |

More Diverse In-House Experiences

More and more minority lawyers in Texas are going in-house these days for a variety of reasons, among them greater chances for advancement and more sensitivity to diversity issues. According to the State Bar of Texas, about 10 percent of Texas' 66,000 active lawyers consider themselves in-housers. Of that number, 8 percent are minorities. Meet five who've found their niche.
14 minute read
February 02, 2010 |

Federal judge nixes brief arrest suit by Pa. man

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a western Pennsylvania man who was wrongly arrested for 15 minutes on an outdated warrant.
1 minute read
April 01, 2010 |

On the Job

2 minute read
February 02, 2010 |

Gates demurs on question of NY terrorism trial

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to say Tuesday whether he thinks it's appropriate to try self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York civlian court, not far from the site of the attack.
2 minute read
April 23, 2007 |

Chart: Diversity Scorecard 2007

31 minute read
February 02, 2010 |

Reformers Hope High Court Decision Will Kill Judicial Elections

The U.S. Supreme Court's Jan. 21 decision in Citizens United v. FECmay have given hope to judicial reform groups that favor appointment of judges. By supersizing possible corporate domination of judicial elections, the thinking goes, the Supreme Court's decision may finally make the public see how unseemly the elections are — and move toward merit-based selection as an alternative. "The time is now for change," says Rebecca Kourlis, former Colorado Supreme Court justice.
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