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ABA Head: Billable Demands, Debt Strain Young Lawyers
The decline in government service and pro bono work performed by young lawyers today is not the result of poor ethics or of greed, according to American Bar Association President Robert E. Hirshon, but rather of crushing law school debt and sky-high billable-hours goals imposed by employers.As Kennedy Presides at Shakespeare Festival, Hung Jury for Hamlet
The question of Hamlet's sanity remains unanswered after a Washington, D.C., jury delivered an evenly split verdict on whether he should be held criminally responsible for the death of Polonius. "Hamlet" appeared Thursday before Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in a sold-out theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The unscripted mock trial, combining modern law and Shakespeare's account of Hamlet, was part of the ongoing Shakespeare in Washington festival.Class of black mortgage borrowers decertified
A Boston federal judge has decertified a class of African-American mortgage borrowers, finding that evidence of their statistically higher payments isn't enough to establish commonality in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.View more book results for the query "White Case"
How Past Scandals Propelled Reforms
Participants in the long fight for campaign finance reform say that the scandals arising from the 1996 Clinton-Gore presidential campaign proved pivotal in setting the stage for last week's historic Supreme Court ruling.When Congress Eased Restraints, Investors Lost Protection from Enron, Others
Abner J. MikvaAs it pries into the Enron scandal, Congress has entered one of its finger-pointing phases. Before this phase is over, lawmakers should remember to point right into the mirror. While the Enron culprits, whoever they are, embraced greed with particular enthusiasm, their greed was given a huge assist by a federal law passed in 1996-the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.Lavinia Brown George marched for freedom
Editor's note: Margo George, a public defender in Oakland, Calif., delivered this eulogy for her mother, Forest Park attorney Lavinia Brown George, who died Oct. 12 at age 90.My mother Lavinia Brown George marched for freedom.It is said that Martin Luther King was a drum major for freedom. Lavinia George played and marched in that freedom band.In Wake of Seven Firings, Branches Clash Over Interim U.S. Attorney Nominees
Fallout from the firing of seven U.S. Attorneys revealed that senators last year gave the attorney general sole authority to fill vacancies with interim U.S. Attorneys to serve indefinitely. The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to return the law to its previous form, but the Justice Department doesn't agree. "It solved a problem that comes up occasionally," said Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, referring to conflicts when judges do not defer to the department's choice for the interim position.Trending Stories
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