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As Attitudes Change about Prison Sentencing, Lawyers Answer the Call

President Barack Obama appears to be ­steadfast in his determination to commute lengthy sentences of nonviolent inmates who, under current policies, would have received far shorter sentences. Govern­ment officials have pledged to accelerate the pace at which clemency applications are considered and granted. But there is another important story that needs to be told, and that is the historic response from the nation's legal profession.
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The American Lawyer

Cadwalader Sees a Second Down Year

Key metrics fell again, but the firm says it is positioned for future growth.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Husch Blackwell Tacks On 150-Lawyer Wisconsin Firm

Husch Blackwell stands to grow more than 25 percent larger with the addition of 150 lawyers from Wisconsin's Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Eric Holder: No Apologies for Return to Big Law

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Friday "I am not ashamed" to have returned to private practice after resigning last year, asserting he will continue to advance the justice reform issues he espoused in office as a private attorney. "You can be a public interest lawyer wherever you are," Holder told students at Georgetown University Law Center at a public discussion with National Public Radio's Michel Martin. "I hope you will be a public interest lawyer wherever you are."
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The American Lawyer

Law Schools Need More Than 'Warm Bodies'

What should a law school's mission be? Most deans would rather not ask that question.
4 minute read

International Edition

Spotlight: Locke Lord Finds Its Way in Hong Kong

It has taken five years for Locke Lord's Hong Kong office to break even. Now what?
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Latham's Alice Fisher Passes MP Reins to Mike Egge in D.C.

Alice Fisher, a former U.S. Justice Department Criminal Division chief, has handed the management reins at Latham & Watkins' D.C. office to Mike Egge. An antitrust lawyer, Egge became the firm's Washington managing partner at the beginning of March. Fisher's deputy managing partner, James Barker, ceded his job to Melissa Arbus Sherry, an appellate attorney.
3 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Confirms China Launch and Deloitte Review as Lockstep Debate Rumbles On

Firm brings in the Big Four auditor to review its business services function as new managing partner Gideon Moore sets out his aims.
14 minute read

International Edition

Korea's Yoon & Yang Hires Senior Government Antitrust Official

Cholsoo Han previously led all the investigations at country's top competition regulator.
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National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Grassley's Gamble | Eight New Court Picks

"I would have to admit it's a gamble," Sen. Chuck Grassley, the judiciary chairman, says about the GOP's block on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. President Obama announces eight new court picks, including two for the D.C. federal trial bench. And a criminal justice reform bill moves forward in the Senate. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
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