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The American Lawyer

Buckley Sandler Leader Takes One in the Pie Hole for Legal Aid

Everyone has had a boss they wanted to pie in the face. But why get fired when you can do it for charity? Buckley Sandler helped raise $21,000 towards a record-breaking $1.79 million collected this year by the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
34 minute read

Daily Report Online

A Lawyer Counts the Victims in Family Violence Cases

Representing a survivor of battery can pose challenges that differ from other domestic litigation—including vicarious trauma and stres.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

UGA Law Launches Clinic to Help Veterans Vie for Benefits

The University of Georgia School of Law is getting a new legal clinic to help veterans who've filed claims for disability benefits with the gridlocked U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, thanks to gifts from plaintiffs lawyer James Butler Jr. and four other Columbus lawyers.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Judge Diaz Honored for Service

Broward County Court Judge Robert F. Diaz receives a top award from the Florida Conference of County Court Judges.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Summer at a Big Firm? No Thanks, These Law Students Say

While a summer job at a large firm is lucrative, a bumper crop of law students is taking low or no-paying public interest jobs instead, in part because it's a way to gain hands-on legal experience.
15 minute read

Litigation Daily

The Kirkland Associate and the Case of the Bungled Pot Raid

If Spiderman was a lawyer, he might be a lot like Kirkland and Ellis associate Rob Bernstein. No, not the part about webs. But because when Bernstein saw something wrong, he jumped in to fight it--and what happened to this Kansas City family was seriously messed up.
23 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Executes Inmate Who Cited Disbarred Lawyer, Wikipedia Advice in Last-Minute Appeals

Texas executed death-row inmate TaiChin Preyor on Wednesday, ending frantic legal efforts by a Hogan Lovells team and others who pointed to alleged incompetence on the part of Preyor's former counsel.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Donates $100,000 to Miami Legal Services in Honor of Firm Founder

Holland & Knight is honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of founding partner Chesterfield Smith with a $100,000 gift to Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
1 minute read

Legaltech News

Cyber Victims Defense Clinic to Launch at California Irvine School of Law

The clinic will provide free legal and technical help to those who were victimized by cyberattacks, such as the elderly and other at-risk groups.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Interest Calendar of Events

• From Sept. 17 through Oct. 5, in preparation for National Pro Bono Week, the Philadelphia Bar Association's delivery of legal services committee and law firm pro bono committee are set to offer interactive "Road Shows" introducing pro bono ­opportunities available in Philadelphia. The one-hour "Road Shows" are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. or noon. To host a Road Show, or for more ­information, contact Jodi Schatz at 
[email protected].
8 minute read

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