This year’s historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than ever
It’s that time of year again. This year’s ABA Techshow 2025 will be a historic one for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration…
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Should we expect new regulations on data privacy and consumer protection?
Image from Shutterstock. It’s a well-worn saying that the law always lags behind technology. It makes sense. We all remember the old song about how a bill becomes a law…
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Noella Sudbury is helping people expunge their criminal records
(Photo of Noella Sudbury by Austen Diamond) Noella Sudbury knew she was onto something big when she helped organize Utah’s first free “Expungement Day” in 2018. The former public defender…
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Jacqueline Schafer has long seen the potential of AI to help lawyers work more efficiently
(Photo of Jacqueline Schafer by Rick Dahms) Before artificial intelligence became a common legal tool, Jacqueline Schafer was hooked on it. This was back in 2018, and Schafer, a litigator…
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Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt are spearheading efforts to reinvent attorney licensing
(Photo of Joan Howarth by Nicole Sepulveda) For the last three decades, complaints about the bar exam were common but change was minimal. But Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt…
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Swapna Reddy is helping asylum-seekers navigate the immigration system
(Photo by Barbara Kinney) In early 2015, Swapna Reddy volunteered for a week at the South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigration detention center near the U.S.-Mexico border that held…
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Roy Ferguson has always been interested in increasing judicial expediency and efficiency
(Photo by Kathy Anderson/ABA Journal) Some people talk about giving up their luxurious lifestyles to help those in need. In 1999, Roy Ferguson actually did it. He and his wife…
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Oregon is moving away from the traditional bar exam and embracing supervised practice
Addie Tobin Smith (left) and Joanna Perini-Abbott co-chair the Licensure Pathway Development Committee for the Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners. (Photo by Michael Schmitt/ABA Journal) When the Oregon State…
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Rodrigo Camarena is building tools to help immigrants become citizens and combat wage theft
(Photo by Len Irish Photography/ABA Journal) Rodrigo Camarena has been advocating for immigrants since he was a child. By the time he was 8, this son of an electrical engineer…
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This Is Why You Need Proofreaders — See Also
Wrong Title: Folks in the administration should at least learn how to refer to the Constitution if they’re going to undo progress with it. Goodbye White House, Hello Biglaw: Doug…
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Morning Docket: 01.27.25
* Judges warn mouthy January 6 convicts that pardons aren’t Monopoly get out of jail cards that they can use for future crimes. [ABA Journal] * Parodies don’t necessarily get…
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Stat(s) Of The Week: Under Pressure
Work volume is the number one challenge facing legal professionals, according to a survey by Consilio LLC (hat tip to Law360). Consilio surveyed 212 legal, risk, and compliance professionals in…
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Pardoned Jan 6 Militia Member Attacks Doughnuts In Capitol Complex
What is it that they say about criminals returning to the scene of the crime? That would be Stewart Rhodes, the white supremacist Oath Keepers militia leader who led an…
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Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Headed Back To Harvard Law
Elizabeth Prelogar Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is a noted appellate attorney who ended her SG reign when Joe Biden left the White House. Given the questionable Republican tactics that…
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The Real Pioneers Of Remote Work Could Be Devastated Under The Trump Administration
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal agency could be particularly harmed if forced to adhere to the Trump administration’s return to the…
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Former Jones Day Partner Realizes They Were Barking Up The Wrong Tree – See Also
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Morning Docket: 01.24.25
* Supreme Court stands up for transparency to prevent money laundering. For other people… not themselves of course. [Bloomberg Law News] * Jones Day lawyer already quits Trump administration. [WSJ]…
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Trump Screws A Bunch Of Graduating Law Students Out Of Their First Legal Jobs – See Also
Should have went in to Biglaw. Chalk It Up To “Government Efficiency”: Several of these students turned down Biglaw positions for these now non-existent jobs. Tenured LSU Professor Allegedly Pulled…
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Law Firm Making Bank By Lobbying
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to recent Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck set a record…
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Trump Gets Rid Of Anti-Rape Protections To Own The Libs – See Also
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