ABA Journal

01/24/2025

25 Books for Lawyers: 20. "Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Retention" by John Ruhlin
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01/24/2025

Access to Justice 2.0: How AI-powered software can bridge the gap. https://ow.ly/RJ6N50UMHbc

Many predictions have been made about the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession. From the demise of the billable hour to robots replacing lawyers, projections have run the gamut. Among the most optimistic is the suggestion that rapid advancements in AI could significantly improve...

01/23/2025

25 Books for Lawyers: Attorneys share reads they found inspiring, insightful and useful in the practice of law. Have any must-reads of your own or thoughts on these picks? Email them to [email protected]. Your suggestions may be featured in a future list. https://ow.ly/35Ii50Ufviu

With the joy of reading a great book, you sometimes get the added bonus of a passage that includes good advice on topics such as how to advocate for yourself, understand different viewpoints or provide meaningful support to others. Considering that, the ABA Journal asked lawyers for book recommendat...

01/23/2025

Ex-National Bar Association president removed from bench for "racially charged" comments about justice system. https://ow.ly/clUj50UM7aq

A former National Bar Association president has been permanently removed from the bench for online and television comments about racial injustice and the need for more Black lawyers and judges. (Image from Shutterstock)

01/23/2025

BigLaw firm took several pages from "Retaliating Employer's Handbook," suit alleges. https://ow.ly/TK0a50UM0G5

A counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle has filed a retaliation lawsuit against the law firm and several partners, including one defendant who moved into the plaintiff’s Seattle apartment building—allegedly on the firm’s dime.

01/23/2025

Bar associations could be targeted, Trump DEI order says, spurring response from two of them. https://ow.ly/bcUQ50ULZLY

Bar associations could be targeted for investigation under President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end “illegal preferences and discrimination” in government and the private sector.

01/23/2025

Your Voice: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the cornerstones of democracy. https://ow.ly/Vp1L50ULSUW

The American Bar Association’s Cornerstones of Democracy Commission, on which I am privileged to serve, encourages the legal profession to lead the way in promoting civics, civility and collaboration—the cornerstones of American democracy—to restore confidence in democratic institutions and th...

01/23/2025

Throwback Thursday: Check out this week's Throwback Thursday post, courtesy of our January 1978 cover and magazine! Read more here: https://ow.ly/xYJZ50UEE4r

01/22/2025

ABA Members Who Inspire: Kalpana Kotagal’s inclusion riders promote equality in the entertainment industry. https://ow.ly/A9Kg50UetuN

01/22/2025

Lawyer arrested at state bar meeting for carrying petitions reaches settlement. https://ow.ly/83xV50ULo1J

An Arkansas lawyer who was arrested for carrying ballot petitions at a state bar meeting in June 2024 has reached an out-of-court settlement that calls for payment of $200,000 to her lawyers.

01/22/2025

LA wildfires will not stop California's plans to offer new bar exam next month. https://ow.ly/k0O350ULnlT

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter works on extinguishing hot spots in the aftermath of the Palisades fire in California on Jan. 12. (Photo by Scott Strazzante/The San Francisco Chronicle via the Associated Press)

01/22/2025

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a cowrie shell collar to the inauguration; was it "a sartorial expression of her dissent"? https://ow.ly/KfsV50ULgWw

Was there a deeper meaning behind U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s neckwear choice at the inauguration for President Donald Trump?

01/22/2025

As Los Angeles deals with wildfires, law schools offer support. https://ow.ly/aP1r50ULcgX

Christoper Frost (left), an alumnus at the Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law who partnered with the school for its legal clinic, and Jeff Baker, the law school’s associate dean. (Photo by Jennifer Duck Baker)

01/22/2025

Death row inmate can pursue due process appeal over s*x-life evidence admitted at trial, Supreme Court says. https://ow.ly/GCks50ULbgl

A death row inmate can pursue a claim that her Oklahoma trial was prejudiced by the introduction of evidence about her s*x life, provocative clothing and thong underwear, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. (Image from Shutterstock)

01/22/2025

25 Books for Lawyers: 19. "The Trial" by Franz Kafka
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01/21/2025

Getting ready for retirement is easier than you think. https://ow.ly/ny8b50UcRHW

01/21/2025

Federal judge fed up with "fiddle-faddle" requires lawyers to meet for lunch; how did it go?

Lawyers who met for lunch upon the orders of a federal judge have submitted their report as directed.

01/21/2025

Penn Law is quicker to discipline whites than minorities, controversial prof alleges in lawsuit. https://ow.ly/6i1u50UKp6i

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is facing a lawsuit alleging that the school violated First Amendment principles and anti-discrimination laws when it disciplined a professor for her controversial remarks.