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Chicago's lakefront with its parks, museums, beaches and public spaces is an accident of history. But can we take lessons from that history...
As the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers case approached, First Amendment scholars Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone knew they wanted t...
Summer is upon us, vaccinations are making travel safer, and you may be looking forward to getting some leisure reading done. In this episod...
A red tie. Manicured nails. Bleached hair. Loafers. The width of a person's hips. These are just a few of the things cited by vice patrol co...
When Mark A. Torres was researching his first novel, A Stirring in the North Fork , he came across a piece of local history he'd never known...
When they were putting together their new book, Crisis Lawyering: Effective Legal Advocacy in Emergency Situations , editors Ray Brescia and...
Sen. Mazie Hirono's newly released book, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story, is part political memoir and part love letter to her...
As the founders of a company that provides AI-powered contract analysis software, Kira Systems' Noah Waisberg and Dr. Alexander Hudek are us...
Jill Wine-Banks was barely 30 when she became an assistant Watergate special prosecutor investigating President Richard M. Nixon. In Waterga...
When Davis M. Walsh and Samuel L. Tarry began assembling Infectious Disease Litigation: Science, Law, and Procedure , they had no idea that...
By the late 1960s, use of the death penalty was on the decline in the United States. But after the U.S. Supreme Court declared in the 1972 c...
Ask any attorney about the most outlandish clothing they've seen worn in a courtroom, and most will have a colorful story. But what determin...
As a longtime technology consultant to law firms, Heinan Landa knows that lawyers are cautious customers who can be resistant to change. But...
Historian Jane Dailey discusses her new book, White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America's Racist History , and what America's h...
As a tumultuous year draws to a close, we gathered together ABA Journal editors and reporters to discuss what the past year has been like fo...
Brittany K. Barnett was a perfect fit for corporate law. As a certified public accountant who comes from a family with an entrepreneurial sp...
In 1963, John Howard Steel was a 28-year-old attorney with a challenging litigation practice, an unhappy marriage and a stiff neck. At the u...
You're a plaintiffs attorney with a promising tort case, but getting the narrative evidence you need from a particular witness is like squee...
One of the most important ethical obligations a lawyer has is knowing when to tell their client "no." But how do you know when that moment h...
Steven Wright spent six years at the Department of Justice Voting Section witnessing all manner of election chicanery, voter suppression and...
The separation of church and state is a concept that is often talked about, but there's hardly a national consensus on what that should look...
What made 1950s America vulnerable to a man like Joseph McCarthy, a junior senator from Wisconsin? In Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of...
Do you know how many billable hours you can devote to a new case? Or whether you need to add another attorney to your firm? Can you afford t...
We are used to hearing about wrongful convictions where a murderer walked free because an innocent person was misidentified. But when Montcl...
At a time when the country is discussing how the justice system and policing can be reformed, it's critical that we avoid adopting reforms t...
As a law professor at the University of Colorado Law School, Aya Gruber has seen her Millennial students wrestle with a contradiction that s...
Recent protests over police brutality have raised the volume on calls to defund the police. But while police abolition may be new to some, i...
Thirty years ago, between 9% to 10% of federal criminal cases actually went to trial before a jury. That may not seem like a large percentag...
As early as the 1930s, presidents were considering putting the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. So who were these other candidates on...
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson says that near the end of every school year, he has law students come into his office, "usually in tears." They tell...
When Michael Segal first approached longtime Chicago journalist Maurice Possley about writing about his case, Possley was not interested. Se...
Julie Fershtman has developed a niche practice helping people who love horses deal with the particular joys and challenges that come with eq...
With a barrage of information and misinformation about COVID-19 coming our way, it can be hard to evaluate what sources are trustworthy, and...
Public speaking is a crucial part of working as an attorney. It is especially important for female attorneys who are claiming their vocal au...
The riots in South Los Angeles in 1992 may be nearly three decades old, but in the present day, two families in the novel Your House Will Pa...
The story of voting rights in the United States is not just one of expansion; there have been periods (such as after Reconstruction) where v...
A lawyer's duties do not begin and end at the courtroom door. They extend beyond to the proverbial court of public opinion. As both an attor...
When considering our New Year's resolutions, we all want to be more resourceful with our time, especially with our workdays. We don't realiz...
If you're traveling this holiday season–or just enjoying some end-of-year downtime–you might be in need of some good book recommendations. W...
A new book by Judge Frederic Block gives a behind-the-scenes look at a judge's thoughts and feelings when imposing punishments. Block is can...
One year after Brett Kavanaugh's tumultuous nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, questions that arose during the nomination hearings still...
As director of the National Legal Research Group 's jury research services division, Jeffrey T. Frederick is an expert on jury selection str...
Tens of thousands of people worked at Ground Zero after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, looking for survivors, sifting for human rem...
From connected cars and industrial systems to toothbrushes and refrigerators, "internet of things" technology seems to be everywhere in the...
Ed Scott was the first ever non-white owner and operator of a catfish plant in the nation. The former sharecropper-turned-landowner was part...
We often associate the #MeToo movement with the entertainment industry, but sexual harassment is a widespread problem in all industries. The...
In 2009 and 2010, two cargo ships packed with refugees fleeing the Sri Lankan civil war arrived on the shores of Canada. Those refugees insp...
When it comes to working with an expert or expert witness, there can be a lot of moving parts to keep track of. Navigating a relationship wi...
When Simon Tam booked the first gig for The Slants, there was a major obstacle to overcome: The band did not technically have any other memb...
There's no denying that law firms have gone through significant changes in the last decade. These changes continue to create unprecedented c...