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The Work Is Waiting: How To Get Involved And Lead Voluntary Bar Associations

Volunteering for a bar association gives you a broader view of the profession. It reminds you that the law is a community. The post The Work Is Waiting: How To Get Involved And Lea...

Bar associations asked to vet Court of Appeals candidates

Virginia bar associations have been asked by the General Assembly to evaluate candidates for four new Court of Appeals judgeships by Aug. 31. The post Bar associations asked to vet...

City and County bar associations rate Queens judicial candidates

New York City and Queens County Bar Associations last week released their ratings for each of the four candidates running for the two open spots on the borough’s Civil Court be...

Mahoning County Bar Association to memorialize attorneys

On Thursday, May 21, the Memorial Committee of the Mahoning County Bar Association will honor attorneys who have passed away in the last year. The service will be held 11 a.m. in t...

Lawyer Discipline

The Office of Lawyer Regulation, an agency of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, provides these summaries.

Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association wh...

Bar Association Bans Lawyers For Defending Ram Mandir Accused: Is It Fair?

The American Bar Association Is Unfit To Accredit Law Schools, And The Trump Admin Can Stop Them

Some states have parted ways with the ABA, but federal recognition of the group's accreditation power gives it a monopoly on the entire U.S. legal profession.

DOJ Sues New Mexico Supreme Court, Board of Bar Examiners Over Alleged SCRA Violations

The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division warns that state supreme courts and bar associations should take note of the New Mexico lawsuit, and if states do not come into...

Grow Your Practice Through Referrals and Public Education

The Lawyer Referral Service helps attorneys receive referrals tailored to their practice areas and geographic preferences. The "Know Your Legal Rights" column offers another way to...

Washington State Opens Door for Graduates of Non-ABA-Accredited Law Schools to Sit for Bar

The Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association amended the WSBA admission policies on May 1.       

Supreme Court Wants Trump Administration's View on New Jersey State Bar Association's DEI Program

The U.S. Supreme Court has called for the views of the solicitor general about whether private groups, such as the New Jersey State Bar Association, have a First Amendment right to...

States Increasingly Consider 'Alternative Pathways' to the Legal Field, but Not Everyone Wants to Break Ties With the AB...

A growing majority of states have adopted "alternative pathways" to the legal profession, such as innovative pathways to licensure or allowing graduates of non-American Bar Associa...

Executive Director Erika Harold Receives Cook County Bar Association Award for Ethics and Professionalism Programming

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Scott Neville and Erika Harold. Photo credit: Erika Harold The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce t...

Executive Director Erika Harold Receives Cook County Bar Association Award for Ethics and Professionalism Programming

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Scott Neville and Erika Harold. Photo credit: Erika Harold The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce t...

American Bar Association Moves To Drop Diversity Requirement For Law School Admissions

For decades, the American Bar Association has required law schools to promote diversity and inclusion, but that may be changing soon.

Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the c...

Grow Your Legal Career: Opportunities to Volunteer, Network, and Lead

From community service and statewide networking events to leadership roles and mentoring programs, these offerings help students build connections and gain practical experience.

ABA releases ethics opinion on engagement agreement provisions

The American Bar Association issues Formal Opinion 523 clarifying lawyer withdrawal rights under engagement agreements, with context on Virginia rules. The post ABA releases ethics...

Law Deans and Principles of Professional Independence

Stories in the ABA Journal and Law.com cover a recent letter sent by former and current law deans to “former judges John E. Jones III, from the U.S. District Court for the Middle D...

Supreme Court Urges BCI to Establish National Legal Academy for Continuing Education of Advocates

Supreme Court calls for continuing education of advocates and proposes a National Legal Academy to strengthen professional standards and legal practice.

Some Judges Seem To Prefer Local Attorneys Over Out-Of-Town Lawyers

All lawyers are valued equally by court officials. But some are occasionally valued more equally than others. The post Some Judges Seem To Prefer Local Attorneys Over Out-Of-Town L...

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Smokeball’s Free Trust Accounting Program Now Reaches More Than 900,000 U.S. Lawyers

Law practice management company Smokeball has now partnered with 28 state bar associations to offer its trust accounting and billing software free to their members — a milestone th...