11 ABA advocacy wins from the 118th Congress

11 ABA advocacy wins from the 118th Congress

Although the 118th Congress may be remembered as one of the turbulent and least productive in modern history, the ABA Governmental Affairs Office achieved notable legislative successes through close collaboration with ABA... Read more »
Noella Sudbury is helping people expunge their criminal records

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 and Goldman... Read more »
Sabrina Deanna Coyne threw brick through window: Deputies

Sabrina Deanna Coyne threw brick through window: Deputies

Sabrina Deanna Coyne (Lee County Sheriff’s Office). A woman denied throwing a “first date” brick through her ex’s window, but according to deputies in Lee County, Florida, surveillance footage caught her in... Read more »
Iowa immigration law making illegal reentry a misdemeanor blocked by 8th Circuit

Iowa immigration law making illegal reentry a misdemeanor blocked by 8th Circuit

Home Daily News Iowa immigration law making illegal reentry… Immigration Law Iowa immigration law making illegal reentry a misdemeanor blocked by 8th Circuit By Debra Cassens Weiss January 29, 2025, 9:35 am... Read more »
Jacqueline Schafer has long seen the potential of AI to help lawyers work more efficiently

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 who had... Read more »
Teen stabbed boyfriend to death while horseplaying: Cops

Teen stabbed boyfriend to death while horseplaying: Cops

Jahara Malik (Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation). A 17-year-old Florida girl is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death just days before Christmas while they were allegedly “horseplaying”... Read more »
Welcome to the 119th Congress

Welcome to the 119th Congress

As the dust settles from the 2024 election, the political landscape in Washington, D.C., has undergone a significant transformation. The Republican Party now controls all three branches of the U.S. government, marking... Read more »
Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt are spearheading efforts to reinvent attorney licensing

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 wanted to... Read more »
Hospital administrator sentenced for stealing man’s identity

Hospital administrator sentenced for stealing man’s identity

FILE – In this combination image, undated selfie shows William Woods in Albuquerque, N.M., left, and this undated photo released by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office shows Matthew David Keirans. (William Woods... Read more »
Dechert sues former lawyer for alleged salary overpayment

Dechert sues former lawyer for alleged salary overpayment

Home Daily News Dechert sues former lawyer for alleged salary… Law Firms Dechert sues former lawyer for alleged salary overpayment By Debra Cassens Weiss January 29, 2025, 10:56 am CST Dechert has... Read more »
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