Want to change a veteran's life through pro bono? There's a manual for that
Since World War II, more than two million service members have been discharged from U.S. military service with a status other than "honorable discharg...
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Listen to the ABA Journal Podcast for analysis and hear discussions with authors for The Modern Law Library books podcast series.
How SCOTUS enabled police abuses of civil rights–and what we can do about it
Much has been said about police officers and departments who violate civil rights or enforce the law in discriminatory ways. But not as much attention...
How to market your legal services to Hispanic clients
Hispanics are becoming an increasingly large segment of the U.S. population, and for an enterprising lawyer, serving the legal needs of Spanish-speaki...
A tale of love, loss and conservatorships in the Golden Age of Hollywood
Britney Spears' legal battle over the conservatorship that put her under the control of her father brought international attention to the conservators...
How LinkedIn can help lawyers develop and market their brands
How do you use LinkedIn? Do you see it as a static resume, or is it the equivalent of your morning newspaper? For Marc W. Halpert, LinkedIn is the mos...
How neurodiverse lawyers can thrive in the profession–and change it for the better
There’s a business case to be made for hiring attorneys with ADHD, autism, learning disabilities and other neurological differences. Businesses have l...
Can the raucous history of Chicago's lakefront teach us how to preserve land for public use?
Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill discuss the shenanigans that ultimately gave the city and the state of Illinois one of its most priceless parc...
Do we need to rethink how we handle classified leaks?
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, First Amendment scholars Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone discuss their book "National...
Summer reading and a book coming to the silver screen
Host Lee Rawles shares some of her favorite books she's read since this year, and we revisit our 2017 interview with David Grann in anticipation of th...
'Vice Patrol' examines how police and courts enforced anti-gay laws before Stonewall
In Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle Over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall, author Anna Lvovsky examines the way that queer communities were ...