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ABA Journal's Top Stories of the Week
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Early newsletter: ABA offices are closed Nov. 23-24 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Cooley Law School has it 'exactly backward' and students deserve to know the truth, ABA filing says

November 20, 2017, 5:06 pm CST

Law grad with criminal record can sit for state bar, Washington Supreme Court rules

November 17, 2017, 4:46 pm CST

How to make contract drafts make sense

From the November 2017 issue

A Message From LexisNexis

Turn Down the Noise: Six Important Points About Your Legal Research

November 16, 2017, 2:56 pm CST

Ohio high court justice apologizes for boastful Facebook post defending 'heterosexual males'

November 20, 2017, 8:25 am CST

Husch Blackwell cuts about 40 partners and counsel through layoffs and retirements

November 20, 2017, 3:58 pm CST

Law firm associate's viral #MeAt14 hashtag highlights inability to consent

November 20, 2017, 7:00 am CST

Chicago's John Marshall Law School in takeover talks with public university

November 20, 2017, 3:26 pm CST

Trump adds 5 names to his Supreme Court shortlist, including former Kennedy clerk Kavanaugh

November 20, 2017, 8:00 am CST

Justice Department opens Harvard admissions probe, threatens to sue for documents

November 21, 2017, 10:38 am CST

10 myths show the harsh realities of employment civil rights litigation

From the November 2017 issue

Sixth Amendment bars lawyer from overriding client's decision to contest guilt, ABA brief says

November 21, 2017, 1:10 pm CST

ABA opposes fixed bail schedules in new amicus brief filed with 11th Circuit

November 21, 2017, 1:35 pm CST

Will big-data tools make policing less biased--or violate people's rights? (podcast)

November 15, 2017, 7:30 am CST

'Thor: Ragnarok' stages superhero trial by combat

November 21, 2017, 8:30 am CST

In the Magazine

From the November 2017 Issue

Immigrant Class

Student interest in immigration law rises with recent political developments

Noxious Neighbors?

To Colorado, marijuana is a business--to the federal government, it's a criminal conspiracy

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