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Editor's Note: ABA offices will close July 4 to observe Independence Day. The Daily Newsletter returns July 5.

Trump reportedly interviewed these four judges for the Supreme Court; is Kethledge a co-contender?

July 3, 2018, 9:12 am CDT

Set your own expectations, says Andrs Gallegos

July 3, 2018, 7:15 am CDT

Clemency project recipient gets a smartphone—and hope

July 3, 2018, 7:10 am CDT

Manslaughter charge is reinstated though lawyer-client conversation was recorded and transcribed

July 3, 2018, 7:05 am CDT

Judge steps aside amid allegations of groping, using PD as example of appropriate looks

July 3, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

ON WELL-BEING

It can be lonely being a lawyer. We often spend long hours working in isolation. Lawyer Jeena Cho suggests how to address what one expert calls the No. 1 public health issue.

From the July 2018 issue

Former Hunton partner who disappeared 20 years ago pleads guilty to fraud using assumed identity

July 2, 2018, 3:29 pm CDT

Dismiss Florida Coastal suit, ABA says; case not 'ripe' for review

July 2, 2018, 2:54 pm CDT

Harvey Weinstein faces new sex charges carrying a possible life sentence

July 2, 2018, 1:04 pm CDT

Judge awards $5 to Charlottesville rally organizer who said cursing woman violated anti-dueling law

July 2, 2018, 12:22 pm CDT

Michael Cohen hints at cooperation, dislikes 'witch hunt' characterization of Mueller probe

July 2, 2018, 11:26 am CDT

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