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Listen to the ABA Journal Podcast for analysis and discussion of the latest legal issues and trends the first Monday of each month. Also hear discussions with authors for The Modern Law Library books podcast series.
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This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional theory is a terrible way to pick a judge
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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'The Licensing Racket' takes aim at professional licensing in America
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Former Watergate prosecutor and friends reflect on life in 'Legal Briefs'
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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When should life sentences be overturned? Judge shares how he decides
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Our favorite pop culture picks in 2024
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Horse-loving lawyer left the law to help run a Colorado ranch
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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What went wrong–and right–with 10 famous trials
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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'Watchdogs' author has no regrets about choosing civil service over the NBA
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Meet the sheriffs who believe they are ‘The Highest Law in the Land’
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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'Company' is the perfect short story collection for spooky season
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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The Supreme Court is a liberal body–when it comes to legal writing
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Legal thriller author David Ellis's day job? Appellate court justice
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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'Shaping the Bar' author says bar exam protects legal profession, not public
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Summer reading picks and why a YMCA-funded crusade against obscenity matters today
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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'The Lawyer Millionaire’ author shares the 7 biggest money mistakes lawyers can make
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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‘The Originalism Trap’ author wants to see originalism dead, dead, dead
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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How to strike up conversations that build your book of business
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May 29, 2024 |
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When states’ rights and healthcare access clash
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May 15, 2024 |
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'In the Shadow of Liberty' shines light on American immigration history
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May 01, 2024 |
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Users keepers: Pirates, zombies and adverse possession
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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James Patterson dishes on his new legal thriller, ‘The #1 Lawyer’
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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'When Rape Goes Viral' looks at why cases like Steubenville happen
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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NY law prof is calling on ‘Lawyer Nation’ to reform
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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'Police & the Empire City' explores race and the origins of the NYPD
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Yale Law's Owen Fiss talks about threats to democracy and 'Why We Vote'
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Access to justice can be achieved, says ‘Law Democratized’ author–but not without change
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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How to plan your post-law life
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Our favorite pop culture picks in 2023
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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How is the true crime genre impacting the way people think about innocence?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Law grad turns culinary passion into TikTok fame and a brand new cookbook
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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How reckoning with trauma can help you, your clients and the legal profession
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Transform your negotiations with a win-win-win mindset, says author
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Tales of 3 generations of Black women intertwine to form 'Memphis'
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Complex litigation judge has 50 ideas to simplify the courts
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Summer reading and back-to-law-school tips
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Trial lawyer’s tales include wins, losses and international intrigue
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Is family court too flawed to be fixed?
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Didn't get it in writing? There may still be a way, says author of 'Litigating Constructive Trusts'
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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'My Mom, the Lawyer' explores women's work and personal lives through the eyes of their children
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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SCOTUS faces ‘a catastrophic loss of institutional legitimacy,’ warns author
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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‘The Shadow Docket’ shines light on an increasingly uncommunicative Supreme Court
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May 17, 2023 |
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End of the Cold War launched new efforts to build the rule of law
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May 10, 2023 |
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Author and lawyer explores English family's ties to Nazi Germany in 'The Mitford Affair'
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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‘Never Far from Home' brings readers from NYC projects to 90s hip-hop scene to Microsoft offices
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Why NYT v. Sullivan mattered in 1964 and is under attack today
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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In ‘Her Honor,’ trailblazing women judges take center stage
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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In ‘Myth America,’ historians challenge misinformation about our past
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Bestselling author relished collaboration for 'Heat' follow-up
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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From Amanda Knox to Kyle Rittenhouse, lawyer discusses justice and due process in the digital age
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Lawyer digs into big data for new legal thriller 'Code 6'
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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This lawyer tackled lifelong anxiety to free herself from 'The Box'
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Our favorite pop culture picks in 2022
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Can change really come from within the system? These 13 prosecutors think so
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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'By Hands Now Known' shines light on cold cases of lynchings and racial violence
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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How do you calculate damages in injury trials?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Author and lawyer Scott Turow made generational leap for new legal thriller
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Nina Totenberg's early life, NPR legacy and friendship with the Notorious RBG
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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9th Circuit judge shines light on Justice William O. Douglas’ environmental campaigns
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Sick of meetings that go off the rails? Robert’s Rules of Order can help
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Summer Pop Culture Picks and What Else We Lost When Roe was Overturned
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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After collaborating with bestselling author, judge discusses new solo book
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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The modern US Border Patrol is a national police force with dangerous capabilities, author warns
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Authors of '50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers' share some top tips
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Do you have what it takes to break into esports?
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Work for Canadian residential school survivors informs lawyer's debut novel
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May 25, 2022 |
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Wiretapping's origins might surprise you
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May 11, 2022 |
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How–and why–Kazakhstan gave up its Soviet-era nuclear weapons
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ex-Tesla attorney leveraged her contract expertise into a book and thriving LinkedIn community
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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'No Equal Justice' shares George Crockett Jr.'s civil rights legacy
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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The justice system is the antagonist in retired judge's legal thriller novel
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Tough decision to make? Here’s how to break it down like a lawyer
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Regulate cryptocurrencies and fintech products before it's too late, urges author
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Need to sharpen your legal writing? 10th Circuit Court judge shares his tips
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Outcomes in state supreme courts aren't as simple as Blue vs. Red
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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In 'All Her Little Secrets,' the death of an attorney's boss could bring her secrets to light
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Our favorite pop culture picks in 2021
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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America's fights over medical treatment choices didn't start with COVID-19 and Ivermectin
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Discover the man behind 12 Angry Men, and the real-life case that inspired him
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Want to change a veteran's life through pro bono? There's a manual for that
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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How SCOTUS enabled police abuses of civil rights–and what we can do about it
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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How to market your legal services to Hispanic clients
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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A tale of love, loss and conservatorships in the Golden Age of Hollywood
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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How LinkedIn can help lawyers develop and market their brands
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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How neurodiverse lawyers can thrive in the profession–and change it for the better
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Can the raucous history of Chicago's lakefront teach us how to preserve land for public use?
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Do we need to rethink how we handle classified leaks?
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Summer reading and a book coming to the silver screen
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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'Vice Patrol' examines how police and courts enforced anti-gay laws before Stonewall
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Little-known labor history is illuminated in union attorney's new book
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May 26, 2021 |
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Are you good in a crisis? There may be a growing practice area for you
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May 12, 2021 |
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Sen. Mazie Hirono speaks out in 'Heart of Fire'
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Increasing revenue while cutting down on billable hours? 'AI for Lawyers' says it's possible
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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'Watergate Girl' give an inside look at special prosecution team that brought down Nixon
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Interested in infectious disease litigations? Before you accept a case, read this
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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What can Texas tell us about the rise and fall of the death penalty?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Why do barristers wear wigs? 'Dress Codes' explores fashion and the law
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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How your firm can use technology to build business and keep clients
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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'White Fright' author discusses historical lynch mobs and the attack on the Capitol
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Our favorite reads from 2020
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Former corporate lawyer draws inspiration from her family for her tireless clemency work
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Lawyer recounts the life and legacy of the mysterious man behind Pilates
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Having a hard time connecting with your witness? Try these tips
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Knowing when to tell your client 'no,' and other ethical dilemmas
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Voting rights attorney tells a tale of dark money chicanery in 'The Coyotes of Carthage'
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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The case for separating Church and State
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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'Demagogue' tells the story of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's rise and fall
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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6 key numbers that can diagnose the financial health of your law practice
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Convicted of a crime that never occurred? It happens all too often, law prof says
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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How well-meaning social reforms created 'Prison by Any Other Name'
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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How feminism worsened mass incarceration–and how it can stop
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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What does police abolition look like?
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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What's lost when jury trials vanish?
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Meet 9 American women shortlisted for the U.S. Supreme Court before Sandra Day O'Connor
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May 20, 2020 |
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Insider's guide to succeeding in law school
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May 06, 2020 |
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Journalist investigating wrongful convictions turns lens on white-collar criminal case
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Develop your horse sense with equine law
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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What should you read about COVID-19? We asked an epidemiologist
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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How to achieve vocal power in and out of the courtroom
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Two families connected by LA riots collide in 'Your House Will Pay
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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How safe is your right to vote?
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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The court of public opinion: Why litigation PR is a critical component of a case
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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How to kick off 2020 with more productive business meetings
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Our favorite reads of 2019
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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What goes on in the mind of a sentencing judge?
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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The Education of Brett Kavanaugh
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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How to master the jury selection process
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Fighting for 9/11's first responders
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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New book addresses critical legal issues, policies and strategies surrounding smart technology
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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African American farmer’s legal battle to save his family farm is focus of ‘Catfish Dream’
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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How power dynamics in the workplace shield perpetrators of sexual harassment
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Debut novelist's tale of Sri Lankan refugees wins the Harper Lee Prize
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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How to train your expert
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Founder of The Slants talks about the band's free-speech fight
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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How the Great Recession changed American law firms
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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How to become a federal criminal
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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A curmudgeon's guide to surviving and thriving in BigLaw
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Public-Speaking Skills Every Lawyer Should Master
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May 22, 2019 |
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The strange tale of the 'Voodoo Reverend' and Harper Lee's lost true-crime book
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May 08, 2019 |
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Why tech tools can hold both promise and peril for policing
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Networking for Introverts
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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A look back at Lizzie Borden
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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Former JAG captain draws from history and sports for diversity advice
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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From Columbine to Parkland: How have school shootings changed us?
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Building blockchain expertise into a practice area that pays
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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The Supreme Court’s colorful history with alcohol gets a look in ‘Glass and Gavel’
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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How introverted lawyers can harness their traits for success
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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How to avoid burnout and be “The Best Lawyer You Can Be”
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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3 trial court judges share the tough cases that stuck with them
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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How this lawyer turned a love for sports into his career
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Ken Starr shares his side of the Clinton investigation in 'Contempt'
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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How to stop worrying and learn to love data-driven law
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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We need to talk about abortion, says author of 'Scarlet A'
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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How to be (sort of) happy in law school
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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Can you become a better lawyer in 5 minutes a day? This author thinks so
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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What would it mean to impeach a president?
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Meet the nominees for the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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How Anthony Comstock's anti-obscenity crusade changed American law
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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How Nixon used a law firm stint to resurrect his political career and win the presidency
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May 23, 2018 |
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How can we fight to reduce bias? 6th Circuit judge shares her thoughts
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May 10, 2018 |
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How broken windows policing changed the legal landscape in ‘Misdemeanorland’How broken windows policing changed the legal landscape in ‘Misdemeanorland’
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Roe v. Wade had a broader impact than the public realizes, says author of 'Beyond Abortion'
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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Uncovering the secret history of how corporations gained their civil rights
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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Dark tale of 'The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist' brings wrongful convictions to light
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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A stalled elevator leads to love in lawyer's best-selling romance novel
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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Teamsters lawyer pens children’s book to show importance of the labor movement
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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Bryan Garner reflects on his friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia in ‘Nino and Me’
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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How a Quaker’s suit against the Secretary of Defense still impacts cases over government surveillance
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Barbie v. Bratz: What happened when toy titans took each other to court
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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Georgetown law prof calls for complete re-imagining of criminal justice system in 'Chokehold'
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Dec 06, 2017 |
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Will big data tools make policing less biased--or violate people’s rights?
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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What can we learn from the history of interracial relationships in America?
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Oct 04, 2017 |
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How the author of 'The Forgotten Flight' fought to bring justice for terror victims' families
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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First Amendment defender warns of threats to free speech in the ‘fake news’ era
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Merriam-Webster editor shares the 'secret life of dictionaries'
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Jul 19, 2017 |
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Harper Lee Prize finalists discuss their novels, careers, and the first time they read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
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Jul 05, 2017 |
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How government actions, not personal choices, created segregated neighborhoods
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Jun 21, 2017 |
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David Grann uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind murders of oil-rich Osage tribe members
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Jun 07, 2017 |
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How a Chinese-American family challenged school segregation in 1920s Mississippi
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May 17, 2017 |
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The Crime of Complicity: Examining the Role of the Bystander in the Holocaust and Beyond
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May 03, 2017 |
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Are prisoners’ civil rights being needlessly violated by long-term solitary confinement?
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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What can neuroscience tell us about crime?
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Mar 15, 2017 |
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Al-Tounsi by Anton Piatigorsky: The U.S. Supreme Court through a Human Lens
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Mar 07, 2017 |
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Legal Asylum by Paul Goldstein: A Satiric Look at Legal Academia
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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Alberto Gonzales reflects back on Bush administration and gives his advice for Trump staff
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Jan 18, 2017 |
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Was this lawyer-turned-WWII-spy the basis for James Bond?
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Dec 21, 2016 |
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What can past presidential history teach us about today?
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Nov 16, 2016 |
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John Lennon's lawyer explains how the musician's deportation case changed immigration law
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Oct 19, 2016 |
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A seismic shift in how the US wages war and what it means for the American public
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Sep 21, 2016 |
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Freedom isn't the end of the story for exonerees
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Aug 17, 2016 |
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How a 1980s lynching case helped bring down the Klan
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Jul 13, 2016 |
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In ‘The Last Good Girl,’ Allison Leotta tackles the fraught subject of campus rape
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Jun 22, 2016 |
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Before stop-and-frisk there were vagrancy laws; ‘Vagrant Nation’ explores their rise and fall
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May 11, 2016 |
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Prosecutor's book offers first-hand look at 'Making a Murderer' subject Steven Avery
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Mar 22, 2016 |
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Harper Lee Prize winner tells how history and race shaped her Southern gothic novel
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Dec 21, 2015 |
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Linda Fairstein chats about her Alex Cooper series--and reveals an exciting new project
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Aug 26, 2015 |
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Grammar nerds, meet your Comma Queen
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Apr 30, 2015 |
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Author tells tangled tale of the $19B verdict against Chevron in 'Law of the Jungle'
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Jan 28, 2015 |
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All is not as it seems for 9th Circuit clerk in ATL founder's new novel (podcast)
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Dec 17, 2014 |
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How a series of attacks by a breakaway Amish sect became a landmark hate-crimes case
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Sep 30, 2014 |
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Boies and Olson reveal the backstory of the case against California’s Proposition 8 (podcast)
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Aug 28, 2014 |
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Growing up during BTK serial-killing spree informed author’s new crime novel (podcast)
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Jul 28, 2014 |
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Why should 9/11 terrorism trials be held at ‘Mother Court’ in New York? Author explains (podcast)
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Jun 30, 2014 |
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How 50 children were saved from Nazi Germany by a Philadelphia lawyer and his wife (podcast)
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May 29, 2014 |
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This 18th-century British judge helped SCOTUS decide the fate of Guantanamo detainees (podcast)
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Apr 30, 2014 |
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‘Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance’ author shares weird-but-true laws from around the globe (podcast)
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Mar 27, 2014 |
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What makes lawyers great romance novelists? (gallery and podcast)
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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What martial arts training can do for lawyers (podcast)
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Jan 23, 2014 |
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What were the best legal novels of 2013? (podcast)
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Dec 19, 2013 |
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Unconventional childhood helps ‘Free Spirit’ author to advocate for domestic-abuse victims (podcast)
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Nov 25, 2013 |
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Government surveillance revelations are having a chilling effect on lawyers, says author (podcast)
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Sep 16, 2013 |
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Rosa Parks’ attorney: ‘If the story would be told, I’d have to tell it’ (podcast)
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Aug 20, 2013 |
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Author on how ‘tremendously radical’ women blazed trails into the legal profession (podcast)
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Jun 10, 2013 |
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The life and lovers of legendary Hollywood lawyer (podcast)
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May 13, 2013 |
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‘Lawyer Bubble’ author discusses what the future looks like for today’s new lawyers
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Want to protect individual freedom? Have a strong central government, says ‘Rule of the Clan’ author
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Mar 11, 2013 |
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What if Crim Law was taught by cartoons?
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Feb 11, 2013 |
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How to practice law in a ‘sharing economy’ (Podcast)
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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Is Batman a State Actor? ‘Law of Superheroes’ Authors Dish on Comics in the Courtroom
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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‘Conspiracy of Silence’ Allowed Judges’ Kids-for-Cash Scandal to Occur, Says Author
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Nov 12, 2012 |
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Voter Fraud v. Voter Suppression: Author Explains That Neither Is Quite What We Think
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Oct 22, 2012 |
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‘Good Girls Revolt’ Author Discusses Groundbreaking 1970s Sex-Discrimination Suit Against Newsweek
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Oct 09, 2012 |
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Author Describes Clash of Titans Jefferson and Marshall in ‘The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr’
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Sep 24, 2012 |
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After Going from BigLaw to ABC News, Author of ‘Exit Interview’ Witnessed Seismic Changes
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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‘Five-Finger Discount’ Costs Billions, Says Author of Shoplifting Book ‘The Steal’
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Aug 27, 2012 |
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Scalia Discusses Views on Textualism and the Process of Co-Writing His New Book
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Jul 26, 2012 |
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Federal Judge Pens Memoir About His Time on the Bench and His High-Profile Cases in ‘Disrobed’
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Jul 23, 2012 |
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‘Failing Law Schools’ Author Challenges Law Schools to Make Dramatic Changes
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Jul 09, 2012 |
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‘Breach of Trust’ Tells Ripped-from-the-Headlines Tale of Government Corruption and Intrigue
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Jun 25, 2012 |
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Author Discusses How to Identify and Deal with an ‘Almost Psychopath’
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Jun 11, 2012 |
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Lack of Online Privacy Rights Is Very Troubling, Says Author
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May 29, 2012 |
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‘Show Trials’ Author Advocates for Systemic Changes to Immigration Courts
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May 14, 2012 |
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‘Born, Not Raised’ Author Discusses the Flaws in the Juvenile Justice System
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Apr 23, 2012 |
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‘Devil in the Grove’ Author Discusses Early Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Case
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Apr 09, 2012 |