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Weekly Newsletter
Friday, April 6, 2018

Top stories of the week

From the ABA Journal

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds

Apr 3, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

A Message From Thomson Reuters Practice of Law

Should Your Client Form an LLC?

April 2, 2018, 9:38 am CDT

Lawyer who 'did not realize' he was suspended in 2010 can't resume practicing law, court says

Apr 4, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Massive restructuring at the ABA will rehouse entities under 9 centers

Apr 5, 2018, 12:49 pm CDT

Rock drummer-turned-doctor performs CPR on potential juror in his med-mal trial

Apr 2, 2018, 12:51 pm CDT

In the Magazine

From the April 2018 issue

Women of the world

Meet 3 female human rights lawyers fighting for change worldwide

Fighting words

Can anti-profanity laws and the fighting words doctrine be squared with the First Amendment?

A Message From Kurent by Tabs3 Software

Solos and Small Firms Told Us What They Wanted in Billing Software - We Listened

April 2, 2018, 10:36 am CDT

Leader of Justice Department unit is demoted after questions about bias, 'sexualized' workplace

Apr 2, 2018, 9:05 am CDT

Family, probing lawyer's death, plans to appeal decision shielding prosecutor from repsonding

Apr 3, 2018, 3:10 pm CDT

Federal judge blasts township court for jailing man who couldn't pay littering fine

Apr 3, 2018, 11:01 am CDT

Judge cites Pillsbury partner's remarks to newspaper in disqualifying firm from representation

Apr 4, 2018, 8:00 am CDT

Chemerinsky: The travel ban and the Supreme Court

Apr 2, 2018, 8:30 am CDT

Supreme Court sends signal that police 'can shoot first and think later,' Sotomayor dissent says

Apr 2, 2018, 12:13 pm CDT

Woman who flipped the bird at Trump motorcade sues over forced resignation

Apr 5, 2018, 10:47 am CDT

Pennsylvania DA is charged with protecting drug dealers, trading favorable treatment for sex

Apr 5, 2018, 8:59 am CDT

A word in favor of judicial elections

Apr 5, 2018, 8:00 am CDT

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Peeps in Law diorama contest

Apr 2, 2018, 12:00 pm CDT

This Week's Featured Blawg

From our Blawg Directory

Stanford Center for Legal Informatics fellow Monica Bay interviews leaders in legal technology and keeps readers informed about CodeX events. Recent posts preview presentations at the CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2018.

ABA Journal Podcasts

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Legal Rebels Trailblazers

Outgoing Adobe GC Mike Dillon saw changes that digitization and globalization wrought

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

Do you belong to any social groups for lawyers?

Law practice may be the loneliest profession. Lawyers outranked other professionals on a "loneliness scale" in a survey of more than 1,600 workers. Houston-area lawyer Scott Rothenberg tells the ABA Journal that loneliness and isolation may be a root cause of many lawyer issues like depression, suicide and substance abuse.

Do you belong to any groups to socialize with other lawyers? In-person or online? Where you discuss work-related issues or personal ones? Why or why not? If you belong to a group, do you think it helps professionally or with your overall well-being? Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: How would you amend the Constitution?

Featured answer:

Posted by AndytheLawyer: "Add an express right of privacy, similar to that in the constitutions of California and other states."

Cartoon Caption Contest

You be the judge

A twist in proceedings

What's really happening in this courtroom? Submit your best caption for this month's cartoon. The winner of our April challenge will see their caption and credit printed in an upcoming issue of the ABA Journal.