Judge 'appalled' by DOJ's case | Prosecutor suspended for eavesdropping | Taylor Swift's lawyer told to 'shake it off'

ABA Journal's Top Stories of the Week
Friday, November 10, 2017

Prosecutor suspended 4 years for eavesdropping on attorney-client conversations

November 7, 2017, 1:42 pm CST

Worker is fired after flipping the bird at Trump motorcade; does she have a case?

November 8, 2017, 8:00 am CST

Former judge Roy Moore accused of initiating fondling encounter with girl, 14, in 1979

November 9, 2017, 2:55 pm CST

A Message From Thomson Reuters Small Law Firm Management

Over Half of Solo and Small Firms Work in the Cloud. Should You?

November 7, 2017, 9:53 am CST

Should Trump issue blanket pardons in Mueller probe? 2 BigLaw partners back the idea

November 9, 2017, 9:30 am CST

ACLU advises Taylor Swift's BigLaw lawyer to 'shake it off'

November 7, 2017, 12:10 pm CST

Obama doesn't make it onto a jury but is a big hit at the courthouse

November 8, 2017, 1:27 pm CST

Did David Boies push ethical boundaries with dual role for Weinstein and the New York Times?

November 8, 2017, 9:28 am CST

Female Chicago-area public defenders file equal-protection suit over masturbating inmates

November 9, 2017, 10:57 am CST

Chemerinsky joins brief arguing Trump violates First Amendment by blocking Twitter critics

November 7, 2017, 7:00 am CST

Supreme Court allows execution of inmate who can't remember his crime

November 6, 2017, 12:48 pm CST

Texas law school serving at-risk students achieves 59% bar pass rate

November 9, 2017, 3:00 pm CST

ABA Legal Ed council revisits admissions test requirement, tables bar exam standard

November 6, 2017, 7:00 am CST

Seth MacFarlane's 'The Orville' explores frontiers of gender

November 9, 2017, 8:30 am CST

In the Magazine

From the November 2017 Issue

At Home With Outsourcing

Working mothers employ a support system to set priorities and find success

Seeking to Discover

Valuable information may be revealed by posing interrogatories before giving notice of depositions

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The Happy Lawyer Project

Okeoma Moronu Schreiner, a Dallas in-house lawyer with BigLaw credentials, is a relatable guide in a podcast for young lawyers. Interviews cover law practice, career development and work-life balance.

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

What do you love most about being a lawyer?

Last Friday was "Love Your Lawyer Day," an annual day of appreciation promoted the by American Lawyers Public Image Association to honor those in the industry.

The campaign outlined different ways to show your appreciation, from taking lawyers to lunch to making donations in their name to a favorite charity to offering a testimonial about the work they do.

So this week, we'd like to spin things around and ask: What do you love most about being a lawyer? Is it helping those in need? Is being able to address wrongdoing and corruption? Is it finding creative solutions to clients' problems?

Please answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: What is your law school's best quality?

Featured answer:

Posted by Cal Lawyer: "A nontraditional grading system (i.e., not A, B, C) and no public disclosure of class ranking. That took off a significant amount of pressure and excessive competition, so students could be more friendly and collaborative. I think my law school experience was much the better for it."

Cartoon Caption Contest

You be the judge

Tangled Up

Send us a caption on or before Sunday, Nov. 12, explaining this Grimm decree. The winner of our November challenge will see their caption and credit printed in an upcoming issue of the ABA Journal.

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