This morning at the ABA Annual Meeting in Boston, I attended a session titled “The Changing Legal Landscape of Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights: The Struggle for Control.” Throughout the country, states are enacting laws that give government increasing powers over women’s reproductive rights and health care decisions. At the federal level, the Affordable Care …
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Hackcess to Justice 2014 Hackathon
The ABA Journal hosted Hackcess to Justice in Boston, MA on Thursday and Friday, a hackathon to encourage the legal and tech communities to develop innovative tools to help break down barriers for low income individuals in need of access to lawyers and legal services for civil legal issues. According to the official mission statement …
- August 9, 2014
- Susan Martin
Examining the Dream of Brown and the Civil Rights Act
This afternoon, I attended a session called “A Turn To Justice: Examining the Dream of Brown and the Civil Rights Act” at the ABA Annual Meeting. Photos were on display throughout the room from the eras of Brown and the Civil Rights Movement and the Freedom Riders Traveling Exhibit, which seemed to bring everyone into …
- August 8, 2014
- Susan Martin
Podcast: Interview with ABA Liberty Award winner Okianer Christian Dark
Fueled by her witness to and personal experience with discrimination, Dean Okianer Christian Dark channeled her sorrow and anger into action serving as lifelong role model of, and champion for, justice and equal rights in the public sector, private sector, and today as a teacher, mentor and dean at Howard University School of Law. This …
- August 8, 2014
- Gretchen DeSutter
Barriers to reentry: Reconsidering collateral consequences
The Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association sponsored a panel discussion at the ABA Annual Meeting this morning. The panel discussion began with a definition of collateral consequences: they exclude any sanction that a judge imposes as part of a sentence (i.e., probation). A collateral consequence would be an additional restriction aside from …
- August 8, 2014
- Susan Martin
Should firms be mining for gold in Big Data?
It’s all about the definition we give something. Take “Big Data,” for instance. This term has so many definitions that it is difficult to say whether law firms are even dealing with it. Catherine Monte, chief knowledge officer of Fox Rothschild, and Kimberly Stein, national manager for Enterprise Content Management Solutions at Thomson Reuters, co-authored …
- August 7, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters and CWAG announce expansion of partnership
Building on a longstanding relationship with CWAG (Conference of Western Attorneys General), Thomson Reuters and CWAG announced an expansion of their partnership at the recent CWAG annual conference. As part of the expanded collaboration, CWAG and Thomson Reuters will publish the American Indian Law Deskbook addressing the dynamic and evolving field of Indian law and …
- August 6, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Lisa Passante announced as President of the National Association of Women Lawyers
The U.S. National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon was held in New York City in July and one of our own – Lisa Passante, vice president and associate general counsel for Intellectual Property & Science – was appointed the organization’s 2014-15 president. NAWL is the leading American national bar association for women …
- August 6, 2014
- Susan Martin
The Affordable Care Act: Preparing for Year 2
This post was written by Ferd H. Mitchell and Cheryl C. Mitchell, Thomson Reuters authors and attorney partners at Mitchell Law Office in Spokane, WA The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is preparing for the Year 2 enrollment cycle, to begin on Nov. 15, 2014. Fewer than four months remain for the Department of Health and Human …
- August 6, 2014
- Susan Martin
Law firm demand up, but so is headcount
The market for law firm services hit a slight turbulent patch in the second quarter. The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI) dipped one point to 55. While demand for legal services was up 0.4 percent compared with a year ago, productivity fell 0.8 percent as firms added headcount in excess of demand. Transactional practices (corporate work, …
- August 5, 2014
- Leonard Lee