Let the boasting and the criticism begin. The U.S. News & World Report annual law school ranking of the nation’s 190 American Bar Association approved law schools was released on Tuesday by U.S. News Media Group, a month earlier than last year’s report.

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The American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law has established an award in honor of Mark T. Banner, the late former section chair and intellectual property lawyer. Banner is remembered as an extraordinary writer ...

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Should law schools provide prospective students with more detailed and accurate job placement data and education costs? The Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association and ABA President Stephen Zack think so.

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The Law School Admission Test, the long-held standard for admission to most American law schools, may no longer be required in a couple of years. A subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Standards Review Committee ...

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What should law schools be required to disclose to potential students — and how should they disclose it — when it comes to publicizing employment and income data of graduates? That is one of the questions currently occupying ...

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A Task Force on Federal Lobbying Laws is recommending changes to federal lobbying laws that would broaden disclosure required by those involved in lobbying campaigns, address fundraising participation by lobbyists and strengthen ...

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The recent reprimand of five attorneys from a Louisiana law firm for failing to supervise a non-lawyer employee who put up inaccurate information on the firm’s website offers lessons for lawyers outside the state.

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A sub-group of the American Bar Association Commission on Ethics 20/20 is investigating how online and print publications that rate lawyers and law firms come up with their findings. Donald Hilliker, co-chair of the panel ...

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National Pro Bono Week finds the American, state and local bars and legal organizations hosting hundreds of events, giving help to low-income clients, providing education, job coaching and even clothing drives, said Mark Schickman, a San Francisco-based lawyer and national co-chairman of the pro bono celebration.

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The ABA has released a formal opinion that outlines the ethical pitfalls of legal websites and recommends how to avoid them. Formal Opinion 10-457 addresses three main hot-spots for law firm websites ...

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Lawyers use websites to attract potential clients, but that type of communication can invite confusion from the public if it is not clearly marked, the American Bar Association said last week.

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Call it the non-fiction version of “The Firm” (without Tom Cruise). The American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section recently released “Introduction to Law Firm Practice,” by Michael Downey ...

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