Headlines • Judge Strikes Law Banning Demonstrations at Supreme Court • Obama Has Named More Women Judges Than Predecessor • Study Details Obstacles Confronting Minority Law Students • Percentage of Women in NLJ 350 Law Firms Remains Low • Bulger Team Goes On Attack Against Government's Case • Newest 1st Circuit Judge Keeps Toe in Water Case • THE 2013 NLJ 350 • NEWCOMERS TO THE 350 • Sotomayor's Beloved $3 Million World • Law School Applications Are Up (But Down) Departing from a long line of local court rulings, a federal judge in the District of Columbia on Tuesday struck down the 64-year-old law that prohibits demonstrations and displays on the grounds of the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More » When President Barack Obama nominated two women to a key appeals court last week, he was adding to his lead when it comes to adding women to the federal bench, according to a new study. Obama has successfully appointed a... Read More » Diversity may be a priority for some law schools, but minority law students still face a harder road to a juris doctor than their white counterparts, according to an article in the latest edition of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy. Read More » The number of women working in the nation's largest law firms went basically unchanged in 2012. Women equaled about one-third of the attorneys working at NLJ 350 firms and accounted for about 16 percent of equity partners. Read the full 2013 NLJ 350 report. Read More » Accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's lawyer opened his defense on Wednesday by launching a frontal attack against federal law enforcement authorities, accusing them of letting vicious cronies off lightly, even for murder, to build their case against him. Read More » As the newest judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, Maine lawyer William Kayatta Jr. has joined his colleagues in tackling cases from New England and Puerto Rico, the court's areas of jurisdiction. Read More » Reporters Jenna Greene, Sheri Qualters and Zoe Tillman profile 15 firms that entered (or rejoined) the list this year. Read More » News and gossip edition: Are white Supreme Court justices too bland? Is Wachtell spawning super-bloggers? Who wants their kids to be lawyers? And more. Read More » Latest news about the law school market. Plus, a report on the report about law faculty diversity. Read More » |
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