A feature article on ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, in which he discusses the U.S. court funding crisis and recent comments on the judiciary from Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

Following a two-year study, an ABA panel issued a report Thursday finding that Missouri has too many reasons for which prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against murder suspects and needs to do a better job of preserving forensic evidence such as DNA samples.

A Kentucky legislative committee is considering a bill to abolish the death penalty, which has the support of the ABA based on a report it released last summer detailing numerous problems with Kentucky’s capital punishment system.

Florence-based Beckfield College’s legal studies programs have been approved by the ABA, making it the only post-secondary school in Northern Kentucky with ABA-approved paralegal programs.

More than a dozen graduates filed lawsuits claiming that their alma maters overstated job prospects, leaving them with huge debt. Some legal education experts say the underlying legal claims are not strong because it is unclear that the schools in question failed to meet ABA standards when reporting job placement data.

A task force of the New York State Bar Association will study the issue of non-lawyer ownership of law firms, following an ABA Committee on Ethics 20/20 proposal to allow limited forms of such partnerships.

In a letter to the chair and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, the ABA urged swift passage of pending legislation to create a single and consistent standard for the treatment of privileged information submitted to all federal agencies that supervise banks.

 An article on ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III provides his background and notes his presidential focus on court underfunding, lawyer volunteerism and young lawyer engagement.

The CUNY School of Law is offering a free semester to students who plan to take the February bar exam over the July exam.  The ABA (Interpretation 301-6) states that of all the students who take a bar exam, at least 75 percent must pass the exam within the five most recent calendar years.

A newspaper editorial cites ABA state budget statistics in urging the Florida Legislature to provide the third branch of government with consistent, reliable funding.

The Law School Admission Test may soon see some changes following passage of ABA policy at its Midyear Meeting that urges improvements in how requests for accommodations from disabled students are processed.

ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III will speak at the Rotary Club today at noon on the topic of state court funding.