http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Fri, 24 May 2013 19:05:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The June issue of ABA Journal profiles “The Boss” Robert Morgenthau, former district attorney for New York County.  Morgenthau’s career spans from the post-WWII era to the present, including his current of counsel job with Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City.  In between, he held the DA’s ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/05/aba-journal-profiles-robert-morgenthau-the-original-%e2%80%9claw-order%e2%80%9d-da/ Knowing how to sell groceries, fly airplanes or pick up garbage are generally not in the average lawyer’s skill set or on her to-do list.  But increased government regulation and the need to navigate international laws and treaties are just two of the reasons more lawyers are moving into the ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/04/lawyers-as-ceos-a-growing-trend-2/ With sales of the recently released iPad from Apple exceeding expectations comes news of a new app for those with an interest in news from the legal community. The first legal news app developed specifically for the iPad was released this week by the ABA Journal, the flagship magazine of the ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/04/first-legal-news-app-released-for-apples-ipad/ April issue of ABA Journal unravels an Arizona showdown [caption id="attachment_7835" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Photo by AP images)"][/caption] “The Maricopa Courthouse War” in the April issue of ABA Journal chronicles a long-running controversy in Maricopa County, Ariz., involving Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Prosecutor Andrew Thomas that is now ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/retribution-trumps-reason-in-maricopa-countys-political-saga/ ABA Journal compares, contrasts former duopoly and newcomers in lucrative research field With the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology expo around the corner in March, “Wired,” the cover article in the February 2010 issue of ABA Journal examines and compares the choices for online legal research.  In a ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/02/new-competition-opens-up-online-legal-research/ Law school grads adapt to economic realities then and now From cancelled summer programs, deferrals and rescinded job offers to high debt with no prospects for employment, recent law school grads have taken the brunt of the economic downturn and its impact on the legal community since 2007.  But wait, it’s ... http://www.abanow.org/2009/12/different-times-different-paths-january-aba-journal-profiles-survivor-strategies/