New Jersey bar president calls Christie criticism 'borderline unethical'

ATLANTIC CITY - New Jersey's chief justice didn't opine on the extraordinary upheaval and political controversies in the state's court system Friday during his annual "State of the Judiciary" speech at the state's bar association convention.

Charleston School of Law graduates sixth class

The nation's top official for accrediting law schools encouraged the almost 200 new graduates of the Charleston School of Law to make a difference in their new careers as advocates for people.

Prominent Attorney Kenneth R. Feinberg to Speak at New York Law School’s 120th Commencement, May 21

Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation’s leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution, will address the graduates at New York Law School’s 120th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2012, at Radio City Music Hall at 11 a.m. Feinberg, who served as Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.New ...

Obama nominates Canton attorney Matthew Brann as federal judge

President Barack Obama has nominated Bradford County attorney Matthew W. Brann and U.S. Magistrate Judge Malachy E. Mannion to fill two judicial vacancies on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. "I am pleased to nominate th

Past ABA President Stephen N. Zack Voted Chairman of the National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2012 — Stephen N. Zack, immediate past president of the American Bar Association and administrative partner at Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, is the new chairman of the National Center for Access to Justice. NCAJ is the single academically affiliated law and policy organization dedicated exclusively to achieving reform on behalf of vulnerable people in the civil and ...