The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion that provides practical guidance to lawyers operating in an email world, cautioning them to generally refrain from including their clients when sending emails to opposing lawyers.

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion that seeks to clarify the interpretation of the ABA model rule related to a lawyer’s communication with represented persons when the lawyer is self-representing or pursuing the case pro se.

A surveyed conducted by the American Bar Association found minimal rises in diversity hiring among large law firms in 2020 compared to 2019.

A book that follows eight Milwaukee families and their struggle with eviction has won an award from the American Bar Association.

The partners in charge of Urban & Taylor S.C. decided about seven years ago to call it quits on updates of the Milwaukee firm's Facebook and Twitter pages.

The practice of law is no different than the business of manufacturing automobiles or cheese. The essence is the same: the only way that these businesses grow is when the owners pay personal attention to their customers/clients.

Not every law degree leads to a legal practice.

Michael Steele, MSNBC commentator and former Republican National Committee chairman, appears to be in some trouble, based on recent reports.

After nearly 30 years as a litigator, Anne Reed started to imagine a different kind of life.

Of all the technology trends, lawyers have adapted to mobile devices the most readily.

A mobile law practice makes it easier than ever for lawyers to practice law no matter where they happen to be.

A quick glance at the table of contents for the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct is all it takes to let you know that the client is No. 1.

The rules of professional responsibility, much like the wheels of justice, are slow to come around.

Leaders in the Wisconsin's legal services community say they still do not know whether any money will be restored into the state's budget to pay for those who need representation for civil cases.

Wisconsin's law schools are reviewing new accreditation standards and looking at what changes, if any, they will have to make to their curricula.

The federal panel that sets sentencing policy eased penalties this year for potentially tens of thousands of nonviolent drug offenders. Now, defense lawyers and prisoner advocates are pushing for similar treatment for a different category of defendants: swindlers, embezzlers, insider traders and other white-collar criminals.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at the American Bar Association's annual meeting Monday, said lawyers should play a key role in mitigating the "sharp partisan divides" that have shaken public faith in government.

Voir dire is a desperate rush to learn as much as possible about potential jurors before jury selection is final.

It’s still a tough job market for law school graduates.

John Voelker paused, intent on choosing his words carefully, before saying that the courts system is “not the sexiest branch” of Wisconsin’s government.

Domestic violence groups are showing an interest in a potential state Supreme Court rule that would give judges leeway on how to deal with those representing themselves in court. The rule, if the court adopts it, would permit judges to “make reasonable efforts to facilitate the ability of all litigants, including self-represented litigants, to be fairly heard.” It also would ...

An unusual alliance of tea party enthusiasts and liberal leaders in Congress is pursuing major changes in the country's mandatory sentencing laws.

If you look around, you’ll see that most everyone is communicating on the go, and more and more are connected and able to work and communicate at any time.

What do you call an 11 percent drop in law school enrollment? A good start.

Kimberly Leach Johnson never aspired to lead one of Wisconsin’s largest law firms, but it’s a role she willingly took on Oct. 1.

Real estate law has edged out personal injury-plaintiff matters as the practice area most likely to ensnare a lawyer in a malpractice lawsuit.

With the U.S. facing massive overcrowding in its prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder called Monday for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes.

In 1991 the American Bar Association adopted Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17 which affirmed that an entire practice could be bought or sold, and modified the Rule in 2002 to permit the sale of part of a practice.

Dane County will receive a $24,000 grant from the American Bar Association to help the county reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

One of the delights of attending a bar association meeting is seeing new places.