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Attorney General Jeff Sessions notified the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that he consents to Alabama’s custody of Moody to carry out the execution. Sessions was the attorney general of Alabama when the state convicted Moody and sentenced him to death. … [Read more...] about Inmate, 83, is executed in death of federal appeals judge; FBI had investigated ABA Journal letter

• Legal Tech Coverage, in the Azbee Category: Online > Online Product ReviewJudicial Nominations, in the Azbee Category: Online > Online Single Topic Coverage by a TeamLegal Rebels, in the Azbee Category: Design > Feature Article Design > Less Than $3 Million RevenueWeb 100 in the Azbee Category: Design > Feature Article Design > Less Than $3 Million RevenueRallying for Reform” in the Azbee Category: Design > Opening Page/Spread-Photo > Less Than $3 Million Revenue … [Read more...] about ABA Journal wins best Web News Section and other national honors at 2018 Azbee Awards

Only one entry is allowed per person, and the author must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Entries must be submitted online, and they must be unpublished or published no earlier than Jan. 1, 2018. Though authors retain copyright in their works, the winning author grants the ABA and the ABA Journal the nonexclusive right to publish the story in any platform without extra compensation. … [Read more...] about It’s time to enter the ABA Journal’s Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction

What we found was all too common: While both women and men have a growing awareness of the need for organizational change in this moment of reckoning, not everyone is in agreement on what exactly needs to shift or how pervasive the problem is. In our new research, 61 percent of women surveyed thought men held a disproportionate share of the power in their organization, and only 31 percent of women said men are allies in reaching gender equality. … [Read more...] about Little agreement between the sexes on tackling harassment, Working Mother/ABA Journal survey finds

“I was motivated to write this short story because I thought it would be interesting to explore, what I imagine to be, the realities of a public defender’s work,” Taylor said. “I was particularly interested to dive into the story of a female attorney, already stretched thin with family commitments, who has the great responsibility of safeguarding the rights of her criminal clients, while simultaneously watching her caseload progressively increase.” … [Read more...] about Story about overworked public defender is winner of ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest