LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's defense team said in opening statements in the pop star's molestation trial Monday that an emp...

Forum Column - By David Cameron Carr - Lawyers are zealous and passionate champions of their clients' interests. Lawyers are o...

Column - Garry Abrams - The city of Los Angeles has hired a former federal prosecutor to represent former Los Angeles police O...

Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By Jonathan E. Stern - For almost a decade, the California Labor Commission and California ...

Forum Column - By Pattrick Mattimore - Former priest Paul Shanley was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for raping a boy i...

Letter to the Editor - The recent episodes involving Harvard University President Larry H. Summers and Colorado professor Ward...

Forum Column - By Robert J. Grey Jr. - Recently, our televisions and newspapers have been deluging viewers and readers with co...

LOS ANGELES - A second insurer sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, claiming that the church is concealing what...

LOS ANGELES - In her 13 years on the bench, Judge Anita H. Dymant has seen it all. There was the plastic surgeon accused of vi...

SANTA ANA - An appellate court sharply rebuked Orange Superior Court Judge Pamela Lee Iles, ruling the jurist was improperly "...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - The impending retirement of Chief Justice William Rehnquist has inspired a great deal of...

I feel the need to respond to the profile of Judge Monica Bachner written by David Houston ("Judge Maintains Control Despite L...

Forum Column - By Dana Cephas - When a civil plaintiff sues a business partner to take the partner's money, the civil defendan...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Jim Burgess and Sascha Henry - Congress has handed President Bush one of the first victories of...

SAN DIEGO - Three supporters of Donna Frye's write-in mayoral candidacy in the Nov. 2 election filed a notice of appeal Thursd...

SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors Thursday charged a Rialto paralegal with forging a judge's stamped signature on divorce paperwork...

LOS ANGELES - The City Council approved its second settlement in less than a month with an LAPD officer who claims he faced di...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday that he was preparing for a possible Supreme...

LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles has paid out $61.7 million to settle claims from the Rampart police scandal, with anothe...

LOS ANGELES - A Humane Society official on Thursday defended government agents who gunned down an escaped tiger, saying the de...

SANTA ANA - A judge ruled Thursday that Alejandro Avila will stand trial in Orange County for the murder of 5-year-old Samanth...

Q & A - By Sara Berman-Barrett - Q: I have three finals to prepare for, and I am trying to study one or two hours a day fo...

Column - By Sara Berman-Barrett - So your daughter or son is in law school? Congratulations! We parents of young children long...

Wind down your bar review studies with a movie. Here are some suggestions for your viewing pleasure. 1. "To Kill a Mockingbird...

LOS ANGELES - Alas. Your nights of carousing have ended. The bounty of debauchery once available to you in college and (for so...

Column - By Lovely A. Dhillon - Many people enter law school with dreams of using their law careers to make a difference in th...

Column - By Fedora J. Nick - Congratulations! You have been accepted to law school and are well on your way to becoming a memb...

Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Starting off on the right foot as a new lawyer is as important to your success as choosing the ...

LOS ANGELES - Jeffrey S. Jacobson was attracted to family law right out of law school because it was an area that dealt with r...

LOS ANGELES - Mama always said to stop playing video games and hit the schoolbooks. Combining the two turns out to be a potent...