U.S. Supreme Court
Drama Awaits New Jurist
Our annual U.S. Supreme Court preview focuses on important issues that will confront new Associate Justice Elena Kagan and her...
Judges and Judiciary
A Moral Choice
The moral of the story? Perhaps running against an exceptionally well-qualified judge demonstrates lack of judgment.
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Election Presents Political Dangers
The unseating of San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer will have a far greater politicizing effect than many...
Law Office Management
The Will of the People
Law Practice
Inadvertent Disclosure
Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court
Stare Decisis—or Not
Cases that run the gamut from free speech to the right against self-incrimination fill the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2009-10 docket...
Civil Rights
Questions will remain surrounding the many people who entered into same-sex marriages during the window when it was legal. ...
Law Office Management
Agent of Change
I do hospice volunteer work, offering care and support to residents during the last hours of their lives. The experience has ...
Law Office Management
Two Cheers for the Boomers
The generation that came of age between the civil rights era and the Reagan revolution has had a profound impact on the practi...
Law Office Management
Ill-Suited to Retail
From the time I was a kid, I spent my spare time working in my family's clothing store. But did I really belong there? ...
Appellate Practice
Expert Advice
Practical tips for preparing for the worst--losing an important motion--and getting relief through a writ petition. by Benjam...
Government
Everyone is anxious about today's election because of what happened in 2000. Many believe that the Democrats were out-lawyered...
Discipline
Discipline Needs Its Deadlines
In 1993, the state Legislature passed a bill that would have added a statute of limitations to the State Bar Act. The proposed...