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Home The Modern Law Library 'Patenting Life' shares tales from a career… The Modern Law Library 'Patenting Life' shares tales from a career on the cutting edge of science and the law Jorge Goldstein was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his family had fled to escape the Holocaust in Germany. Jorge Goldstein entered the fields of science and law at a time of immense change for them both. In the 1970s, huge strides were being made in biogenetics and microbiology. And in the 1980s, the...

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Home Magazine 'Our Finest Hour': ABA 'will not shrink from… ABA Leadership 'Our Finest Hour': ABA 'will not shrink from the things we believe in,' President Bill Bay says While 2025 will bring changes to the organization and challenges to the rule of law, the American Bar Association will continue to do its work “safeguarding the fundamental American values of due process and access to justice,” ABA President Bill Bay said in February in a speech to the ABA House of Delegates at the midyear...

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Home Magazine Downtime: Proposal encouraging lawyers to… Midyear Meeting Downtime: Proposal encouraging lawyers to unplug from work sees debate in the House What can make the ABA House of Delegates have an hourlong lively debate? Apparently, it’s a resolution aimed at helping ease lawyer stress and achieve a better work-life balance. Midafternoon, after hours of discussion and speeches, the Young Lawyers Division offered a resolution aimed at encouraging legal employers to take seriously the...

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Home The Modern Law Library How thinking like an athlete can make you… The Modern Law Library How thinking like an athlete can make you a better lawyer Peak performance in high-stress environments. It's the goal for the basketball players taking the court during March Madness but just as much for players on a different kind of court. Lawyers can and should learn a lot from elite athletes, says Amy Wood. In this episode of The Modern Law Library podcast, Wood shares her insights with the ABA...

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Home The Modern Law Library This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional… The Modern Law Library This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional theory is a terrible way to pick a judge What if we are asking the wrong questions when selecting American judges? Mark Tushnet thinks our current criteria might be off. “We should look for judges who are likely to display good judgment in their rulings, … and we shouldn’t care whether they have a good theory about how to interpret the Constitution as a...