ABA Journal

The ABA Journal, which has been around since 1984 (and was previously known as the American Bar Association Journal from 1915 to 1983 and the Annual Bulletin from 1908 to 1914), is a monthly magazine focused on legal professionals. It serves as the main publication for the American Bar Association and states that "half of the nation's 1 million lawyers read it each month." Additionally, it has an online presence through the ABA Journal Online website and the ABA Journal eReport newsletter.

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Practice Area-Specific Tools: Immigration edition

4 days ago | abajournal.com | Nicole Black

Home Columns Practice Area-Specific Tools: Immigration… Practice Management Sometimes, when software is created for the legal profession, legal technology founders assume it’s a one-size-fits-all proposition. Law firms are law firms, right? Wrong. The reality is that business workflows can be very different from one practice area to the next. This variation is all the more significant when a firm focuses on a single area of law. For example, bankruptcy firms are not even remotely similar to...
Barrister's new mystery novel offers glimpse inside the Inner Temple

1 week ago | abajournal.com | Lee Rawles

Home The Modern Law Library Barrister's new mystery novel offers glimpse… The Modern Law Library Barrister's new mystery novel offers glimpse inside the Inner Temple Like her Edwardian era hero, Sir Gabriel Ward KC, Sally Smith lives and works on the grounds of the Inner Temple in London. (Photo courtesy of Bloomsburg Publishing) Since it was seized from the Knights Templar in the 14th century, the Inner Temple in London has housed acolytes of a different sort: men (and eventually women) who...
LexisNexis and Harvey team up to revolutionize legal research with artificial intelligence

1 week ago | abajournal.com | Danielle Braff

Home Web First LexisNexis and Harvey team up to revolutionize… Practice Technology LexisNexis and Harvey team up to revolutionize legal research with artificial intelligence Lawyers using the Harvey artificial intelligence platform will soon be able to tap into LexisNexis' vast legal research capabilities. (Photo illustraton by Sara Wadford/Shutterstock) Lawyers using the Harvey artificial intelligence platform will soon be able to tap into LexisNexis’ vast legal research capabilities. Thanks...
Judged by an Algorithm: Are judges, juries next to be totally automated?

1 week ago | abajournal.com | Danielle Braff

Home Web First Judged by an Algorithm: Are judges, juries… Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Judged by an Algorithm: Are judges, juries next to be totally automated?
California Supreme Court OKs provisional licensure-but not for all February candidates

2 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Julianne Hill

Home Web First California Supreme Court OKs provisional… Bar Exam California Supreme Court OKs provisional licensure—but not for all February candidates First-time California bar candidates who failed or withdrew from the disastrous February launch of the state bar’s new exam can apply to practice law with the supervision of a licensed attorneys, a move some deem “too little, too late.” That chance came Wednesday after the California Supreme Court approved the State Bar of California’s...
When Diddy or Depp go to court, trial tourists get in line

2 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Andrea Sachs

Home Syndicated When Diddy or Depp go to court, trial tourists… Law in Pop Culture When Diddy or Depp go to court, trial tourists get in line On a spring trip to Manhattan, Yoshi Obayashi spent his days and nights watching celebrities. The Los Angeles comedian saw George Clooney in “Goodnight and Good Luck” on Broadway and Sarah Snook in “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” He also caught Sean “Diddy” Combs as the defendant in the United States of America v. Sean Combs at the federal courthouse in...
How ethics reforms in Arizona led to LegalZoom's law firm

2 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Victor Li

When Arizona changed its ethics rules in 2020 opening the door for alternative business structures and nonlawyer ownership for law firms, it sent shock waves throughout the legal industry. The notion of nonlawyer ownership has long been a third rail, often resulting in bitter conflict between its proponents who think that it could help bridge the access-to-justice gap and its opponents who believe it could corrupt the practice of law and harm the public.
Coco Su helps expand access to justice throughout California

2 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Amanda Robert

Home Web First Coco Su helps expand access to justice throughout… Members Who Inspire Coco Su helps expand access to justice throughout California Coco Su, a nonlawyer member of the ABA, received the Cindy A. Raisch Award for her work with SmartLaw. (Photos courtesy of Coco Su) In early May, Coco Su received a letter from the State Bar of California. It relayed much-anticipated and welcome news: SmartLaw, the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s lawyer referral service, had been approved to...
Judge suspends Trump’s latest bid to bar foreign students from Harvard

3 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Kelsey Ables

Home Syndicated Judge suspends Trump’s latest bid to bar… Trials & Litigation Judge suspends Trump’s latest bid to bar foreign students from Harvard More than a quarter of students at Harvard come from abroad. (Image from f11photo / Shutterstock.com) A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday swiftly suspended the latest attempt by the Trump administration to keep international students out of Harvard, a victory for the university amid a wider, winding legal war with the administration,...
Pontifical Catholic law school back in compliance, ABA council finds

3 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Julianne Hill

Home Web First Pontifical Catholic law school back in compliance,… Law Schools Pontifical Catholic law school back in compliance, ABA council finds The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law is back in compliance with ABA standards, according to a May 2025 memo posted by the ABA council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. (Image from Shutterstock) The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law is back in compliance with ABA...