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Get to know… Eileen Letts, Co-Managing Partner, Greene and Letts

Starting a firm with her law partner was something Eileen Letts never contemplated and something she even tried o avoid but that’s exactly what she did in 1990 when Greene and Letts was founded.  More than 20 years later, the firm still thriving and Letts continues to balance her very busy work and personal lives…

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The Son Also Rises: After Blago, Sam Adam Jr. Is Ready for a New Role

OK, call him an actor—or even a used car salesman—Sam Adam Jr. doesn’t care. He
did, after all, minor in acting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. At one point he
could see his life going in that direction. But now he’s a defense lawyer, and a very
good one. And all he cares about is what a jury thinks.
“What a used car salesman has ...

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Professor Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

The National Bar Association (NBA) recently highlighted the lives of two leaders. On October 5, 2011, we lost Professor Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. Two men that in both their personal and professional lives exemplified the very spirit the NBA works to emulate daily.

National Bar Association
October 19, 2011
— A TIME TO REMEMBER—

This week the National Bar Association (NBA) would like to highlight and celebrate the lives of two leaders. On October 5, 2011, we lost ...

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Fight Against Voter Suppression

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law, Election Protection Project is seeking lawyers in the fight against voter suppression. For more information:

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ABA Legal Ed Section to Draft a Standard Specifying Penalties for Schools That Misrepresent Data

The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is defending the way it manages the collection and reporting of law school placement data.

The section also is reiterating its commitment to the clarity and accuracy of such data by vowing to vigorously enforce the standard requiring law schools to fairly and accurately report basic consumer information, including job placement data, or risk the possible loss of accreditation.

The statement, issued Monday, comes in the wake of recent ...

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