Justice says law degree 'worth 15 cents'
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative action policies in the 1970s for his difficulty finding a job after he graduated.
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Mark Hurlbert, the prosecutor who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars preparing a case against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant before dismissing it, may pay dearly for his decision at the polls in November.
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LOS ANGELES -- A lawyer has been convicted of using a credit card scam to pay his way through law school. Christian Ehlers, 29, a 2001 graduate of Loyola Law School, was found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy, fraud
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Do not collect Â£28bn, do not pass go An Australian "lawyer" is part of a gang of six up before Southwark Crown Court accused of attempting to convince the Bank of England to honour a breathtaking Â£28bn ($64.83bn) in moody Â£1,000 and Â£500,000 notes, AFP reports.â¦
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 17--LONG BEACH -- Her brain clogged with legal jargon, Lindsay Ward delivered an opening statement on a recent weekday with staggering zeal. Her cross-examination was so powerful that it almost fell into the subset of intimidating.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- An investment firm that was found in breach of contract in a lawsuit involving the state&#39;s pension fund has settled for $15 million, the two sides announced Monday.
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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the federal truth in lending law caps damages at $1,000 for violations of its requirements for consumer loans secured by personal property, such as a motor vehicle.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
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Given the option of contesting a traffic ticket, most motorists Â 19 out of 20 by some estimates Â would rather pay up than pit their word against a police officer's in court.
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A mother-of-five will serve 15 months for killing her husband after a judge heard of the "frightening" abuse she suffered
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A class-action lawyer's lenient plea deal sends a bad message.
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The host of "The Price is Right," Bob Barker, is bankrolling programs at several law schools to train attorneys in his passion: animal rights.
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A student is suing a Massachusetts university over what he says is an unfair grade in a philosophy course, saying it could kill his chances of entering law school.
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A university offers discounts to students who pay the full Â£9,000 for their degree course in advance.
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Judge allows union to seek high court review of government decision denying 2.5% increase
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Family matters made public: As eager cousins wait for a slice of the $15 billion cake that is the Pritzker Empire, Circuit Court Judge David Donnersberger has ruled that the case will be conducted in open court.
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It can cost $50,000 for an attorney to manually review a single gigabyte of data requested in a civil case, so culling the number of duplicate e-mails is critical. But companies may need a two-step process to bring the number of emails needing review down to a manageable size.