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High Price of Freedom

The High Price of Freedom

My cousin was cleaning out a storage room and came across a speech my father, J. Russell Kirby, gave to a civic group in the

Getting the Numbers Right

There’s an old joke in which people in different professions are asked, “What’s two plus two?” Whichever profession the joke teller dislikes the most is

stock-market

Market Concentration

According to JP Morgan’s Guide to the Markets 3Q26, an S&P 500 index fund has been one of the best places for equity investment money

Out on the Town

DCBA Awards

The Durham County Bar Association and the 16th Judicial District Bar held its annual meeting and awards lunch on June 10 at the DoubleTree at RDU. […]

NCBA Convention

The North Carolina Bar Association held its annual convention in June in Charlotte. Photos courtesy of NC Bar Association. […]

Criminal Minds

It was standing room only at the criminal defense section meeting during the NCAJ Convention in Wilmington. […]

Rafi Law Group Promotes Gabriel L. Anderson to Supervising Attorney

September 17, 2026

FeirraihSha’ Brown Joins Rafi Law Group as an Associate Attorney

September 17, 2026

Will County Jury Returns $3.6 Million in Verdicts for Two McCreadyLaw Clients

September 15, 2026

V. James DeSimone Law Welcomes Nikhil Ramnaney as Of Counsel

September 15, 2026

In what year was the United States Department of Justice established?

CORRECT!

Congress established the Department of Justice in 1870 to centralize the federal government’s legal affairs under the leadership of the Attorney General.

 

WRONG! This is the year Congress created the office of the Attorney General, but the Department of Justice did not yet exist. 

WRONG! This was the year the Civil War ended. Although the federal government was expanding its legal responsibilities, the Department of Justice had not yet been created.

 

WRONG!

This year is associated with major federal developments such as the creation of the Federal Reserve System, not the establishment of the Department of Justice.

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National Articles

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Attorney at Law Magazine assembled a list of the best lawyer websites. Following is a compilation of all the websites with insights into what makes that site perform for the law firm.