The Lighter Side

In the first of a series of short investigations into the lives of some of history's legal figures, we look...

First introduced in Congress in 1878, and finally ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...

Defamation—a double edged weapon that damages the good reputation of people. One edge, slander, is verbal. The other, libel, is...

When I began practicing law, an older, wiser senior associate walked into my office, handed me a copy of “The...

The history of women in the law predates the women’s suffrage movement. This history of women lawyers is replete with...