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An Iraq Vet Fights For Access to Her Daughter

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - September 1, 2009

A troubling story of a mother in the Army and her small daughter. more >>

Health Reform Demands That Lawmakers Read the Bills

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - August 3, 2009

4 details you and your congressman need to know about health reform. more >>

Poll: Americans Believe Background Does Not Determine Judges' Decisions

Opinion - June 12, 2009

Americans give their take on how important heritage and sex are to judges' decisions. more >>

Discuss Fred Strebeigh's <i>Equal: Women Reshape American Law</i>

Opinion - May 29, 2009

Fred Strebeigh speaks with U.S. News about his new book. more >>

How Sleep Sex (and Other Parasomnias) Can Get You in Trouble with the Law

By Lindsay Lyon - Health - May 8, 2009

Criminal cases sometimes arise when people with these strange disorders act out while asleep. more >>

Montana's Cruel Horse Slaughter Law Stumbles

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - May 7, 2009

Court action and poor planning could nip the Montana horse slaughter industry. more >>

Law School: Tips and Stats

Education - April 22, 2009

Advice on how to get into law school—and how to make it out. more >>

The Attractions of Part-Time Law School

By Nikki Schwab - Education - April 22, 2009

Teacher, police officer, banker: Part-time programs fit many working lives. more >>

Student Profile: Trading the Army for Law

By Nikki Schwab - Education - April 22, 2009

How military man Paul Marks made the switch to a new career as a lawyer. more >>

Why Law School Is for Everyone

By Frank H. Wu - Education - April 22, 2009

Law isn't as exclusive as it seems. more >>

Law School Rankings Methodology

By Robert Morse and Sam Flanigan - Education - April 22, 2009

How we rank law schools. more >>

Law School Diversity Rankings Methodology

By Robert Morse and Sam Flanigan - Education - April 22, 2009

How we calculate diversity at law school. more >>

Weak Gun Control Laws Show America is Crazy, Numb to Violence

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - April 22, 2009

Other countries watch us and think we're nuts, because...we are. more >>

Women's Rights Law in Afghanistan Sent Back to Stone Age After Outcry

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - April 8, 2009

Stone Age law allowing marital rape and other horrors stopped by international outcry. more >>

Philip K. Howard: A Lawyer Who Says Enough Is Enough

By Andrew Burt - Opinion - February 12, 2009

The threat of frivolous lawsuits is stifing the nation, writes Philip K. Howard. more >>

Revoking Civil Liberties: Lincoln's Constitutional Dilemma

By Justin Ewers - Nation & World - February 10, 2009

His suspension of habeas corpus is part of what some consider the "dark side" of his presidency. more >>

Best Careers 2009: Mediator

By Marty Nemko - Money - December 11, 2008

If we can't solve a conflict, we tend to give up or hire a lawyer. There can be a better way. more >>

Overrated Career: Attorney

By Marty Nemko - Money - December 11, 2008

Most lawyers' lives bear little resemblance to those on Law & Order. more >>

The Supreme Court and the Rehnquist Thesis: Do Judges Hire Like-Minded Clerks?

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - December 9, 2008

Do justices hire like-minded clerks? more >>

Rehnquist 1957 Assertion That Clerks Influenced Supreme Court Borne Out by New Study

By Andrew Burt - Nation & World - December 9, 2008

A law review study supports an article Rehnquist wrote in U.S. News 51 years before joining the court. more >>

Who Writes Decisions of the Supreme Court?

By William H. Rehnquist - Opinion - December 9, 2008

The late chief justice wrote in 1957 that law clerks' views could influence Supreme Court decisions. more >>

Poll: Black Voters Not Responsible for Passage of Same-Sex Marriage Ban in California

By Justin Ewers - Nation & World - December 4, 2008

A new poll found that socioeconomic status played more of a role than race. more >>

Ahead of the Curve: Immigration Specialist

By Marty Nemko - Money - December 4, 2008

There is an unprecedented demand, in all sectors, for immigration specialists. more >>

Health Buzz: Radiation and Breast Cancer and Other Health News

Health - September 23, 2008

Flu vaccines in kids and adolescents, a pending birth control rule, and treating high blood pressure. more >>

A Lower Age Would Be Unsafe

By Laura Dean-Mooney - Opinion - September 8, 2008

The 21 drinking age has saved lives and should remain. more >>