Our guest columnist laments the tone taken by past This Associate's Life contributors. ...

I weighed the pros and cons of taking a three-month sabbatical to fulfill my longtime dream of doing volunteer work in Africa....

As much as city officials want to crack down on marijuana dispensaries, Los Angeles is likely to remain the pot-shop capital o...

Websites are helping lawyers market themselves and attract new clients. ...

Parallel criminal and civil proceedings brought against the Galleon hedge fund mark the first time prosecutors have used stree...

In an increasingly competitive environment, small and midsize law firms are zeroing in on the critical task of finding and ret...

Anthony Romero became national executive director of the ACLU just one week before hijacked jetliners destroyed the twin tower...

Google says it wants to build a 21st-century version of the ancient library of Alexandria by scanning the world’s books. But s...

California lawyers get busy helping companies deal with Facebook trouble. ...

Less than a year after the White House asked Congress to regulate derivatives, lobbyists carved out huge holes in a House bill...

Here’s what lawyers need to understand, both to fix the most common computer problems and to avoid some really big mistakes. ...

Thanks to changes in federal law, estate and tax attorneys expect a very rewarding year. ...

We pay tribute to 44 lawyers across the Golden State for their extraordinary achievements in 2009. Among the CLAY awardees are...

I served as special counsel to President Obama in Washington for eight months last year. What’s it like to work in those corri...