By Deon J. Hampton

Programs that train and license "legal technicians" to handle family law matters are seen as a way to close the "justice gap" and make services more affordable.

The ABA has released its inaugural Innovation Trends Report which includes helpful information for all legal professionals. The report includes information on the Legal Education Practices Consortium and the Model Diversity Study.

You can read the ABA's announcement and the report here:

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/aba-center-for-innovation-releases-report-on-innovation-in-legal-industry

By Shelly Bradbury

Colorado might soon see a new legal profession.

The Colorado Supreme Court is considering whether to create a new legal license that would allow non-attorneys to practice some limited areas of family law.

By Lydia Wheeler

If there’s any lesson attorneys can learn from the defamation case against Alex Jones, it’s that you can’t blame the paralegal.

Did you know that the ADA was signed into law 32 years ago on July 26, 1990?

By Debra Cassens Weiss

The Oregon Supreme Court has given final approval to a program that allows licensed paralegals to provide limited legal services in family law and landlord-tenant cases.

By:  Sydney Ly

In today’s business world, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are often treated as buzzwords that often amount to little more than a mandatory annual training. But the reality is, when you make DEI a priority, every facet of your organization benefits, including the bottom line. 

By John Burnett

African Americans throughout the nation celebrate Juneteenth, but who knows what actually happened on June 19, 1865? As the nation observes the second federal legal holiday marking the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, there are a number of misconceptions about the historical event that keep getting repeated.

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Murder that Sparked Asian American Civil Rights Movement Coincides with National Focus on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes; Virtual Dialogue on Asian Americans and Democracy

By JOSH GERSTEIN and ALEXANDER WARD

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.