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Dark tale of 'The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist' brings wrongful convictions to light

A stalled elevator leads to love in lawyer's best-selling romance novel

Teamsters lawyer pens children’s book to show importance of the labor movement

Bryan Garner reflects on his friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia in ‘Nino and Me’

How a Quaker’s suit against the Secretary of Defense still impacts cases over government surveillance

Barbie v. Bratz: What happened when toy titans took each other to court

Georgetown law prof calls for complete re-imagining of criminal justice system in 'Chokehold'

Will big data tools make policing less biased--or violate people’s rights?

What can we learn from the history of interracial relationships in America?

How the author of 'The Forgotten Flight' fought to bring justice for terror victims' families

First Amendment defender warns of threats to free speech in the ‘fake news’ era

Merriam-Webster editor shares the 'secret life of dictionaries'

Harper Lee Prize finalists discuss their novels, careers, and the first time they read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

How government actions, not personal choices, created segregated neighborhoods

David Grann uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind murders of oil-rich Osage tribe members

How a Chinese-American family challenged school segregation in 1920s Mississippi

The Crime of Complicity: Examining the Role of the Bystander in the Holocaust and Beyond

Are prisoners’ civil rights being needlessly violated by long-term solitary confinement?

What can neuroscience tell us about crime?

Al-Tounsi by Anton Piatigorsky: The U.S. Supreme Court through a Human Lens

Legal Asylum by Paul Goldstein: A Satiric Look at Legal Academia

Alberto Gonzales reflects back on Bush administration and gives his advice for Trump staff

Was this lawyer-turned-WWII-spy the basis for James Bond?

What can past presidential history teach us about today?

John Lennon's lawyer explains how the musician's deportation case changed immigration law

A seismic shift in how the US wages war and what it means for the American public

Freedom isn't the end of the story for exonerees

How a 1980s lynching case helped bring down the Klan

In ‘The Last Good Girl,’ Allison Leotta tackles the fraught subject of campus rape

Before stop-and-frisk there were vagrancy laws; ‘Vagrant Nation’ explores their rise and fall

Prosecutor's book offers first-hand look at 'Making a Murderer' subject Steven Avery

Harper Lee Prize winner tells how history and race shaped her Southern gothic novel

Linda Fairstein chats about her Alex Cooper series--and reveals an exciting new project

Grammar nerds, meet your Comma Queen

Author tells tangled tale of the $19B verdict against Chevron in 'Law of the Jungle'

All is not as it seems for 9th Circuit clerk in ATL founder's new novel (podcast)

How a series of attacks by a breakaway Amish sect became a landmark hate-crimes case

Boies and Olson reveal the backstory of the case against California’s Proposition 8 (podcast)

Growing up during BTK serial-killing spree informed author’s new crime novel (podcast)

Why should 9/11 terrorism trials be held at ‘Mother Court’ in New York? Author explains (podcast)

How 50 children were saved from Nazi Germany by a Philadelphia lawyer and his wife (podcast)

This 18th-century British judge helped SCOTUS decide the fate of Guantanamo detainees (podcast)

‘Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance’ author shares weird-but-true laws from around the globe (podcast)

What makes lawyers great romance novelists? (gallery and podcast)

What martial arts training can do for lawyers (podcast)

What were the best legal novels of 2013? (podcast)

Unconventional childhood helps ‘Free Spirit’ author to advocate for domestic-abuse victims (podcast)

Government surveillance revelations are having a chilling effect on lawyers, says author (podcast)

Rosa Parks’ attorney: ‘If the story would be told, I’d have to tell it’ (podcast)

Author on how ‘tremendously radical’ women blazed trails into the legal profession (podcast)

The life and lovers of legendary Hollywood lawyer (podcast)

‘Lawyer Bubble’ author discusses what the future looks like for today’s new lawyers

Want to protect individual freedom? Have a strong central government, says ‘Rule of the Clan’ author

What if Crim Law was taught by cartoons?

How to practice law in a ‘sharing economy’ (Podcast)

Is Batman a State Actor? ‘Law of Superheroes’ Authors Dish on Comics in the Courtroom

‘Conspiracy of Silence’ Allowed Judges’ Kids-for-Cash Scandal to Occur, Says Author

Voter Fraud v. Voter Suppression: Author Explains That Neither Is Quite What We Think

‘Good Girls Revolt’ Author Discusses Groundbreaking 1970s Sex-Discrimination Suit Against Newsweek

Author Describes Clash of Titans Jefferson and Marshall in ‘The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr’

After Going from BigLaw to ABC News, Author of ‘Exit Interview’ Witnessed Seismic Changes

‘Five-Finger Discount’ Costs Billions, Says Author of Shoplifting Book ‘The Steal’

Scalia Discusses Views on Textualism and the Process of Co-Writing His New Book

Federal Judge Pens Memoir About His Time on the Bench and His High-Profile Cases in ‘Disrobed’

‘Failing Law Schools’ Author Challenges Law Schools to Make Dramatic Changes

‘Breach of Trust’ Tells Ripped-from-the-Headlines Tale of Government Corruption and Intrigue

Author Discusses How to Identify and Deal with an ‘Almost Psychopath’

Lack of Online Privacy Rights Is Very Troubling, Says Author

‘Show Trials’ Author Advocates for Systemic Changes to Immigration Courts

‘Born, Not Raised’ Author Discusses the Flaws in the Juvenile Justice System

‘Devil in the Grove’ Author Discusses Early Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Case