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Scott LaBarre, a longtime member of the ABA who advocated for the rights of people with disabilities, died on Dec. 10 after a short battle with cancer. He was 54.

In this year’s Members Who Inspire series, the ABA Journal featured 12 extraordinary ABA members who go to great lengths to embolden their clients, colleagues and members of the communities around them. Their work includes helping immigrants with tax issues, advocating for individuals living with HIV/AIDS and addressing racial injustice and inequality.

In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, the ABA urged the U.S. Supreme Court to consider client-lawyer communications privileged, even if the purpose of some of those communications is not to request or give legal advice.

Understaffed New York City legal departments will borrow junior attorneys from eight large law firms for a year, according to a new initiative announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday.

Childcare. or probably living off of maybe $400 a week, you know. which is more than some people make, but isn't enough for four kids. >> so, what strikes me about that conversation in addition to feeling a lot of empathy for a mom that's struggling like that. it's the way in which abortion is being seen as a separate conversation from the economic conversation. i wonder, what more can be done to link the two. choices about reproductive freedom are health care decisions, which have economic implications. but they're plainly, kitchen table economics. right there, choosing to have another kid or...