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Home » law

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Posted inNews & Politics

Can Congress be given the authority to override a presidential pardon?

by Cecil Adams June 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Bill Cosby’s conviction leads Cecil Adams to a consideration of whether and how presidential pardons could be overturned.

Posted inBlogs

Now you, too, can experience Stuart V. Goldberg’s The Snake Charmer

by Maya Dukmasova January 31, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago’s flashiest criminal defense attorney drops his novel with an Instagram invitation: “Is it fact or fiction?”

Posted inNews & Politics

The trials of Stuart V. Goldberg, Chicago’s flashiest defense attorney

by Maya Dukmasova January 23, 2018November 1, 2022

He wears $5,000 suits and is chauffeured to court in a Rolls-Royce. He’s made a fortune off the war on drugs. He claims Oprah once wanted to have his baby. He is the most interesting lawyer in Chicago. But who’s the man behind the megawatt smile?

Posted inBlogs

Art imitates life—badly—in The Good Wife’s riff on photographer Sally Mann

by Michael Miner October 12, 2015August 18, 2021

The CBS drama tackled an art scandal, minus the media attention.

Posted inBlogs

Meet David Ellis: lawyer by day, writer of legal thrillers by night

by Aimee Levitt August 16, 2013August 19, 2021

The Chicago author/lawyer has two new books out this month and is running for appellate court judge.

Like many Chicago Public Schools, Melody elementary, in West Garfield Park, is racially segregated and struggling with problems stemming from the poverty of its students.
Posted inNews & Politics

Trying to make separate equal

by Steve Bogira June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

“By one means or another, our schools will be integrated,” federal judge Julius Hoffman said of Chicago schools in 1962. It was wishful thinking.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 2/25: Polar Bear Awareness Week, Michael Hainey, and Amos Guiora

by Janey Lee February 25, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, February 25, 2013

Posted inBlogs

Abbate case is just the tip of the iceberg in city legal payouts

by Mick Dumke November 23, 2012August 19, 2021

The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005

Posted inNews & Politics

Lori B. Andrews, the bioethicist

by Chicago Reader December 22, 2011August 19, 2021

The People Issue: Lori B. Andrews, professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and author of genetic thrillers

Posted inNews & Politics

Alan Mills, legal director, Uptown People’s Law Center

by Anne Ford September 29, 2011August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Alan Mills, legal director, Uptown People’s Law Center

Posted inBlogs

Loco Vore

by Cliff Doerksen July 27, 2010August 19, 2021

“Eat bugs” commandeth the Lord thy God.

Posted inBlogs

Minor Contributes To The Deliquency of Minors

by Cliff Doerksen July 15, 2010August 19, 2021

A fallen woman at the age of 8

Posted inBlogs

Overruled

by Cliff Doerksen July 12, 2010August 19, 2021

Alabama gave no credence to the dying and godless

Posted inBlogs

In Music and Law News

by Miles Raymer June 25, 2010August 19, 2021

Radius clauses investigated, YouTube’s safe-haven status upheld

Posted inBlogs

6/19 — Free Legal Advice from Chicago Bar Association Members

by Sam Worley June 18, 2010August 19, 2021

On Sat 6/19, the Chicago Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service hosts its free monthly Call-A-Lawyer program.

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