The New York Law Journal reports that the number of summer interns working in government or at non-profit organizations is up this year. This "bumper crop" of public interest summer interns is partially a result of the increased funding for such work from many law schools, making it much easier to find and accept positions.

Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air interviews Louise Arbour, the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Arbour, onetime chief prosecutor in the Yugoslav and Rwandan tribunals, discusses U.S. policy on detainees in the fight against terrorism, as well as her position as a female lawyer and the differences between her work as a prosecutor and at the U.N.

William Dalrymple’s recent piece in the New Yorker investigates the May lawyers’ demonstrations in the streets of Islamabad against the military government of President…

Adam Liptak reports on a recent study which found that lawyers paid by the hour are less qualified and achieve worse results for their…

Travis Altman writes in TheStreet.com that the rising cost of a law degree is harming grads’ abilities to go into public interest work. “Attorneys…

Slate reports that even two years after Katrina, there is still a shortage of public defenders in New Orleans. What can law firms do help…

Last week’s Supreme Court decision declared that public schools can’t take explicit account of race to achieve integration, but will a colorblindness mandate succeed? New…

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The Supreme Court backed a principal’s decision to punish a student for unfurling a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” off school property but at a school-sponsored event.