Here at OBABL, we love perusing The New York Times’ Sunday Weddings & Vows section. In fact, it inspired us to create our own announcement page to celebrate the unions of our readers. (You may … Read More
OBABL is thrilled to introduce you to our new careers columnist. By day Donald Sherman serves as counsel on the Democratic staff of the House Oversight Committee in Washington, DC. But by night (and weekends) … Read More
Every year OBABL reports on recent black law clerk hires by Supreme Court Justices. We wait for Above The Law to do the heavy lifting on this, but once they compile the list of recent … Read More
On Being A Black Lawyer is proud to announce the names of The Power 100 Advocates. OBABL’s editorial team made these selections after carefully considering the recommendations of our Power 100 Honorees, who we had … Read More
JET Magazine breaks with its celebrity-centric cover stories to draw attention to a national tragedy — Black boys continue to be murdered in the name of Stand your Ground. In its first edition of 2013, … Read More
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Power 100 (2012) Honoree, Kenneth Thompson has done it again! Reports suggest a very, merry Christmas for Sofitel Housekeeper, Nafissatou Diallo. From the AP: Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid settled … Read More
Here’s a list of some stories we bookmarked and we felt worth giving a read early this A.M. Read More
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue has announced the appointment of Judge Cheri Beasely to the North Carolina Supreme Court, replacing retiring justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson. Read More
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation’s largest advocacy group committed to reform of the nation’s gun laws, and to educating the public about gun violence, has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit targeting online gun sites. Read More