The Maryland State Bar Association will hold the latest installment of its 125th anniversary discussion series Tuesday during the 2022 Legal Excellence Week. The discussion will feature Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who will address the theme of access to ...

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The Maryland General Assembly will consider legislation this coming session that would give financially strapped tenants facing potential eviction a right to counsel at their court hearings, leaders of the legislature’s two judiciary committees said Tuesday. Funding for the legal ...

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Legal technology was not a career path when Matthew Stubenberg graduated from law school in 2013, but his interest in computers and coding -- combined with a growing recognition that computers could help increase access to justice -- have landed him in the burgeoning industry.

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Increasing access to justice will proceed more smoothly if we contemporaneously address and temper the enhanced expectations honestly and forthrightly

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