A fellow at the University of Baltimore School of Law's Center for International and Comparative Law, Alexandra Rickart spent over a month delving into the criminal history of a convicted war criminal and writing a detailed profile as part of a partnership between the law school and TRIAL, or Tracking Impunity Always, a Swiss nongovernmental organization that tracks and publishes information on those who are alleged to have committed genocide, torture or other war crimes. Students began working on the project — called TRIAL Watch — last fall, and Rickart is one of five students at the center who are participating this semester.

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Like most small firms, Hermina Law Group in Laurel started out as a general practice firm, handling mainly contracts, business formation and technology litigation. But in the two decades since the law firm’s launch, brothers John and George Hermina have ...

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The sequester hammers federal courts.

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The Supreme Court justices appeared divided Wednesday in an international custody dispute that tests whether an American man can appeal a ruling in favor of his foreign-born wife once she and their daughter legally moved to Scotland.

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Next time you think you had a bad day in the office, consider the plight of lawyers in eastern Pakistan.

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As young lawyers, we tend to be bombarded with invitations to attend seminars, lectures, workshops, CLEs, roundtables, brown bag lunches, networking events, cocktail events and other non-billable educational and community-based activities. These invitations can come from other attorneys in our ...

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