By: Sara Kropf This is an embarrassing story. I promise it will make sense in the end. In 1991, I was finishing my senior year in high school in suburban Georgia. I’d joined the mock trial team, and we had our competition one Saturday at a nearby courthouse. I needed...
By Sara Kropf It’s July 2020. One day we’ll look back at this time with some perspective. We’ll tally with certainty how many people died from a pandemic that could undoubtedly been stopped sooner. We’ll evaluate whether the Black Lives Matters protests led to...
By: Sara Kropf Last year, I won the coveted (among geeky law bloggers) ABA Blawg 100 award. I'll be honest: I put in a lot of time on this blog and that little award meant a lot. I even got a great little badge to put on the blog. Yes, I should get out more. I'm...
By: Sara Kropf I have a lot to be thankful for: a wonderful husband, two great kids, a job I love. These are tumultuous times, no doubt. There are terrorist attacks in Paris. Presidential candidates lump innocent Syrian refugees with religious radicals. Political...
Hello everyone I'm writing from Yosemite National Park--on a much-needed vacation with my family. But I realized upon checking back into social media after a week-long break that the deadline for the ABA Journal's best 100 legal blogs is coming up very soon. Someone...
By: Sara Kropf Greetings, readers The ABA is gathering information for its yearly round-up of the best legal blogs. This is the first year that grandjurytarget.com is eligible, and I'd love to be included on the list. It may not be the road to great riches, but my...