Morning Docket

Morning Docket 03.05.09

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* Adam Cohen sounds like a long-time reader of Above The Law. He mentions Jerry Springer’s Northwestern commencement speech and Clarence Thomas’s love of Egg McMuffins in this editorial on recessions being good for blogs. Yes, the layoff news means our traffic is insanely high these days, but we miss the time when Lawyers of the Day outnumbered Nationwide Layoff Watch posts. [New York Times]

* Married legal correspondent Jeffrey Toobin, of CNN and The New Yorker, has been beset by rumors of an affair with Yale law grad Casey Greenfield. He hasn’t commented or responded to our inquiries, but he has updated his Facebook status. [Gawker]

* A second state is now pro-suicide choice. Washington okays law allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to the terminally ill. [New York Times]

* That’s dedicated counseling. Ira Lee Sorkin gets death threats for representing Bernie Madoff. [Reuters]

* California Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox was attacked and stabbed by an accused murderer yesterday. Fox is fine, but there will be no closing argument in this case. [Los Angeles Times]

* Dahlia Lithwick; a Skadden partner; and law professors from Yale, Chicago, and NYU had a little book club discussion about The Great Decision, Cliff Sloan’s new book on Marbury v. Madison. [Slate]

* Diverse 1Ls encouraged to apply. Cooley invites first-year law students with diverse backgrounds to apply for a fellowship which includes $15,000 for tuition and a summer associate gig with the firm. [Cooley Godward Kronish]

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