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Morning Docket 09.01.09

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* Return of the Spitz? [New York Post via Daily Beast]
* Remember that Massachusetts proposal to put deferred Biglaw associates in unpaid secret court clerkships? We polled you about it in June and almost 90% of those surveyed were troubled by the proposal. Well, Chief Justice Robert A. Mulligan agrees with you. He’s scuttling the program. [Boston Globe]
* Attorney General Eric Holder is putting a renewed emphasis on civil rights. [New York Times]
* Former Nets star Jayson Williams plans to allege racial bias against the New Jersey prosecutor who tried him for manslaughter five years ago. [Associated Press]
* A 17-year-old girl read “The Purpose Driven Life,” converted from Islam to Christianity, and then ran away to Florida. Now her attorney says she shouldn’t be forced to return to her family in Ohio because they’re terrorists. More importantly, they live in Ohio. [Fox]
* BREAKING NEWS: Biglaw firms are cutting back on recruiting. [Chicago Tribune]

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