* Alternate juror potentially screws up murder trial because she was trying to get a date with the bailiff. If the genders were reversed, I’m sure we’d be talking about how the bailiff was dressed. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Our own therapist, Will Meyehofer, is absolutely righteous about student debt, work/life balance, and the general issues facing lawyers (he comes on at about the nine minute mark of this podcast). [ABA Journal]
* Bodyguard accuses New York lawyer of being all kinds of creepy. [Gothamist]
What Biglaw Can Learn From Personal Injury Firms
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
* J.P. Morgan is sticking with Obama. [Dealbreaker]
* Going solo and leaving Biglaw behind. [TechnoLawyer]
* A cartoon about stereotypical lawyer Halloween costumes. [Legally Drawn]
* This Blawg Review drops some knowledge about the origins of Halloween, origins some churches are eager to forget. Be not afraid. [The Defense Rests via Blawg Review]