Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.26.14

* Indiana Tech Law has yet another new dean after a little more than a year of operations -- he currently serves as a dean at the second-best law school in the nation, Cooley Law. [Journal Gazette] * A Pennsylvania lawyer allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl in his office, and prosecutors have already reserved a "special place in hell" for him, and possibly a jail cell. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * "We feel like we’ve been left hanging in a really stressful time.” While Bingham McCutchen partners and top staffers made moves, less senior staffers were left crying and without a clue. :( [Am Law Daily] * Since a grand jury failed to indict Darren Wilson in Michael Brown's death, people are counting on the DOJ to come through for them. "I just don’t think Ferguson has a leg to stand on," says one negative nancy law professor. [National Law Journal] * After being down in the dumps for a while due to the recession, according to Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group, law firm leaders are feeling more confident and optimistic about the economy -- as one can see from these bonuses. [WSJ Law Blog]

By Staci Zaretsky on November 26, 2014 9:03 am

* Indiana Tech Law has yet another new dean after a little more than a year of operations — he currently serves as a dean at the second-best law school in the nation, Cooley Law. [Journal Gazette]

* A Pennsylvania lawyer allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl in his office, and prosecutors have already reserved a “special place in hell” for him, and possibly a jail cell. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

* “We feel like we’ve been left hanging in a really stressful time.” While Bingham McCutchen partners and top staffers made moves, less senior staffers were left crying and without a clue.  [Am Law Daily]

* Since a grand jury failed to indict Darren Wilson in Michael Brown’s death, people are counting on the DOJ to come through for them. “I just don’t think Ferguson has a leg to stand on,” says one negative nancy law professor. [National Law Journal]

* After being down in the dumps for a while due to the recession, according to Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group, law firm leaders are feeling more confident and optimistic about the economy — as one can see from these bonuses. [WSJ Law Blog]