Morning Docket: 02.02.15

* Fun fact: Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson's uncle is the managing principal of of Beverage & Diamond's D.C. office. Thanks to a gentlemen's bet, because Wilson's team lost the Super Bowl, his uncle will have to wear a Gronk or Tom Brady jersey. Ouch. [Legal Times] * One of the homeless dogs who played in Animal Planet's 11th annual Puppy Bowl was adopted by Bob Bernstein, a former partner at Kaye Scholer. The adorable Great Pyrenees-mix now leads a life of privilege, as any Biglaw pet should. [New York Post] * We know all about the former law school dean who was recently arrested on some pretty salacious charges. We'll have more on this later today. [Dallas Morning News] * The interim dean of religiously affiliated Liberty Law thinks challenges to the school's heteronormative honor code are a "concern for the future" -- especially since a Canadian Christian law school is under fire for a similar code. [Deseret News] * It's not just law schools in the United States that are feeling the pinch of a fewer applicants amid a pathetic legal job market. Japan's legal education system is also struggling, and some law schools may merge in order to survive. [Japan Times] * Prosecutors say formal charges won't be filed in George Zimmerman's latest aggravated assault case because his current girlfriend recanted her claims, just like his ex did. His lawyer was wrong -- his client does have luck with the ladies. [CNN]