Morning Docket: 12.08.15

* My, but how quickly things change! Manhattan prosecutors might not be retrying the D&L criminal case after all. Instead, they've offered all of the remaining defendants plea deals. Dewey know if any of the former execs of this failed firm will take a deal? [WSJ Law Blog] * In case you're wondering what's going to happen to Zachary Warren after all of this, it looks like Cyrus Vance found it in the goodness of his heart to offer the would-be Biglaw associate a plea deal: he'll have to plead guilty to a misdemeanor to get 200 hours of community service. [DealBook / New York Times] * Law students, get ready to lobby even harder for this, because a proposal to do away with the American Bar Association's ban on law students receiving academic credit for paid externships is moving forward to a notice and comment period. [ABA Journal] * If you're preparing for a law school interview, you should stop freaking out about it and focus on the things that matter -- like showing off your social skills to prove you'll be employable in some way after graduation. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News] * After having a culpable homicide conviction for which he already served time overturned and turned into a murder conviction instead, Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was granted $688 bail since he's not considered a "flight risk." [NBC News]

* My, but how quickly things change! Manhattan prosecutors might not be retrying the D&L criminal case after all. Instead, they’ve offered all of the remaining defendants plea deals. Dewey know if any of the former execs of this failed firm will take a deal? [WSJ Law Blog]

* In case you’re wondering what’s going to happen to Zachary Warren after all of this, it looks like Cyrus Vance found it in the goodness of his heart to offer the would-be Biglaw associate a plea deal: he’ll have to plead guilty to a misdemeanor to get 200 hours of community service. [DealBook / New York Times]

* Law students, get ready to lobby even harder for this, because a proposal to do away with the American Bar Association’s ban on law students receiving academic credit for paid externships is moving forward to a notice and comment period. [ABA Journal]

* If you’re preparing for a law school interview, you should stop freaking out about it and focus on the things that matter — like showing off your social skills to prove you’ll be employable in some way after graduation. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

* After having a culpable homicide conviction for which he already served time overturned and turned into a murder conviction instead, Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was granted $688 bail since he’s not considered a “flight risk.” [NBC News]

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