Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:40 PM - By David Lat
* The Top 100 Law and Lawyer Blogs (with pride of place going to ATL). [Criminal Justice Degrees Guide]
* Skadden: this home to the hotties also has a strong track record on diversity. [Conglomerate]
* Bruce Springsteen fans will appreciate Katrina Kuh's case for more judicial citation to the Boss. [PrawfsBlawg]
* Convicted tax fraudster Wesley Snipes: has movie, will travel. [TaxProf Blog]
* Are we sure that Loyola 2L was a guy? [YouTube]
* Lawsuit of the Day: former Broward County Judge Jay Spechler sues Chief Judge Victor Tobin. [JAABlog]
* Lawyer of the Day: Meanith Huon. [Madison County Record]
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 6:29 PM - By David Lat
* Interesting reflections from Brian Leiter on Northwestern's "two-year" JD program -- including a shout-out to ATL commenters, described as "an odd lot." [Leiter's Law School Reports]
* Is Jake Gyllenhaal violating Title VII? [Queerty]
* Don't try this on the bar exam. [TaxProf Blog]
* Carmen Electra v. Naked Women's Wrestling League. [KTLA.com]
* Al Franken, eat your heart out. Rush Limbaugh is a big rich idiot. [New York Times]
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 5:02 PM - By David Lat
* Happy Blogiversary, Overlawyered! In case you're wondering, it's the oldest legal blog. [Overlawyered]
* Should the U.S. News rankings include part-time and evening law students? Dan Solove thinks not. [Concurring Opinions]
* Judicial Candidate of the Day: Denise Martinez-Scanziani (Dade County, FL). "Almost 71 percent of [survey respondents] considered her unfit to be a judge, while 6 percent found her exceptionally qualified for the judiciary." [Daily Business Review]
* What you've all been wondering: How would Obama's tax plan affect Tiger Woods? [TaxProf Blog]
* Some thoughts from Marc Randazza on the Heller decision and the First -- no, not the Second, the First -- Amendment. [Legal Satyricon]
* Blawg Review #166, a "wild-card review full of inappropriate vulgarity, drunken foul mouthed ranting and incendiary content." [GeekLawyer via Blawg Review]
Monday, June 30, 2008 6:47 PM - By David Lat
* High-flying financier Jeffrey Epstein, no stranger to these pages, pleads guilty to soliciting prostitution from underage girls. [Dealbreaker]
* Bar exam candidates: stressed out by the big test, but not up for a therapeutic orgy? Watch a documentary about the bar exam experience instead. [Prettier Than Napoleon (Amber Taylor) via Volokh Conspiracy (Ilya Somin)]
* Senators David Vitter and Larry Craig: defenders of marriage. [Supreme Dicta]
* Mayors Michael Bloomberg of New York and Thomas Menino of Boston, founding co-chairs of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, offer an optimistic take on the Heller decision. [City Room / NYT]
* News you can -- but hopefully will never have to -- use: 11 Things To Know When Arrested. [Attorneys Catalog]
Friday, June 27, 2008 5:45 PM - By Kashmir Hill
* "Mini Me" has a sex tape, and he's suing TMZ for using it to "titillate readers." [Courthouse News Service]
* Biglaw associate/experimental filmmaker Brian Frye can add SCOTUS citation to his resume. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Aitzaz Ahsan, President of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association and "Lawyers' Movement" leader, will be in New York next week. Have breakfast with him and be inspired. [New York City Bar]
* Anthrax probe ultimately yields nothing but a big government payout. [BLT]
Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:19 PM - By Kashmir Hill
* Gun enthusiasts are cheering the SCOTUS decision striking down the D.C. handgun ban. Indeed, it was a "call to arms" for the Illinois State Rifle Association-- they filed a suit challenging Chicago's handgun ban just 15 minutes after SCOTUS ruled. [CBS2Chicago]
* The man behind the opinion: Justice Scalia's juristic tour de force. [Sophistic Miltonian Serbonian Blog]
* Sex sting. Do you need to know more? As if D.C.'s metro system doesn't have enough problems. [Washington Examiner]
* Beware the medicine you buy at Rite-Aid. [Courthouse News Service]
* Facebook wins! [New York Times]
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:40 PM - By David Lat
* An excellent online chat with Tom Goldstein, of Akin Gump / SCOTUSblog fame, about today's rulings. Thanks for the shout-out, Tom! (Scroll down to the query posed by "Blogs.") [Washington Post]
* Is calling a judge an "evil unfair witch" who is "seemingly mentally ill," in comments posted to a blog, protected speech under the First Amendment? We certainly hope so. [JAABlog]
* Guys at my high school got jailed for 48 hours all the time, it was no big deal. [National Law Journal]
* Lawyer reprimanded for conduct "so ignoble as to bring the legal profession in disrepute." [Sack Bagley]
* The New York Sun editorial board defends the free-spirited Chief Judge Kozinski. [New York Sun]
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:18 PM - By David Lat
* Having trouble finding a decent job, despite your impressive education? Try this strategy. [Dealbreaker]
* Is Nutraloaf (pictured) so nasty that it's unconstitutional? We wonder what Jonathan Lee Riches thinks. [Slate via WSJ Law Blog]
* "U.S. Attorney's Office fights to keep strip club licensed for liquor." Seriously. [Wild Wild Law]
* "What Can Brown Do To You: UPS Tax Lawyer Drops Dime on FedEx." [TaxProf Blog]
* How nice of them: Oregon decides not to assert copyright over the Oregon Revised Statutes. [Justia; Boing Boing]
* Blawg Review #165 has a certain je ne sais quoi. [French-law.net via Blawg Review]
Monday, June 23, 2008 5:23 PM - By David Lat
* Where lawyers don't eat out. And not just because it's in Boise. [The Invent Blog]
* America's next top antitrust lawyers -- and why many of them have agency experience (at least those who work in D.C.). [Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog; PrawfsBlawg]
* Legal angles to the passing of noted comedian George Carlin (pictured). [Althouse; WSJ Law Blog]
* Some thoughts from PR guru Marsha Keeffer on "why sensible people like you and me enroll in law, business and graduate schools." [Law and More]
* Some responses to Rick Hills on academia and "theophobia." [Volokh Conspiracy (Eugene Volokh); Volokh Conspiracy (Ilya Somin); Volokh Conspiracy (Ilya Somin)]
* More material from Chief Judge Alex Kozinski's server. [Patterico's Pontifications]
Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:03 PM - By David Lat
* Barred for life from banking? Become a judge instead! [Overlawyered]
* Advice from Jane Genova for succeeding in the rapidly changing legal profession: "Sleep less." [Law and More]
* Rick Hills wonders: "How widespread is theophobia among academics?" [PrawfsBlawg]
* More disturbing AP Government essay responses. E.g., "Some African Americans joined the mafia was a result of John Crow laws." [Supreme Dicta]
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:31 PM - By David Lat
* Hilarious, but depressing: essays from high school students taking the AP exam in government. Sample: "Strom Thurman was the first black man in Congress." [Supreme Dicta]
* Ann Althouse has some kind words for the Massachusetts School of Law and their upcoming conference on President Bush as a war criminal. [Althouse]
* If you're going to an Obama rally, leave the Muslim headscarves at home. [Instapundit]
* "German court rules against woman who claimed phobia of official letters." [AP]
* The Onion's take on L'Affaire Kozinski. [The Onion]
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:52 PM - By David Lat
* How to recognize fugitive hedge-fund manager Sam Israel III: look for the egret tattoo. [Dealbreaker]
* More advice for summer (and also junior) associates. E.g., "beware the senior associate." [Concurring Opinions]
* Legal work to die for? Or, an interesting challenge to the death penalty. [Sentencing Law and Policy]
* Lawyer of the Day? If only she were a lawyer. [Legal Blog Watch]
Monday, June 16, 2008 5:44 PM - By David Lat
* The fall guys for Bear Stearns: hedge fund managers. [Ideoblog via Dealbreaker]
* An AutoAdmit update, and a cautionary tale for anonymous commenters: the motion to quash of "AK47" has been denied. [Big Law Board]
* Leona Helmsley's "rich bitch" is a bit less so (rich, that is; still a bitch, as far as we know). [New York Post via WSJ Law Blog]
* Justice Talking no more. [Justice Talking]
* Check out Blawg Review #164, especially if you're a James Joyce fan. [cearta.ie via Blawg Review]
Friday, June 13, 2008 5:06 PM - By Kashmir Hill
* Tim Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press and one of Time's most influential people in the world, has died of a heart attack. Though better known as a journalist, Russert was a Cleveland State University law grad and admitted to the bar in New York and D.C. [NBC News]
* R. Kelly won't have to sing from behind bars. R&B singer is acquitted in child pornography trial. [Chicago Tribune]
* Utah folk may be able to wear bikinis this summer. [Boston Globe]
* Former Lawyer of the Day Adam "Bulletproof" Reposa is fighting the jail time he received for an obscene gesture in court. He may not have manners, but he has a lot of fight in him. [Law.com]
* Democrats change their tune on SCOTUS after the Gitmo ruling. [Washington Briefs]
* This judge offered the parent of a teenage delinquent the "choice of paying a $500 fine for the girl's truancy or whacking her in open court with a paddle." [Houston Chronicle]
* Can you blame a man for harboring a fugitive, when the fugitive's his son? [PrawfsBlog]
* Egypt invokes law that says age gap between spouses cannot exceed 25 years, to prevent a 92-year-old from marrying a 17-year-old. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones would just make the cut-off. [BBC]
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:55 PM - By David Lat
* More discussion of banning laptops in classrooms. Ann Althouse stands up for individual responsibility and freedom. [Althouse]
* Speaking of libertarianism (or libertinism?), here is one blogger's view of L'Affaire Kozinski: "[W]e shouldn't feign shock at the revelation that a prominent or respected person enjoys sexual imagery." [Sack Bagley]
* Should men get 18 weeks too? [Concurring Opinions]
* The transcript of colorful Florida lawyer Jack Thompson's recent appearance -- and then disappearance -- before Judge Tunis. [Game Politics via Overlawyered]
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:06 PM - By David Lat
* Carolyn Elefant reports on a disastrous collaboration. "If it sounds too good to be true...." [My Shingle]
* Congratulations to the 199th and 200th ABA-accredited law schools. [TaxProf Blog]
* Law enforcement is investigating the mysterious disappearance of hedge fund manager (and convicted fraudster) Samuel Israel III. [Dealbreaker]
* Pretty awesome: citing YouTube in a dissent. [Supreme Court of Texas Blog]
* How to deal with the problem of juvenile crime? With golf lessons, of course. [ABC News via WSJ Law Blog]
* Even more advice for summer associates. (Maybe we should stop linking to this stuff, since there haven't been enough SA scandals yet.) [National Law Journal]
Monday, June 9, 2008 5:11 PM - By Kashmir Hill
* The legal job sector continues to feel the economy's pain. [Law.com]
* In ATL's continuing sports talk: Why Athletes Go Broke. [The Cuban Revolution via Freakonomics]
* One eyewitness account of Hillary's concession speech. [Huffington Post]
* How law firms can keep making mad cash during a "difficult economic time..." Oh, fine, during a recession. [More Partner Income via Blawg Review]
* Reflection on how the legal system draws the line between childhood and adulthood. Perhaps it could be made easier by applying the "Disney theme park rule" across the country-- everyone over 10 is considered an adult! [Slate.com]
* Skadden and Quinn Emanuel are already fighting over dolls. Now, they're locking horns over hotel rooms too. Sounds a little Bratz-y. [WSJ Law Blog]
* A paralegal gets stuck in a NY bar. Read the harrowing tale of how he still manages to make it to work on time. [New York Times]
Friday, June 6, 2008 4:44 PM - By David Lat
* Do you know a beautiful Massachusetts lawyer (or judge)? Nominate them for inclusion in this calendar of legal lovelies. Part of the proceeds go to Greater Boston Legal Services. [Beautiful Lawyers via Portfolio]
* Ted Frank has filed his objector's brief in the Grand Theft Auto class action case. If you'll be in New York on June 25, you can go watch the argument. [Overlawyered]
* If you use Amtrak for business travel in the northeast corridor, should you be fearful of a McCain administration? Not necessarily. [Instapundit]
* How to get your disgruntled ex-client to shut up: sue 'em. [New York Sun]
* KSM: not a fan of "same-sexual marriage." [WSJ Law Blog]
* Still more layoffs for the South Florida courts. [Daily Business Review]
* To Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, heaven is "a place where diligent law students and writers ascend after death and can stay up forever without benzedrine." [The Faculty Lounge]
Thursday, June 5, 2008 5:46 PM - By David Lat
* Still more advice for summer associates. [Concurring Opinions]
* "I believe the technical term is 'wacko.'" We bet she wound up in law school. [Prettier Than Napoleon]
* Remember Louise Woodward, the British nanny tried for murdering an 8-month-old boy? She went to law school. [Legal Blog Watch]
* "Drunk stripper wants club to pay for her car wreck." [Supreme Dicta]
* Iran to western nations: we'll see you in court? [AP]
* Tomorrow is the application deadline for our new writer position. We've received a ton of excellent applications thus far, but feel free to make the task of picking someone even more difficult. [ATL]
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:20 PM - By David Lat
* Richard Hatch, aka the "Fat Naked Guy," takes it to One First Street. [Tax Girl]
* Harvard University: not as rich as you might think. [Concurring Opinions]
* How many babies did Quinnipiac Law School just kill? [TaxProf Blog]
* Apparently Angelina Jolie believes in the Second Amendment. [Instapundit]
* Maybe there is no Michelle Obama videotape. [Volokh Conspiracy]
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