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Morning Docket: 04.23.18
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.23.18

* Because there is never a moment without drama in this administration, AG Jeff Sessions has told White House counsel Don McGahn that he's probably going to have to quit if President Trump fires Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein. [Washington Post]

* Meanwhile, White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short says the president "has no intention of firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller." Hmm... we'll just wait right here until those firings don't happen. *insert Jeopardy music here* [CBS News]

* "[T]here is no human being, on the planet, with more knowledge about federal criminal law than Michael Dreeben, and no one with more expertise than him." Meet Michael Dreeben, special counsel Robert Mueller's Supreme Court closer. He's argued more than 100 SCOTUS cases, and is a force to be reckoned with. [ABC News]

* Hiring for the law school class of 2017 is "up," with 75.3 percent of graduates employed in full-time, long-term jobs that require law degrees or are considered “JD advantage” positions -- but you probably shouldn't get too excited about that. The only reason the percentage of those employed is higher this year is because the class was 6 percent smaller. In reality, entry-level hiring has decreased. [ABA Journal]

* Which Biglaw firm did Wells Fargo turn to ahead of being hit with record fines that turned into a $1B settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency? That would be Sullivan & Cromwell, which "always [tries] to play absolutely straight with the regulators." [American Lawyer]

* Riley Safer, a spinoff of Schiff Hardin, just elected its first managing partner, and she may be the first black woman to lead a national law firm. Congratulations to Patricia Brown Holmes as she leads the legal profession in the future. [American Lawyer]

Non-Sequiturs: 04.22.18
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.22.18

* Joel Cohen makes the case for appointing a special master to review the attorney-client privilege claims in the case of Michael Cohen (no relation). [Law and Crime]

* A fun profile of Judge Kimba M. Wood (S.D.N.Y.), who's presiding over the Cohen case -- and who "doesn't need to eat the whole barrel to know it's not a pickle." [Politico]

* Circuit judges can play it safe, in the hopes of making it to the Supreme Court someday, or they can be bold (which might help their SCOTUS chances, or might hurt them); Judge James Ho is going for the second approach. [U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]

* Professor Eugene Volokh: "What is this, Mean Girls: Supreme Court Edition?" [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* Still on SCOTUS, which leading appellate lawyers (according to Chambers & Partners) have the most active practices before the high court? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* What's the best new legal-information product out there, and what's the best new product feature or function? Survey says.... [Dewey B Strategic]

* Because having a law school named after him wasn't enough, Philadelphia trial lawyer Thomas R. Kline is now honored by a giant marble statue. [Philly.com]

* The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide an important case about academic freedom (and Above the Law gets cited in the amicus brief of the National Association of Scholars -- see footnote 29). [Badger Pundit]

* Congratulations to former Miss America winner Deidre Downs Gunn and attorney and writer Abbott Jones on their recent nuptials! [People]

* And congratulations to the recipients of 2018's Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Awards! [LGBT Bar]

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