If you're a full-fledged lawyer, your summer schedule probably doesn't change much from the rest of the year. But for law students, summer is a chance to get away from all our fellow type-A classmates and do something different, potentially more fun, and preferably not in the food service industry.

We enjoy telling the tales of summer associate adventures gone wrong (e.g., hooking up instead of building houses and putting a partner in a headlock). But the summer associate tips have been slow to come in, so we're wondering what else law students are doing.

Some SEN cohorts are using their summers to spend time abroad, doing programs in Switzerland, Australia and the Philippines. But the two classmates inspiring the most jealousy this summer include one who is working at the Pentagon and got to meet Justice Alito, and another who is working for a movie studio and got to eat lunch next to George Clooney. Hmm, what if you had to choose between Alito and Clooney? It'd probably come down to your political leanings and other, um, preferences.

We know you guys probably got to travel to exotic places or meet judicial superstars during your summer jobs. Spill the details about your best law school summer experiences in the comments.

Earlier: Summer Associates of the Day: Horny and Hung-Over Homebuilders and Summer Associate of the Day: 'Randy Savage'

A friend who's working for the summer at the AG's office in Montgomery, AL, had the chance to work on a case in which the Alabama Court of the Judiciary removed Circuit Court Judge Stuart DuBose from the bench. From the Alabama Press-Register:

DuBose, 51, faced 60 ethics charges, stemming from a series of incidents in which the judge verbally abused attorneys and subordinates, attempted to influence fellow judges in matters of personal benefit and made statements that put his impartiality into question.

Sixty charges! And that description understates the insanity of this ex-judge's behavior. More on the alleged antics of this bizarre former jurist, after the jump.

Update: The Court released its opinion in Heller, and it upheld the lower court's ruling that the D.C. handgun ban is unconstitutional on Second Amendment grounds. Justice Scalia wrote the opinion, with Justices Breyer, Stevens, Souter and Ginsberg dissenting. You can read the full opinion here. For excellent, ongoing analysis, see SCOTUSblog.

As you probably know, today is a big day for SCOTUS-watchers. The Court is expected to issue its three final rulings for this term today. The Justices won't return until October 6th.

Of today's three decisions, the most significant is District of Columbia v. Heller, the D.C. gun control case. The constitutionality of the District's 32-year old law banning the ownership of handguns is being challenged. The Court will decide whether to affirm a 2007 appeals court ruling that overturned D.C.'s ban on Second Amendment grounds and, by implication, whether such bans violate the Second Amendment's right "to keep and bear arms" by keeping individuals, as opposed to state militias, from owning handguns. The opinion should be released at any minute.

Here's the AP's sparse background summary of the case, and here's CNN's more thorough discussion. If, however, you want minute-by-minute coverage, SCOTUSblog has a running feed set up so you won't miss a thing.

* Who saw an episode of Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" and didn't anticipate a lawsuit? [CNN]

* SCOTUS may heart child rapists, but Obama wants you to know that he doesn't. Not anymore, at least. [New York Times Politics Blog]

* A decision in the D.C. gun control case, Heller, is expected today. [Washington Post]

* Democrats in the Senate failed to get enough votes to filibuster a bill that would protect telecommunication companies from lawsuits over the warrantless-wiretapping program. [CNN]

* Status of the Roger Clemens steroid investigation. Just in case you didn't already know he's guilty. [ESPN]

* Forget about lead-tainted toys and pet food. Charges were filed yesterday in LA against four American executives who imported toothpaste that contained antifreeze. [WSJ Law Blog]

* "The weirdest legal pleading ever" included a "children's book for adults" so that the Court could "comprehend" the plaintiff's arguments. Take THAT, Florida Supreme Court Justices. [Slate]

* Your daily dose of profanity in a legal proceeding: ""Mr. Sadler, we all felt, was a lying sack of sh*t." [Law.com]

* Managing Intellectual Property releases its list of top North American Firms for 2008. [Managing Intellectual Property]

Your Frivolous Friday guest-blogger is signing off. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Is it SUBstantive or subSTANtive? Our dictionary tells us to emphasize the first syllable.

A lovely Canadian professor at our law school emphasizes the second syllable, and although our affection for him is great, every time he says "subSTANtive" we take away ten points on our completely subjective professor-grading scale. How about THAT, professor? Students grade YOU TOO. (Just kidding. Kinda.)

Apple wants to put its iPhones in the workplace, which may mean that your firm Crackberry could be replaced by an equally addictive (but much more hip) iPhone.

We think, however, that there should be a screening process for determining who gets the iPhones. There's a certain degree of unaffected coolness, a hipster air, that one needs to have to use an iPhone and not create the impression of an over-eager gadget-grabber. Also, Apple would have to tone down its image to fit with the lawyerly crowd if it wants law firms to trade their Blackberrys for iPhones. Flashy and too-cool is unrefined. We think the only solution is to wait until next year, when the iPhone isn't so flashy-new, to hand them out to lawyers.

Let's take a vote. Crackberry v. iPhone: Smackdown Part I.

Apple Aims to Put iPhone Into the Workplace [NYT]

We updated our original post from this morning about Samantha Power calling Hillary Clinton a "monster," but it's a big enough development to cover in a separate post. So here we go.

Professor Power, rumored love interest of Cass Sunstein, resigned from the Obama campaign because of her tawdry remarks about Hillary Clinton in an interview earlier this week. She also apologized publicly:

"With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an adviser the Obama campaign effective today," Ms. Power said in a statement released by the campaign. "Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months."

Obama Aide Resigns for Calling Clinton a "Monster" [NYT]

There's a national movement pushing for law students to have the right to carry guns on campus. They've even got an official acronym: SCCC (Students for Concealed Carry on Campus). The group formed in response to the VA Tech shootings last year, and currently claims to have more than 16,000 members.

They argue that when students know that other students may be armed, it has a preventative effect on anyone contemplating an NIU or VA Tech style shooting. The group also wants students to be able to protect themselves in case of another tragedy.

Dan Filler at The Faculty Lounge gives his response:

I fancy myself a Second Amendment moderate - I believe in a well-regulated right to bear arms - but I'm not at all excited about having armed students in class. For one thing, it changes the dynamic of a classroom when any odd turn during Property immediately creates the risk of armed conflict. And the possibility that students might be packing also puts a crimp in certain interesting classroom techniques - such as the famous surprise interloper who makes a dramatic entry (and departure) at the beginning of a criminal procedure class on eyewitness identification. (I've avoided these techniques ever since I discovered several years ago that, notwithstanding campus rules, some students already do carry in class.)

Our take on this, after the jump.

Law Students with Guns (in Class) [The Faculty Lounge]
Student Group Pushes for Right to Carry Concealed Weapons on Campus [Philly.com]

Here's the most comprehensive bit we've heard from a tipster:

[N]o longer at CWT anymore (thankfully), but I did hear that Chris White (the Partner who deposed Link) is attempting a major realignment of practice groups. Apparently he wants to move the Corporate department into the Real Estate and somehow make it a sub group. As expected, this is not going over well with the Corporate partners (imagine Dennis Block being told he needs to move?) and there's all kinds of infighting and threats from the Corporate partners in regards to this.

Is this the source of the rumblings we've been hearing? We'll update you as we find out more information.

UPDATE #2: This tip just came in the comments from someone in the office at Cadwalader today:

I'm in the office today and something is definitely going on. There is absolutely no work going around. I asked a partner if everything was OK and he told me to mind my own business. This is not a joke. I also have some friends at other firms (Milbank) who say that they are also extremely slow.

So, we have confirmation that "something" is going down. Could this be just another slow Friday, or are we on the verge of a serious scandal?