New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
If someone wants to stop us, then let them try to stop us. We want to work with the casinos and horse racing industry to get it implemented.
Am I expecting there may be legal action taken against us to try to prevent it? Yes. But I have every confidence we’re going to be successful.
– Governor Chris Christie, commenting on his plans to defy a federal ban on sports betting in New Jersey.
Ryan Karben
This restores credibility to the system, which should be used to help solve the real problems of real people.
– Attorney Ryan Karben, commenting on the recent dismissal of Richard Katz’s lawsuit against the Setai Wall Street Club and Spa and Karben’s client, Amanda Wells. Katz, a lawyer, had demanded a six-figure sum in damages due to the ritzy spa’s failure to provide a “full complimentary breakfast.”
Justice Stevens
I don’t know.
– Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who spoke at the American Law Institute’s annual meeting, responding to a question about whether the justices’ individual political leanings influenced the outcome of the landmark Bush v. Gore decision.
My assessment was … that he was going to be the best damn mayor that we’ve ever seen in history.
– Professor Charles Ogletree, describing his impressions of Barack Obama as a Harvard Law 1L.
In every single state, a wealthy person is better with a prenup. I cannot comprehend Zuckerberg marrying without one.
– Garrett Dailey, a certified California family law specialist, commenting on the particulars of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s recent surprise marriage to Priscilla Chan.
Justice Gustin Reichbach
This is not a law-and-order issue; it is a medical and a human rights issue.
– Justice Gustin Reichbach of the New York Supreme Court, commenting in an op-ed piece on the need for the legalization of medical marijuana in New York. Reichbach has Stage 3 pancreatic cancer and has admitted to smoking marijuana, even though it’s against the law.
Roger Clemens
Coffee is a critical tool of the American justice system.
– Daniel C. Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School, commenting on the need for jurors to have access to caffeine during trials. This topic arose after recent happenings in the Roger Clemens trial.
(What happened during Roger Clemens’s trial that would elicit such a response? Find out, after the jump.)
Respondent brandishes his opinion as a battering ram, intentionally offending people. This Panel does not believe these are “slips of the tongue” or inadvertant. Respondent is intentional in his conduct and bull whips people by his words with a zeal. While in private life he may be as rude, offensive and demeaning as he chooses, in his professional life he may not hide behind his First Amendment rights to ignore his sworn responsibilities.
– Presiding Disciplinary Judge William J. O’Neil of the Arizona Supreme Court, in a recent ethics opinion concluding that attorney Meyer L. Ziman should be suspended for one year’s time, with reinstatement on probation.
(So what did Ziman allegedly do that was bad enough to warrant his suspension? Let’s find out, after the jump.)
Continue reading “Benchslap of the Day: Rude, Crude, and a Bad Attitude”
Lawyers: the same as trees?
As the superior court aptly observed, “The fact that the meeting occurs in a public place does not destroy the privilege, if no one hears the conversation.”
– Associate Justice Robert J. Lynn of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, in an opinion upholding the existence of the attorney-client privilege, despite the fact that an attorney discussed confidential information with his clients at a meeting that was open to the public.
John Yoo
John Yoo teaching constitutional law to the next generation of lawyers and judges is a perverse mockery of what a law school education should be.
– Stephanie Tang, a spokesperson for the Bay Area chapter of World Can’t Wait, commenting on the anti-war group’s reasons for protesting Yoo’s continued employment by the law school this morning outside Boalt Hall’s commencement ceremony.
(See what Yoo had to say about today’s protest, after the jump.)
Continue reading “Quote of the Day: The Lady Doth Protest Too Much”
Theodore Seto
The best time to buy is when everyone else is selling. If August 2012 law school matriculations are truly as bad as the common wisdom expects, then three years from now law grads with decent credentials will be in higher demand than they otherwise would be.
– Loyola Law Professor Theodore Seto, responding to Tucker Max’s Why You Shouldn’t Go To Law School post.
(Keep reading for the rest of Seto’s response, as well as snippets from Tucker Max‘s original post.)
Continue reading “Quote of the Day: Wait, So All of a Sudden It’s a Great Time to Go to Law School?”
Jeffrey Martlew
These numbers indicate the Tampa Bay area was ready for a law school.
– Thomas M. Cooley Law’s Associate Dean Jeffrey Martlew, commenting on a student enrollment that was double the size originally projected and “exceeded … expectations” at the law school’s new Tampa Bay campus in Florida.
Ed. note: This post is authored by Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney of Kinney Recruiting, sponsor of the Asia Chronicles. Kinney has made more placements of U.S. associates and partners in Asia than any other firm in the past five years. You can reach them by email: asia@kinneyrecruiting.com
It has been a busy past several weeks for our Asia team at Kinney Recruiting. Evan Jowers was in Boston earlier this week, participating in Harvard Law School’s Market Series. This is the first year they are including Asia markets in the program and Evan was asked by Harvard to be their exclusive recruiter representative for those markets. Evan will work with Harvard’s office of career services and be available to its law students who seek advice on the Asia markets and US and UK firms in Asia, where they may 2L summer and / or start as a 1st year associate. If you are a law student from another top JD program and have questions about the Asia markets, please feel free to reach out to us as well, at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com. Of course, we can’t place law students at firms (that is what on-campus recruiting is for), but we are happy to provide advice and begin positive long-term relationships.
In late April and earlier this month, Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney were working out of our Hong Kong offices for a couple of weeks, meeting with various law firm and attorney candidate clients. Also, in late March and early April, Evan Jowers and Yuliya Vinokurova were working out of our Hong Kong offices for a few weeks. Alexis Lamb is of course based in Hong Kong full time.
In mid April, from our Asia team, Evan Jowers, Robert Kinney, Alexis Lamb, Yuliya Vinokurova, Danielle Cyr, Peter Gutensohn, and Josh Carr were all in Austin, Texas for the annual NALP conference.
Please note that Evan Jowers will be in Beijing for most of July.
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