Books
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.03.16
* So you are a young Biglaw associate. You are miserable with your life and decide to get some therapy to deal — how do you take the time to take care of yourself without appearing lazy at the firm? [Corporette]
* The Biglaw v. Small Law showdown in… Little League. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog]
* How can new law school grads navigate a changing career market? [Reboot Your Legal Practice]
* Preet Bharara is bragging about putting Shelly Silver in jail for 12 years. [Twitter]
* Is being a lawyer the most embarrassing profession? A new novel, The Neon Lawyer, suggests it just might be. [Guile is Good]
* Even super lawyers can’t stop bad press. [Law and More]
* Is social media feeding the rash of graffiti in National Parks? [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
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Books, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
'The Advocate's Daughter': An Interview With Anthony Franze
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.25.16
* Kate Middleton’s famous wedding dress by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen is now the subject of a lawsuit, with designer Christine Kendall claiming it is a knockoff. [Fashionista]
* This lawyer, Helene Goodin, after 22 years in the legal profession, left it all to open her own bakery. [Huffington Post]
* The rest of the world discovers Delaware’s a haven for holding companies; lawyers everywhere shrug. [Gawker]
* When humanitarian aid actually caused more economic hardship for the very people we are supposed to be “helping.” [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Can Indian start-ups render the Biglaw firm structure unnecessary? [Law and More]
* Richard Hsu talks with Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip. [Hsu Untied]
* The Constitutional Accountability Center is holding an event this Thursday, April 28th at the National Press Club in D.C. on the Supreme Court’s docket this Term, previewing decisions yet to be handed down and discussing key themes from the Term. [Constitutional Accountability Center]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, if you’re interested in Supreme Court lit, check out this televised panel of authors, including Irin Carmon of Notorious RBG and ATL editor David Lat of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate links). [C-SPAN]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.20.16
* Well, this warms my calloused heart: Chief Justice Roberts learned some sign language to swear 12 deaf and hard of hearing lawyers into the Supreme Court. [Washington Post]
* An enlightening interview with an attorney that proves lawyers can have entrepreneurial spirit, Richard Nacht. [Law and More]
* Professor Rick Hasen’s analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Arizona redistricting case. [Election Law Blog]
* An interview with Matt Delmont, author of Why Busing Failed (affiliate link), on the continued segregation of schools. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Did lawyer Linda Shi just help design a revolution in air conditioning? The product is being funded through Kickstarter, and the size of the unit makes me think it’d be welcomed in many NYC apartments this summer. [Kickstarter]
* Economists and tax law professors are getting behind Elizabeth Warren’s tax filing simplification bill. [MassLive]
* An in-depth look at black sites — CIA secret prisons, used in the U.S.’s War on Terror. [Slate]
* Our very own David Lat shares cybersecurity tips with host David Lesch on “Today’s Verdict.” [BronxNet]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.13.16
* Led Zeppelin doesn’t want drug or alcohol evidence coming into the upcoming “Stairway to Heaven” suit. Good luck… it’s not possible to talk about that song without drugs. [National Law Journal]
* A lot of small and solo lawyers are shy about big bills. They shouldn’t be. [Business of Law Blog / LexisNexis]
* “10 Supreme Court Novels to Get Your Mind Off the Nomination Battle.” Great, now we’ve got to wait until Senator Grassley gets through all of these before he sets up a hearing. [ABA Journal]
* Speaking of Judge Garland, Fix the Court sees this nomination as an opportunity to generate some momentum around the concept of Supreme Court term limits. [Fix the Court]
* Apparently the key to getting good grades from narcissistic professors is to be a narcissist yourself. That seems odd because you’d expect narcissists to chafe at someone striving to steal the spotlight but “game recognize game,” I guess. [TaxProf Blog]
* Remember when we said that the Florida bar exam results were bad? They were really bad. [Bar Exam Stats]
* A Rutgers Law professor is in hot water over allegedly mishandled funds. [Legal Profession Blog]
* BarBri Law Preview has a $10k scholarship for a lucky 1L this coming year. If you want it to be you (or someone you know), then act fast because the deadline is Friday. [BarBri Law Preview]
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Trivia Question of the Day
One Biglaw Exit Strategy Has A Storybook Ending
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.04.16
* Good news! You can still RSVP for Georgetown Law Center’s Supreme Court Book Fair. Bonus: you can hear David Lat (and several other authors) speak about the Court. [Georgetown Law]
* Has Donald Trump tipped his hand regarding who’d he nominate for the Supreme Court should the seventh seal be opened and he’s elected? [South Florida Lawyer]
* Will you “keep calm” in the face of campus open carry? [Harvard Law & Policy Review]
* A law firm leak reveals Vladimir Putin’s friends have shuffled $2 billion through a series of offshore accounts. Color me not at all surprised. [Slate]
* Lawyers who find themselves in the contract workforce can find a way to survive. [Law and More]
* Terrible U.S. infrastructure may stop the self-driving car revolution. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
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Books, Crime, Police
'The Big Fear': An Interview With Andrew Case
Does aggressive policing reduce crime or simply set residents on edge? A new novel by lawyer Andrew Case explores this and other important questions. - Sponsored
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Books, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Standard Of Review: 'The Advocate's Daughter' Is A Very Timely Supreme Court Novel
The Advocate's Daughter is timely and realistic about the law, as well as a strong family and legal drama. -
Books, Trivia Question of the Day
Can You Judge A Book By Its Cover?
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.16
* Karma alert: West Virginia lawmakers celebrated legalizing raw milk by drinking some… and they promptly got sick. [Gizmodo]
* Porn stars with some real talk about the First Amendment — all while being tastefully blurred. [Funny or Die]
* Everything old is new again — an illuminating interview with Marcia Clark. [American Lawyer]
* Inside the financial disclosure of Donald Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. [National Law Journal]
* Another Trump lawsuit — this time he is accused of stealing tips from servers. [Wonkette]
* Contract attorney by day, bestselling author by night — congrats to Chloe Neill on all her success! [Omaha.com]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.25.16
* Come on, you know you want it — you’ll be a hit with all the law nerds. [Tee Spring]
* Yup, these are law-related dioramas made with the marshmallow goodness of Peeps. I respect the dedication needed to make these, but was there really nothing better you could do with your time? [ABA Journal]
* Your detailed guide to the messy legal battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke. [Slate]
* One more reason to be paranoid — thieves are using Instagram to track and find potential burglary victims. [Find Law]
* The Marshall Islands are suing the U.S. and India for violations of the NPT. The suit may actually work out for the defendants, forcing them to work together. [Fortune]
* Brendan Dassey’s lawyer breaks down why his confession in Making a Murderer was a fake one. [Business Insider]
* Book review: check out the novel, What Was Mine, for the legal ramifications of kidnapping. [CodeX]
* How to keep up with a client-focused legal practice. [Reboot Your Law Practice]
* As the business of being a lawyer gets more cutthroat, will some law firms break ranks? [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
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Books
Old Lady Lawyer: The Power of Fiction
Harper Lee was a luminary in the legal world, even though she was not a lawyer.
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Books, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trivia Question of the Day
Speaking of Supreme Court Conspiracies...
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Books, Deaths
Harper Lee Reportedly Dead At 89
Harper Lee, the woman who launched a million legal careers, is reportedly dead at 89. -
Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: Does Life Imitate Art Or Is It The Reverse?
Christopher Buckley's satirical works, especially Boomsday and Supreme Courtship, are wickedly funny about several of today’s hot-button issues. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.16
* Listen, I support people leaving the law to take a job that is more fulfilling, but Emily Boutard quit her job to make tiny furniture. I just hope the paycheck isn’t correspondingly small. [deMilked]
* Law professor Alafair Burke uses her real life experiences in the law to write her novels. [Female First]
* Alan Dershowitz reflects on his work on the O.J. Simpson trial. [Business Insider]
* This week in Black History includes a notable first for Harvard Law. [LA Sentinel]
* Can you imagine getting censured at your job for a paper you wrote in law school? That might happen to Ben Lindy, who is running for an Ohio House seat. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Best practices for law firms when dealing with cloud security. [LCCA]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.16
* How Planned Parenthood’s aggressive legal strategy launched them from the defensive to the offensive. [Reuters]
* David Boies just saved Natalie Portman’s ass. Yes, you read that correctly. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* Don’t be cute and try and violate a restraining order via Facebook. [Associate’s Mind
* Arizona wants out of the Ninth Circuit. Good luck with that. [AZ Governor]
* Not recommended judicial behavior: hanging a portrait of Adolf Hitler in the courthouse’s Hall Of Heroes. Looks like Oregon’s Judge Vance Day is learning that the hard way. [Raw Story]
* You can’t skirt defamation laws by complaining to a disciplinary committee — a doctor files a complaint against an attorney who blogged about him. [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog]
* Writing fiction was “liberating” for this attorney. Check out the new crime novel, A Stirring in the North Fork (affiliate link), to see what he’s talking about. [Teamster Nation]
* Despite how sensationalized they can be, the insanity defense is really quite rare. [Huffington Post]
* Even if you aren’t rich, you still need a prenup. [My Bank Tracker]
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Trivia Question of the Day
From The Courtroom To The Bookstore
This lawyer used his fame to get a book deal. -
Books, Murder
'Making A Murderer' Prosecutor Begged Steven Avery To Confess So He Could Write A Book About It
It seems that Ken Kratz has always thought of himself as the prize.