Clerkships
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Biglaw, Clerkships, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Which Law Firm Won The SCOTUS Clerk Sweepstakes?
You can probably guess the firm, but can you guess the number of SCOTUS clerks it picked up? -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics
Law Clerk Busted Getting Chummy With Lawyer Appearing Before The Court
Clerks behaving badly. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.04.15
* Not the most exciting law clerk story of the last couple days, but a federal clerk texting defense lawyers “as of 3:34 today you owe me a beer (or wine!)” right after they won a big motion from her judge was… unwise. [Blog of the Legal Times]
* The defense rests early in the Dewey trial, calling no witnesses in a move designed to express confidence. Hey, it’s not like these guys have wildly misjudged anything before. [Law360]
* Biglaw is splurging on cushy amenities for their offices. Is it helping net clients? [Wall Street Journal]
* But maybe the amenity Biglaw really needs is a place to sleep — Biglaw associates need to take more naps, you guys. If you want to know where to shop, there’s four places. There’s the Hammock Hut, that’s on Third… [Bloomberg View]
* Right-wing SCOTUS clerks landing plum jobs on Capitol Hill with help from Federalist Society connections. [National Law Journal]
* With Kim Davis jailed, her deputies waste no time assuring the public that they will be issuing same-sex marriage licenses. [Associated Press via MSN]
* Speaking of Kim Davis, if you were expecting her to receive a flood of donations from like-minded culture warriors through a GoFundMe account, think again. The website has had it up to here with bad publicity and has officially banned campaigns to fund people facing formal charges. [Addicting Info]
* The defense rests early in the Dewey trial, calling no witnesses to express confidence. Hey, it’s not like these guys have wildly misjudged anything before. [Law360]
* Biglaw is splurging on cushy amenities for their offices. Is it helping net clients? [Wall Street Journal]
* But maybe the amenity they really need is a place to sleep — Biglaw associates need to take more naps, you guys. If you want to know where to shop, there’s four places. There’s the Hammock Hut, that’s on Third… [Bloomberg View]
* Right-wing SCOTUS clerks landing plum jobs on Capitol Hill with help from Federalist Society connections. [National Law Journal]
* With Kim Davis jailed, her deputies waste no time assuring the public that they will be issuing same-sex marriage licenses. [Associated Press via MSN]
* Speaking of Kim Davis, if you were expecting her to receive a flood of donations from like-minded culture warriors through a GoFundMe account, think again. The website has had it up to here with bad publicity and has officially banned campaigns to fund people facing formal charges. [Addicting Info]
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Clerkships, Legal Ethics
Did Law Clerk Destroy Documents To Help Captivating Lawyer?
A law clerk with a penchant for destroying documents... -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Ranking The Non-Traditional Feeder Judges
Which state-court and federal district judges send their clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court? -
Television
Federal Law Clerk Competes On American Ninja Warrior
Will this lawyer be able to win the $1 million grand prize? -
Celebrities, Football, Sports
J.J. Watt Seems Neat
A law clerk enlists a star athlete to break important news to her husband. -
Clerkships, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Who Is NOT Retiring From SCOTUS?
Check out the latest Supreme Court clerk hiring action -- which offers a window into the justices' retirement plans. - Sponsored
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Clerkships, Social Media
Law Clerk Gets Burned By Facebook Post
Be careful before you post your "hot take" online... -
Crime, Sentencing Law
Haller Jackson, Former Federal Law Clerk, Pleads Guilty To A Sex Offense
What drove him into this situation, and what will happen to him next? -
Law Schools
Wrongful Conviction Has Happy Ending -- Well, Depending On How You Feel About More Lawyers
Man wrongfully imprisoned for 10 years makes good. -
Antonin Scalia, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Theater
ATL Theater Review: The Originalist
If you're interested in theater, the Supreme Court, or both, check out this new play about Justice Antonin Scalia. -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Job Searches
The Current State Of Clerkship Hiring: 5 Points Worth Noting
If you're interested in clerking or in helping someone else land a coveted clerkship, here's some information you should know.
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Clerkships, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Shout-Outs From Justice Kagan, And The Leading 'Feeder Firm'
Which law firms are on a roll when it comes to producing SCOTUS clerks? -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Sponsored Content, Technology
7 Rising Star Judges You Want To Clerk For
Based on data and analysis from Ravel, the emerging legal research company, here are 7 new judges who are quickly winning the respect and acclaim of their peers. -
Federal Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools
Confused Law Student Applies For Job With Federal Court That Doesn't Exist
Holy crap. This is embarrassing. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.24.15
* Justice Anthony Kennedy says that while the Supreme Court is trying to attract more minority law clerks, lower court judges have it easier because they can recruit from local schools. Some justices have an Ivy League addiction, and thus, a diversity problem. [Legal Times]
* The next step in the confirmation process for Loretta Lynch, the lawyer who will someday be the first black woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, isn’t likely to occur until at least mid-April. Why the wait? SENATE SPRING BREAK, WOO! [Reuters]
* Give me maple syrup, or give me death: According to legal experts from the National Constitution Center, even though Republican candidate Ted Cruz was born in Canada, he still counts as a “natural born citizen” who’s eligible to be president. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Foley & Lardner partner Howard Shipley avoided a supreme spanking from SCOTUS over his submission of a garbled cert petition last year, but the high court took the opportunity to remind all lawyers to write “in plain terms.” [National Law Journal]
* How badly do you want to go to a top law school? Exactly how desperate you are to feel the warm and gentle embrace of prestige? How hard can you gun? Would you be willing to take the LSAT three times? [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.15
* I guess 15 minutes of fame can really mess with you. The “cute mugshot girl” who took the Internet by storm a while back managed to get arrested again. Negative attention is still attention. [Gawker]
* The DOJ is about to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez. Corruption in New Jersey? [CNN]
* With the assistance of the pro bono legal teams at WilmerHale and Polsinelli, 303 conservatives filed a historic amicus brief in support of marriage equality. [WilmerHale]
* A nice review of “A Conversation on Clerking” moderated by U.S. Supreme Court reporter Anthony Mauro of the National Law Journal, with panelists including our own David Lat; Judge Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and Lucas Townsend, an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. [American Bar Association]
* Looking for an extra $1,000 this year? Enter this legal fiction writing contest. Maybe you’ll write the next Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [The Expert Institute]
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Clerkships, State Judges
Law Clerk Files Totally Unhinged Lawsuit Against His Own Judge
Who do you think is telling the truth, the tenured judge, or his allegedly "disgruntled law clerk"? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.15
* SWAT team called in to break up a poker game between a bunch of rich people. The militarization of the police seems like it’s going great. [Washington Post]
* The SPLC is lodging an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore after he explained that he intends to defy federal law. He’s such a delight. [WAAY TV]
* Rutgers-Camden’s student evaluation controversy unfortunately fits right into the grand scheme of legal industry misogyny. [Salon]
* South Carolina has finally vacated the convictions of the Friendship Nine — protesters busted for sitting at the diner counter who pioneered the “jail, no bail” strategy that dominated the 60s civil rights movement. It only took 54 years. [Huffington Post]
* Another day, another embarrassing development for the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell. This time it’s former Senator Ben Nelson who Obamacare challengers cite for their claim that the Senate never intended subsidies to go to states without their own exchanges. Well, Senator Nelson wrote his own brief blowing this theory out of the water. This is basically SCOTUS’s version of the Marshall McLuhan scene. [Washington Post]
* A list of upcoming books about the Supreme Court. [SCOTUSBlog]
* An enterprising law office discovered that the courts in Oklahoma publish social security numbers all the time. [Wirth Law Office]
* D.C. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett talks clerking diversity. [National Law Journal]
* UC Hastings Law student Hali Ford is competing on the 30th season of Survivor. Her interview video is below. [TV Grapevine]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ydBekmEOw