Clerkships
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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? - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Television
Federal Law Clerk Competes On American Ninja Warrior
Will this lawyer be able to win the $1 million grand prize?
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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. -
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. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
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. -
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.
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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
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Career Center, Career Files, Clerkships, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Top 10 Tips To The Judicial Clerkship Interview
The clerkship interview is itself a prize. Getting yourself out of the box of applicants is the biggest challenge in applying for a judicial clerkship. -
Bad Ideas, Craigslist, D.C. Circuit, Quote of the Day, Sex
Because Prestige Is The Ultimate Aphrodisiac
D.C. lawyers are looking for love in all the wrong places. -
Clerkships, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: New Year, New Hires
We have many new hires to report -- including one young lawyer who has previously graced our pages.