Criminal Justice

I don't know how this will end up as a lyric in his next mixtape, but I guarantee that it will end up as a lyric on his next mixtape.

Feels like a dramatic way to change one's plea.

The tipping point may be near, but until people in positions of training others and dictating policy retire or are voted out of office, there will be no widespread change.

Wrongful convictions receive the spotlight they deserve on FOX's new show.

The law that passed is so flawed its original co-sponsor, the ACLU, disowned it.

You'd think wrongly convicting a person and secretly dating the judge on the case would mean you can't be a prosecutor anymore.

A report highlights that the NYPD regularly puts bad cops back on the streets.

I'm not sure, but I don't think he likes Pam Bondi.

There are problems with the overwhelming prevalence of plea bargaining.

* Powerful essay from a Cornell Law professor on the need for empathy in the criminal justice system. [Verdict]

* It’s Apple v. Qualcomm, with $1 billion on the line. [Fortune]

* An inspiring story of a graduate of a lower-ranked law school who has found success. [Breaking into Biglaw]

* What’s the future of ethics? [Law and More]

* An analysis of the decisions of Trump’s shortlisters. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* On the legal consequences of the lack of supervision at work. [Guile is Good]

* The Chinese Business Lawyers Association is hosting a free CLE in New York tomorrow night at Fordham Law School. You can RSVP here. [CBLA Law]

Will President-elect Trump manage to steer a middle course, helping criminal clients and the court officers who both feel disenfranchised and beaten down?

* Game theory and the battle over the Supreme Court. [Harvard Business Review]

* No punishment for Professor Reynolds from the University of Tennessee Law School over questionable Tweets. [Knoxville News Sentinel]

* The blame game over Donald Trump’s bad debate performance. [Law and More]

* Check out this event with Gillian Thomas, attorney at ACLU Women’s Rights Project and author of Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women’s Lives at Work. [Rewire]

* A look at close cases at the Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* This is horrifying. [Slate]

* More cases are working their way up to the Supreme Court to define a religiously affiliated employer’s obligations to its employees. [Rewire]

* Is there a particular formula for getting yourself a coveted Supreme Court clerkship? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* The conservative interpretation of the Second Amendment has been prelude to Donald Trump’s veiled assassination “joke.” [Slate]

* Is criminal sentencing about to go all precog in this country? [FiveThirtyEight]

* Yes, even liberals can commit sexual assault. [The Slot]

* Remember — these pages and pages of redactions were probably done by some poor contract attorney trying to make a living. [Gawker]

* Remember that Donald Trump tell-all from a former lawyer? Does the piece violate rules against the disclosure of privileged information? [New York Personal Injury Blog]

* Judge Jed Rakoff slams consumer consent to arbitration agreements as a “legal fiction.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]

* According to a HUD report, a New Orleans judge is running a home for the elderly and disabled with “dangerous health and safety risks.” [NOLA.com]

* Advice on prepping for an oral argument. [Lawyerist]

* Canadian Supreme Court justices are going to be chosen in an all new way. [The Star]

* Field-administered drug tests are not as reliable as the criminal justice system would like you to believe. [Guile is Good]

* Stuff lawyers say.

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* Did you know Virginia allows people with only a bachelor’s degree to be magistrates? And they are the ones approving search warrants. [Katz on Justice]

* Domino’s Pizza is the latest target of Eric Schneiderman, and the pizza chain is accused of discounting the hours employees have worked. [Pacific Standard Magazine]

* One way to avoid law firm layoffs is to totally restructure the way law firms operate. [Bloomberg BNA]

* What does one do when they retire from the Supreme Court? [SCOTUSblog]

* How much do Supreme Court justices interrupt each other? An interesting analysis. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* The Baston rule and the integrity of the criminal justice system. [Slate]

* The repeal of Connecticut’s death penalty will now apply to the men currently on death row. [Huffington Post]

Every specialty field has its own cache of dirty secrets, and some from the world of criminal justice don't seem "just" at all.

* You may have heard about North Carolina’s new anti-LGBTQ law (and the inauspicious circumstances surrounding its passage), but it seems unlikely to withstand constitutional muster. [Slate]

* In the latest case before the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive provision, the conservative justices — all male, natch — fail to grasp the basics of contraceptives, insurance. [Talking Points Memo]

* Previewing the issues in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes surrounding finality under the Clean Water Act. [SCOTUSblog]

* Republicans are in favor of open-carry laws, but what about at their own convention? [Gawker]

* Vice President Joe Biden has some biting words over Congress’s obstructionist plan over Merrick Garland’s nomination. [Huffington Post]

* Is there really strong opposition to free trade? Has the U.S. plunged into a policy without caring about the repercussions of said policy? [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Jian Ghomeshi was acquitted on sexual abuse charges, and now the complaining witnesses are talking about their experiences with the justice system. [Jezebel]

* Yup, the criminal justice system is super broken. After being jailed for 2 years in Rikers and still fighting to clear his name for a crime even the victim’s family doesn’t think he committed, Enger Javier now wants to be a lawyer. [Gawker]

* Emotional tale of the lives behind mandatory minimums, though this one might have a happy ending. Demaryius Thomas’s mother, recently released from prison after 15 years after being pardoned by President Obama, is going to the Super Bowl. [ESPN]

* Should conservatives accept the delegation of legislative power? Heresy! [Library of Law and Liberty]

* Is there an issue with cognitive decline on the U.S. Supreme Court? And will anyone do anything about it? [Los Angeles Times]

* It’s a jungle out there: If you’re a lawyer, when you wake up, you better be running. [Associate’s Mind]

* Yup, a law student is suing over a wafer-less Kit-Kat. [Yahoo]

* We previously mentioned Orrick’s opening up in Houston; here are the identities of 13 of the new partners. [Legal Business]

* Great advice for making the most of networking opportunities. [Rebooting Your Law Practice]

* ATL managing editor David Lat will be in San Francisco a week from today, and you’re cordially invited to meet him at this cocktail reception and Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link) book signing. [FBANC via Eventbrite]

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