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Biglaw, Health / Wellness, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
The Struggle: When Your Biglaw Firm Forces You Out Because Of Your Depression And Alcoholism
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Health / Wellness, Law Schools
The Struggle: Will Alcoholism Treatment Affect Your Character And Fitness Review?
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Health / Wellness, Law Schools
The Struggle: Sex, Drugs, And Slitting Your Wrists In Law School
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.12.16
* I climbed the Republican presidential nominee’s building using suction cups and all I got were these lousy handcuffs: Stephen Rogata, the Virginia teenager who attempted to scale Trump Tower earlier this week, has been criminally charged with reckless endangerment and trespassing. [New York Times]
* “We adopt policy that will be beneficial to all lawyers — we don’t adopt things just to be politically correct.” Many attorneys are up in arms about the new ABA professional conduct rule which prohibits discriminating against and harassing colleagues during the practice of law, but it was something that needed to happen. [Big Law Business]
* Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has predicted “with some degree of credibility” that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will nominate Judge Merrick Garland if she wins the White House this fall. He doesn’t think Clinton will “rock the boat” with a new pick for Donald Trump’s “minions” to block. [Associated Press]
* Given the fact that 36.4 percent of lawyers surveyed qualified themselves as problem drinkers, attorney-counselor Patrick Krill has opened a consulting firm that will cater specifically to law firms, providing assistance for lawyers dealing with addiction and mental health issues. If you need help, please seek it out. [Law.com via ABA Journal]
* Who are 11 of the most successful graduates of Stanford Law School? Two are SCOTUS justices, one is a former Ninth Circuit judge, one is the executive director of the ACLU, four are business executives (one of whom invented “revenge litigation finance” to sue Gawker into bankruptcy), and the rest are public figures in politics. [Business Insider]
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Crime, Drinking, State Judges
Judge Accused Of Strangling Woman He Brought Home From Bar
State judges are apparently just like us: they get arrested for violent crimes, too. -
Biglaw, Contests, Summer Associates
What Was The Best Biglaw Summer Associate Event Of 2016?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.01.16
* An in-depth look at the 2016 cert petitions that have been granted, and those still pending. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Ballerina Misty Copeland got married to a lawyer, Olu Evans. [People]
* Remember how awful forced arbitration clauses have gotten? The Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School is doing something about it in the financial services sector. [Center JD]
* Hope you aren’t expecting any good news related to attorneys and addiction issues, because there isn’t much. [Forbes]
* How is the practice of law evolving? [Prism Legal]
* One of Donald Trump’s former attorneys really doesn’t think you should vote for him. [Huffington Post]
* Nick Denton filed for personal bankruptcy. [Law and More]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.26.16
* A judge who drank alcohol “on court premises” now has a lot of free time to drink in comfort elsewhere. [Legal Cheek]
* A fascinating research paper on how the media is leading everyone astray by portraying the Islamic State as lawless — their key to holding land is based in large part on their imposition of legal institutions. [Brookings Institute]
* Quinn Emanuel’s Susan Estrich is representing Roger Ailes. Am I alone in hoping she manages this case like she managed the Dukakis campaign? [Observer]
* The DNC Wikileaks fallout hits a law firm. Marc Elias of Perkins Coie is on record urging DNC officials to accuse Bernie Sanders of lying. I’m sure Perkins Coie will respond that he was just being “nuanced.” [Am Law Daily]
* F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law was just kidnapped in Brazil and is being held for a $36 million ransom. But, you know, let’s definitely have the Olympics there! [NPR]
* A review of the courtroom fates of a number of voter suppression tactics proposed around the country. [Economist]
* This University of Chicago professor is not happy with Judge Frank Easterbrook [Valparaiso University Law Review]
* The folks at Practice Panther took the ABA law school data and made this nice infographic. [Practice Panther]
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Running Out Of Puns: Get Ready For The Damn To Burst On Craft Beer Trademark Disputes
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Partner Issues, Videos
Biglaw Partner Goes Out In Blaze Of Glory With Musical Departure Video
This partner's leaving Manhattan for life in the countryside. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Law Firm Fakes Out Its Associates Over Pay Raises
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Biglaw Firm Throws Roving Party To Announce Pay Raises
This firm threw a party of sorts to tell associates they are getting a raise. -
Law Schools
The Struggle: Law Students Suffer From High Rates Of Depression And Binge Drinking
The numbers are disturbing. This is a huge problem.
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Drinking, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
3 Arguments In Favor Of Warrantless Breathalyzer Tests -- And Why They're Wrong
Nobody endorses drunk driving, of course -- but the underlying constitutional principles matter, even for those of us who may never run afoul of the law. -
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.21.16
* Still wondering why we got rid of the comments? Here’s David Lat’s in-depth look at the issue. (Spoiler alert: it’s because they were terrible.) [Washington Post]
* Is this the reason more attorneys aren’t seeking help for the addiction issues they face? [Law and More]
* Kansas may be hurting after a disastrous series of tax cuts, but that hasn’t stopped the politicians there. [Slate]
* How Bill Clinton’s crime bill shaped twenty years of activism. [Pacific Standard Magazine]
* Yes, it has become painfully clear that the New York electoral system is in need of reform. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* You think you know Harriet Tubman, but really, you have no idea. [Wonkblog]
* David Lat chats with Mirriam Seddiq, host of the “Not Guilty No Way” podcast, about legal blogging, perceptions of women lawyers, and his former boss, Chris Christie. [Not Guilty No Way via Soundcloud]
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Legal Ethics, State Judges
Miami Judge Accused Of Showing Up Drunk
Months after her last sanction, a Florida judge is suspended for allegedly showing up to work drunk. -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Who Needs A Business Card When You Can Be A Lawyer Stereotype?
Seven stereotypes about lawyers, reviewed by columnist Gary J. Ross. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.06.16
* Gawker asks judge to reduce or set aside the $140.1 million Hogan verdict. That’s nice to offer the judge avoid a humiliating reversal on appeal. And yet I’ve seen Wrestlemania, so expect the doomed judge to hit Nick Denton over the head with a chair while he isn’t looking before this gets better. [Capital New York]
* Ramon Fonseca assures the world that all of its operations were legal. Sure. I mean, cockfighting is still legal in Panama so this might not be the most ringing affirmation. [NBC News]
* The Stoli trademark battle may be headed to the Supreme Court. That’s absolut-ly crazy. [Law360]
* There’s an unauthorized Walking Dead theme restaurant out there in case you had a hankering for some possum and cheese whiz and there’s no Carl’s Jr. nearby. [Litigation Daily]
* Which Biglaw firms are making big bucks off baseball season? [The Am Law Daily]
* Eric Conn, dubbed “Mr. Social Security” arrested on federal charges that his immense success is due less to his legal acumen than “paying a doctor and a judge to rubber-stamp false disability claims using phony medical evidence.” Remember when he hired Miss Congeniality USA as a PR flack? Those were happier days. [ABC News]
* North Carolina releases its February bar exam results. So we know of at least 201 people who couldn’t let the championship game spoil their high. You may say, “well Duke students weren’t going to be devastated by the game.” Silly rabbit, Duke kids aren’t taking the February exam. [Bar Exam Stats]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.25.16
* Within North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ bill, they also eliminated the wrongful discharge cause of action for discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. This just gets better and better. [Lexology]
* Kansas senator Jerry Moran is the latest Republican saying that Merrick Garland deserves a hearing on his nomination. Given his strong conservative credentials, this is a real victory for the Dem’s messaging. [Huffington Post]
* Some advice for lawyers looking to end the cycle of addiction. [Law and More]
* Hey! There’s good news out of Florida! Governor Rick Scott signed into law a bill to test the backlog of rape kits. [Slate]
* If you want to talk about traditions, then you should support a hearing on Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. [Trib Talk]
* On conquering anxiety. [Forbes]
* The video you didn’t even know you needed. RuPaul’s Drag Race takes on the Supreme Court. [YouTube]
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