Federal Judges
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Federal Judges
Our New Favorite Federal Jurist Punches Up Opinions With Pop Culture References
Federal judge binge-watches shows and can't stop thinking about them when he's at work. -
Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators
Benchslap Of The Day: Turnabout Is... Painful
"Indeed, if the Court were forced to sanction anyone, the Court would sanction.... [the sanction seeker]." - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Litigators
Is The 'Kozinski Solution' To The Problem Of Overlong Briefs Gaining Traction?
Could this become a trend in the federal appellate courts?
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Litigators
Judge Kozinski Won't Read Your 'Fat' Or 'Chubby' Brief
Protip: when in the Ninth Circuit, avoid filing an overlength brief at all costs. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: An Analysis Of The October Term 2016 Clerk Class
Which law schools and feeder judges produced the most SCOTUS clerks for the upcoming Term? -
Federal Judges, Pets, Richard Posner, Weirdness
Principled Premises, Platitudes, Presuppositions, Palliatives, And Post-Mortems Of Posnerian Jurisprudence
"These tweets provide unique insight into the work of the American judicial mind -- Judge Posner’s mind is quite typical." -
Clerkships, Law Schools, Rankings
The Best Law Schools For Getting Federal Clerkships
Twenty-four law schools were ranked. Did yours make the cut? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: A Look At October Term 2017
Some justices are done with their OT 2017 hiring, and some are not. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List
Congratulations to these 34 outstanding young lawyers! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.21.16
* The Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, rules that Texas’s voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act by having discriminatory effects on minority voters (but remands on the issue of discriminatory purpose). [How Appealing]
* It appears that yes, Roger Ailes is on his way out at Fox News — thanks in part to the work of lawyers from Paul, Weiss. [New York Times]
* Matt and Melissa Graves, the parents whose two-year-old son was killed by an alligator at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort, will not be suing Disney. [Washington Post]
* Congratulations to exoneree Jarrett Adams, who served nearly eight years in prison for a crime he did not commit, on his admission to the New York bar. [ABA Journal]
* Republican VP nominee Mike Pence is a lawyer, and his Democratic counterpart probably will be as well: shortlisters Tim Kaine, Thomas Perez, and Tom Vilsack are all lawyers, and James Stavridis is a law dean. [New York Times]
* A California man gets convicted in a plot to kill two prosecutors, two FBI agents, and federal judge Andrew Guilford — with a wood chipper. [Los Angeles Times via ABA Journal]
* A New York appeals court affirms a ruling in favor of Boies Schiller in a malpractice suit brought by fashion model Mary Anne Fletcher. [Big Law Business]
* A bit more about former Attorney General Eric Holder’s work for Airbnb (a development we noted yesterday). [American Lawyer]
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9th Circuit, Federal Judges
This Federal Judge Just Loves Nerding Out
Judge Owens agrees this is the law, but that doesn't mean he thinks it should be the law. -
Alex Kozinski, Federal Judges
Judge Kozinski's Dis Of A Fellow Feeder Judge
Who knew that commercial speech and the First Amendment could provoke such a strong reaction?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.06.16
* Not your most typical legal job: the life of a PETA lawyer. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Joe Scarborough has weighed in on Donald Trump’s statement about Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Mexican heritage. For the record, the former Republic Congressman thinks “[i]t’s completely racist.” [Politico]
* Based on comments Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have made, what will our next Supreme Court justice be like? [Empirical SCOTUS]
* They may hate him, but with the perspective of three years, it is clear Edward Snowden actually helped the legal intelligence community. [Lawfare]
* Donald Trump “fought back” against Elizabeth Warren, saying she made a “quick killing” in real estate after the economic downturn, but what do you know? Facts suggest otherwise (namely that she bought real estate in Oklahoma to help her family and their construction business). [Washington Post]
* You can win an early copy of The Curve, a brand new novel by Jeremy Blachman and Cameron Stracher, about a corrupt Trump University-style law school. They’ve set up a website for the fake law school in the book, and would love readers to check it out and submit their own worst law school story for a chance to win an advance copy. [Manhattan Law School]
* Who knows what the composition of the Court will be like when they hear it, but the Supreme Court will take on another racial gerrymandering case. [Election Law Blog]
* The D.C. Disciplinary Counsel took seven years to pass judgment on an administrative law judge who sued a dry cleaner for $60 million over a pair of pants. [Legal Profession Blog]
* What Muhammad Ali lost when he went to the Supreme Court. [Slate]
* Using the life of a passed appellate attorney as inspiration for practice. [Guile is Good]
* Does a sound legal case exist for indicting Hillary Clinton? [Beck’s Law]
* BuzzFeed turns down cold hard cash over its decision to turn away Trump for President ads. [Buzzfeed]
* The “Gig Economy” — things are only getting worse for adjunct professors. [Law and More]
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Law School Deans, Law Schools
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On Judge Posner's 'Divergent Paths'
Some of Judge Posner's points are clearly correct; in other cases, the situation is more complicated than he seems to appreciate. -
Federal Judges
This Federal Judge Is As Obsessed With Game Of Thrones As The Rest Of Us
What's this federal judge like underneath his robes? -
Donald Trump, Federal Judges
Donald Trump Continues To Spew Vitriol About 'Hater' Judge
Ugh. What on earth did he say this time? -
Benchslaps
This Judge Just WRECKED Obama's Justice Department
This is downright brutal. And unnecessary. -
Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
'The White Man's Burden': A Frank And Funny Interview With Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas opened up in a candid, wide-ranging interview with Chief Judge Carl Stewart of the Fifth Circuit. -
Federal Judges, In-House Counsel, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
On Judging Judges
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers his views on the evaluation of judicial nominees.