Law Clerks
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Law Schools
More From Professor Amy Chua About Her Clerkship Counseling
And an update on the Tiger Mother's health as well: she has been released from the hospital. -
Courts
Come Hell Or Sexual Assault Accusation, Kavanaugh's Female Clerks Are Standing By Their Man
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Courts
So Brett Kavanaugh's Hired A Bunch Of Women Law Clerks -- Who Cares?
We need to stop giving out gold stars and start handing out demerits when judges consistently fail to hire diverse candidates.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.11.18
* “We never once saw him take a shortcut, treat a case as unimportant, or search for an easy answer.” According to 34 of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s former clerks, the man is apparently not just a judge, but also a saint, and they wanted the Senate Judiciary Committee to know all of the details. [National Law Journal]
* Nice guys get confirmed fast? More on Judge Kavanaugh’s sainthood. The man coaches not one, but two girls’ basketball teams, he’s a superb “carpool dad,” and he takes a family friend’s daughter whose father died to the school’s annual father-daughter dance each and every year. He’s just so nice! [Washington Post]
* Damn, it’s not just Arizona Summit’s graduates who can’t practice law in Arizona. Three lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis — including Paul Clement, Viet Dinh, and Christopher Bartolomucci — were booted from the school’s case against the ABA for failing to comply with out-of-state attorney admission procedures. [Law360]
* Acording to the Boston Larger Law Firm Managing Partner Group, “much work needs to be done” when it comes to attorneys who have experienced inappropriate sexual behavior at work. Per a recent study, 60 percent of respondents had either received messages of a personal or sexual nature, been touched inappropriately, or witnessed a coworker being touched inappropriately. [Boston Business Journal]
* Lawyerly Lairs: Convicted Murderer Edition. The 80-acre ranch of Claud “Tex” McIver, the former Fisher Phillips partner who shot his wife in the back, is now on the auction block, and there’s a dispute over who will receive the proceeds. [Daily Report]
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Courts
Order In The Court, Order In The Court: The Law Clerk Hiring Plan Returns!
What's the latest proposal on the table, and will it actually work? -
Government
Congratulations To The 2018 Bristow Fellows
Plus rankings of the law schools and lower-court judges that send the most folks into these prestigious posts. -
Biglaw
Which Biglaw Firm Is Now Offering $105K Clerkship Bonuses?
Clerkship bonuses have remained stagnant through the recession, but it's time for the market to move. - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.18
Ed. note: We will not be publishing on Monday, January 15, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
* Will Geoffrey Berman, acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, recuse from Deutsche Bank matters? It sure sounds like he should…. [Bloomberg Politics]
* Judge Shira A. Scheindlin and Joel Cohen offer advice to companies on how to handle sexual harassment allegations in a manner consistent with due process. [Guardian]
* And Glenn Reynolds has this modest proposal, also related to the problem of sexual harassment (in the federal judiciary): abolish clerkships. [Wall Street Journal]
* A quartet of tax law professors explain how a proposal to transform state and local tax payments into deductible charitable contributions to state and local government organizations could actually work.
[Slate]* From Biglaw to big bucks: former associates Stephen Scanlan and Travis Leon sell their law-related startup, XRef, for a cool $10 million. [RollOnFriday]
* Professor Eugene Volokh: “There’s a fine line between being a ‘badass’ and….” [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* “Appeals court OKs F-Bombs for federal trademark protection.” F**king finally. [Techdirt]
* The Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case ends with a whimper: former accounting manager Victoria Harrington just got sentenced to unconditional release (i.e., no prison time). [Law360]
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Clerkships, Federal Judges
Posner's Former Clerks On What It's Like To Work For A Great Legal Mind
Judge Posner loves his cat. -
Supreme Court
Law Clerk Explains To Reporter That He Really Is Kind Of A Jerk
Gorsuch's clerk seems to hate working people as much as his boss. -
Clerkships, Old People, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
The 40-Year-Old SCOTUS Clerk
Who's the oldest person ever to serve as a Supreme Court clerk? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.26.17
* President Trump’s personal legal team: “It’s utter chaos. Sometimes it can be like no one knows who is in charge.” [Washington Post]
* Adam Feldman predicts that the travel ban is going down before SCOTUS. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* The Trump tweets on banning transgender individuals from the military aren’t the only bad news for the LGBTQ community today. [Washington Blade]
* A nice win for the First Amendment and public access to court records. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Ira Stoll wonders (with good reason): why did the New York Times account of this high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit name the law firm, but not the plaintiff? [Smarter Times]
* Clerkships guru Debra M. Strauss, who has written for our pages on the topic, is out with a second edition of Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships (affiliate link).
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Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: To Know A Judge, Know Her Clerks
At least three of the nine justices are done hiring clerks for October Term 2018 (2018-2019). -
Anthony Kennedy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
No, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Is Not Retiring Tomorrow
Based on this weekend's reunion of his law clerks, reports of AMK's retirement are greatly exaggerated. -
Clerkships, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
A Closer Look At Justice Neil Gorsuch's Current Clerks
Let's learn more about this formidable foursome. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet Justice Neil Gorsuch's Clerks
These clerks are like their boss: brilliant, well-credentialed, and (seemingly) conservative. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Next Generation (Of Feeder Judges)
These emerging feeder judges are a high-powered and diverse group. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: October Term 2017 Is Done; Let's Turn To 2018
Don't count on any justice retiring before the end of next Term. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: October Term 2017 Is Filling Up Fast
All the justices are done hiring for next Term, except for one -- can you guess who?