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Legal Ethics
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Will New Jersey Remove Mental Health Questions From Its Bar Exam Application?
This is an important change that would eliminate a barrier to mental health treatment.
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Courts
Lawyers, Clients Forced To Freeze Their Butts Off Outside This Federal Courthouse
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.09.22
* A survival guide for New York living as a lawyer. [Global Legal Post]
* Looks like NJ teachers may have even more work on their plates! [Bronx.News]
* David Stras spoke about The Holocaust and Free Speech at Harvard Law. Check out the write-up! [The Crimson]
* Trademark just doesn’t trademark like it used to. [Bloomberg Law]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.05.22
* Nothing says spooky month like learning about zombie laws! [Idaho Capital Sun]
* Have you heard of Texas’ No Surprises Act? Here’s a primer. [AMA-ASSN]
* New Jersey is trying to make a Voting Rights Act of its own. [New Jersey Monitor]
* The newest objection to Biden’s loan relief? It helps Black people too much. [Wa Po]
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Government
It Will Be Hard To Solve These Cases Of Supermarket Theft By Locking The Goods Behind The Counter
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.31.22
* Banning shopping bags led to people just stealing the shopping baskets. I can’t even think of a witty line for this one. Gotta love Dirty Jersey. [USA Today]
* Donny Boy may have moved some classified documents. What is that illegal? Well…yes. [NPR]
* The directions to Times Square just took on a whole new level of legal importance. [NBC New York]
* Californian bill vindicates Nate Dogg’s life advice for us all. [The Hill]
* Californian law requires businesses to tell what they pay their workers. Maybe one day we can afford that stupid “How much do you expect to make working here?” question in interviews. [USA Today]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.01.22
* Requiem for the Vote: The Six Christians of the United States (SCOTUS) are slated to hear a case on voting rights next term. [CNN]
* It’s the first of the month — here’s what’s new in Virginia. [WTOP]
* “Don’t Say Gay” just took effect in Florida. [The Hill]
* NJ’s limit on gun ammo capacity is probably about to go the way of the Establishment Clause. [New Jersey Monitor]
* In today’s episode of anti-CRT: Chattel slavery was just an involuntary relocation. [AP]
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Government
Could Overturning Roe Change This State's Motto?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.15.22
* After the Alito leak, NJ is marketing itself as the new Delaware. [NPR]
* A SCOTUS decision could be the difference between 20k more guns in New York. [CBS News]
* As much of a win Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation was, there’s more work to be done. [Bloomberg Law]
* Kentucky is suing over their blocked abortion law. [Lex18]
* Landed the Biglaw gig and still feel like you aren’t measuring up? Some great advice on this thread. [Reddit]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.20.22
* Sick flight: airborne passengers remove masks mid flight in response to a Judge overturning federal mask mandates. [Vice]
* It’s hip to be kind: Mainers want to extend their Good Samaritan laws. [WMTW]
* Not done fighting: Wendy Davis continues the legal fight against SB8. [KTSA]
* Governor increases penalties for selling Fentanyl. [WAPT]
* Forgiveness ain’t cheap: NJ diocese shells out over $85 million to settle sexual abuse claims. [AP]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.10.22
* In Buffalo, wild winging it lands man in legal trouble. [WGRZ]
* Something about you is different: an Oxford and Cincinnati firm merge under a new name. [Journal News]
* Can’t stand the heat? These UCLA law students are legislating the kitchen. [Newsroom]
* New Jersey will stop doing business with Russia in light of their invading Ukraine. In other news, I just found out New Jersey did business with Russia. [New Jersey Monitor]
* Oklahoma living: Wondered the legal way to get rid of raccoons by chance? Read this over your morning coffee. [WKDQ]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.03.22
* Share the road, or else! Jersey law is a win for cyclists and pedestrians. [North Jersey]
* Rhode Island’s Supreme Court just overturned a law that considered those serving lifetime sentences civilly dead. [AP]
* Allow me to shamelessly advertise: Elie Mystal’s new book just dropped — buy it to impress your friends and lovers. May have to settle for the audiobook for a bit though. [Above the Law]
* Put your money where your school is: Florida mayor commits $5M to soon-to-be law school. [ABA Journal]
* Stop cutting me off! Churches are recharacterizing their charitable efforts as free speech to work around governments preventing them from helping the homeless. [Vice]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.16.22
* “Wait, are we the bad guys?” The moral ambiguity of Law & Order may be indicative of our legal zeitgeist. Or something, I just write jokes. [NYT]
* One man’s consideration of financial need is another man’s price fixing. While Yale won’t like being the cause for litigation, I have a funny feeling they know a few good lawyers. [Yale Daily News]
* Tired of venture capitalist bros being the only ones insufferably discussing NFTs? Learn the legal angles now and wow your soon-to-be ex-friends! Here’s a primer. [Legalscoops]
* Prison industrial complex to human rights breach pipeline? New Jersey’s Institute for Social Justice says denying the formerly incarcerated the right to vote is a human rights violation. [Insider NJ]
* Share with them a penny for the ferryman: Houston law firm does a little democracy assistance by fronting voters’ transportation costs. [NBC DFW]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.04.22
* Not on my watch! Montana judge rules that last minute changes to a law were unconstitutional. [Billings Gazette]
* Deal with it: Despite Republican frustrations, New Jersey’s Supreme Court finds no issue with their congressional map. [Politico]
* Broken clocks need an attorney at least twice a day: Guy committing identify fraud is arrested because the dude he’s frauding also had a warrant. [Richmond Register]
* Utah bill is set to give parents full reign over what teachers are able to teach children. Helicopter mommy and daddy better be chipping in on school supplies too! [Salt Lake Tribune]
* A bill just got introduced in Oklahoma that would let you sue teachers for $10k if they teach something against your religion. The biggest display of faith here is the thought that teachers could make good on that judgment. [Independent]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.03.22
* Teamwork makes the dream work! Small firms are merging together in New Jersey. [Law.com]
* Mississippi has legalized medical marijuana for debilitating conditions. Think it’s about time for it to be taken off the Schedule I list yet? [AP News]
* Requiem for a career: Controversy arises as a proponent of election fraud tries to rebrand as a crooner. [Bleeding Cool]
* Record keeping you down? Utah’s clean slate law might be a bit of help. Tell a friend! Who lives in Utah, of course. [At The U]
* You’ve hakuna’d your last matata! Californians look to legal solutions to deal with their feral hog problem. [Eater]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.01.22
* Hit the road Jack, but know you can’t track no more. If you’re an employer in New Jersey and don’t have permission, that is. [NLR]
* Don’t like having money? Check out this list to see if your school is one of the most expensive to attend for that JD! [News-Daily]
* A judge recently decided that two students suing Yale Law school won’t be granted anonymity. Hope the news doesn’t get out too bad. [Yale Daily News]
* A Jersey firm is suing TD bank for allegedly letting people steal $200k+ from the firm’s account. Talk about overdraft fees. [Law360]
* Know anybody in Philly that could be facing eviction? They might be able to get the pro bono help they need. Spread the word! [Inquirer]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.31.22
* GULC’s Black Law Student Association wants Ilya Shapiro’s teaching contract revoked. My only question is, how do you get fired on your day off? [Newsone]
* Swiper, No Swiping! Jersey has new heavy penalties for porch thieves. [UPI]
* Another gun rights case could be headed to the Supreme Court soon if these 25 states get their way. [The Center Square]
* Is recording officer arrests speech? The legality of a law meant to prevent interference with Miami officer’s arrests may be unconstitutional. [Miami Herald]
* An Arizona senator wants to make the state more crypto-friendly by recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. I’ll give it two weeks before an employee who makes $1500 a week sues for receiving a paycheck below the federal minimum wage because the crypto-market tanks after a spicy Elon tweet. [CryptoPotato]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.20.22
* SCOTUS denied Trump’s attempt to block over 700 pages of information about the Jan. 6th attempted coup. Hopefully it’s not just a series of the rioters reciting their favorite lines from “The Apprentice.“ [CNBC]
* A guy who allegedly assaulted a police officer at the failed coup doubles down and gets arrested for driving drunk. This is what happens when you don’t comply, I guess. [Daily Beast]
* Sold on the idea that you’ll just work summers in law school? While it’s not impossible, give this thread a run though — might give you some perspective. [Reddit]
* Prof. Chemerinsky gives a rallying cry for students and professors. Though heartfelt, it is unlikely to answer the question on most students’ minds: “How do I approach the final?” [Mercury News]
* No more peanut gallery: New Jersey just banned packing peanuts to help save the environment. Save the earth and all, but I hope they don’t come for my dear bubble wrap! [NJ.com]