Public Defender
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Crime, Job Searches, Public Interest
The Worst Job In The Legal Profession
It’s not that the pay is necessarily worse — though when all is said and done, it almost assuredly is — it’s that the job is a delicious cocktail of overwhelming responsibility and bad public policy.
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Lawyerly Lairs: Public Defenders Have Homes With Indoor Plumbing!
What kind of house can you afford on a public defender’s salary?
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“I’ve landed a job as an associate at a top law firm, but why am I paying 7% on my student loans?”
I became a lawyer without really understanding that the job cuts time off of your life. My work hours are long, I can’t see my family or friends, and I am constantly at the mercy of the partner or the client. On top of everything, at one point, I was paying 7% on my law school loans. […]
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Defense Counsel Doesn’t Like ‘Poopyheads’
A public defender has some fun with her filings.
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Crime, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology, Trials
Today’s Tech: A Public Defender And Her iPad
Tech columnist Niki Black looks at how one criminal defense attorney uses an iPad to support her practice and better represent her clients.
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Patton Oswalt As General Zod’s Public Defender, ‘Leg-El’
If you’ve ever wondered how General Zod got railroaded in that trial…
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Murder, Police, Public Interest, Quote of the Day
It Ain’t Easy Being A Public Defender
Because days off are important.
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Hotties, Romance and Dating, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Very Prestigious Lawyers Are Selling Themselves To Women For The Highest Price
Who is the most prestigious piece of lawyerly man meat? See for yourself….
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Crime, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Small Law Firms, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime, Williams & Connolly
4 Ways To Break Into White-Collar Criminal Defense Work
Matt Kaiser outlines the most common paths into a popular practice area.
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Breasts, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Lawyer Allegedly Fondles His Clients, But ‘Only The Special Ones’
This lawyer’s alleged actions should be entered into the attorney misconduct hall of shame.
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Lessons Learned from the Top eDiscovery Cases and Trends from 2014
The adage that law turns slowly does not hold in eDiscovery. This year saw unprecedented sanction awards for falling behind the curve. Courts did not hesitate to engage with advanced and nuanced technological issues. For lawyers and other eDiscovery professionals who plan on maintaining basic competence, these cases and trends shouldn’t be overlooked. For a full exploration of trends and developments in this area of case law, check out this on-demand webinar.
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Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Movies, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Filmmaker
Why be a lawyer when you can make movies about law instead?
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Defamation, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, Screw-Ups, Violence
* Do we really need another “50 Best Law Schools” ranking list? Meh. But we know you want to find out if your school made the cut. [Business Insider]
* What’s the hardest part of being a public defender? Is it a) the low pay, b) the long hours, or c) getting punched in the face by an unhappy client? [Huffington Post]
* This lawyer is involved in a mess of defamation accusations because he made the mistake of paying attention to anonymous comments. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Only amateur fibbers simply pretend they have cancer. If you want to be the real deal, you gotta tell all your friends you also don’t have health insurance and get them to raise three grand to pay for your imaginary chemo. [Legal Juice]
* So, I would never fake an injury to get to use a wheelchair, because of the serious karma issues it would probably create in my life (e.g., above blurb). But I will say I went to Disneyland once with a physically disabled friend, and it was freaking amazing. I’ve never waited in so few lines in my life. [Consumerist]
* I think the lesson here is that it’s generally poor parenting to name your child after the sound a bomb makes. [CBS Cleveland via Legal Blog Watch]
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Facebook, Lawyer of the Day, Murder, Rank Stupidity, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Trials
Lawyer of the Day: Miami PD Posts Pictures of Client’s Underwear on Facebook, Causes Mistrial
A Miami public defender caused a mistrial and potentially scuttled her career by posting photos of a client’s underwear online.
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Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Rudeness, State Judges
‘Oh Sh*t': Attorney Faces Discipline for Allegedly Cursing in Court
Sh*t My Lawyer Says. You know, like the word “sh*t,” allegedly uttered by one Illinois lawyer in open court.
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New Orleans, Politics, Pro Bono, Public Interest, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Orders Random Lawyers To Defend Poor People
There is a judge in New Orleans who doesn’t want poor people to just go away. There is a judge in New Orleans who wants the larger community to not only see but also defend poor people who appear in his court. He hopes that if some prominent people have to get some skin in the game, maybe they won’t be so eager to cut essential legal services to indigent defendants….
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American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Football, Law Schools, LSAT, Morning Docket, Tax Law
* Most Americans can look forward to a tax increase in 2012 because our elected officials would rather bicker with each other than do their jobs. Happy freakin’ New Year! [Los Angeles Times] * Duncan Law’s dean sheds some light on why the ABA might have denied the school provisional accreditation. Come on, what’s not […]
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Barack Obama, Breasts, Facebook, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson, Money, Morning Docket, Wall Street
* Guys in my high school White House dropped threats to veto defense bills authorizing infinite detention of U.S. citizens all the time, it was no big deal. Nothing like bastardizing the Sixth Amendment. [New York Times] * So much for occupying the court system, eh? This judge won’t budge on dismissals, and more than […]
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KINNEY’S TOP DOGS IN HONG KONG OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS
For about the 40th time in the last five years, Kinney Recruiting’s got a team flying to Hong Kong for visits with clients and candidates. Please feel free to reach out to Evan and Robert at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com and set up a meeting with them if you would like to discuss your career and the market.
