Benchslap of the Day: Rude, Crude, and a Bad Attitude
If you're rude and crude with a bad attitude, you can wind up in some serious trouble with the state ethics panel....
Lawyer Sends a Passive-Aggressive Break-Up Brief Via Text
As we know from our Courtship Connection service, the dating scene is pretty rough for lawyers in New York City — but it’s even worse if you’ve chosen a non-lawyer as your date....
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Non-Sequiturs: 05.11.12
* Stab your lawyer with a pencil once, shame on you. Stab him a second time, shame on me. Stab him a third time, they will strap you to your chair with a “stun cuff” so it doesn’t happen a fourth time. [Legal Blog Watch] * (Crack) cocaine is a hell of a drug. [Legal Juice] * A first-person account of why you don’t ever, ever want to end up in central booking. [The Crown] * Telling opposing counsel you hope she “sleep[s] with the fishes” is mean and inappropriate. But on top of that, what the heck do you even stand to gain from saying that sort of thing? [Minneapolis StarTribune] * If you want to complain about racial profiling at airports, there’s an app for that! [Prawfsblawg] * To catch (an alleged) law school predator. Icky. [Delaware Online] * Seriously? This “Is it Kanye or the LSAT?” quiz is surprisingly tricky. [LSAT Blog]
Even During Finals, Some Law Students and Professors Manage to Act Like Adults
Finals week is stressful for everybody, and it leads to lots of screw-ups. But some law students and professors manage to rise above their mistakes…
PSA: Don’t Take Out Your Frustrations On Support Staff
Taking out your frustrations on those with no power is never cool...
‘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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Lawsuit of the Day: This General Counsel Is Allegedly A Teabag-Throwing Terror
A secretary is suing her former boss, an in-house attorney who gives terrible bosses a bad name…
Epic Departure Memo Follow-Up: A Five-Page Fax Says The Boss Is A Great Guy
DeMayo defense in a five page fax...
Lawyer of the Day (Part Deux): SCOTUS Victor Has Choice Words for Losing Litigant’s Lawyer
Last month, Steve Filarsky earned our Lawyer of the Day title after he sent a letter to a losing SCOTUS litigant, advising him to read the opinion “eternally from hell.” As it turns out, Filarsky wasn’t quite done with his vicious letter-writing campaign...
You Can Take Our Lives, But You’ll Never Take Our Ping Pong
We know it's finals week, and everyone is stressed and needs to study, but that's no excuse for monopolizing your law school's ping-pong table…
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Lawyer Who Lusted After Madonna Tickets Gets Slammed In Employee’s Epic Departure Memo
When somebody who knows where the bodies are buried quits, hilarity ensues...
Lawyer of the Day: SCOTUS Victor Advises Losing Litigant to Read Opinion ‘Eternally from Hell’
Sometimes, lawyers can go a little overboard with their victory dances. Sometimes, lawyers will think up some really outside-the-box ways to shame the losing litigant — and in the process, themselves.
Law Professor of the Day: Don’t Stand So Close to Me
All is fair in love and war… except for stalking...
Law License Plates: First-Tier Degrees on Second-Tier Cars
It’s been quite a while since we last discussed law-related vanity license plates. Today, we’ll be writing about lawyers who really, really love their law schools....
Lawyer of the Day: Ex-Clerk Accused in Bizarre Break-In
Our hot-blooded lawyer of the day allegedly drank too much and tried to break into a judge's house...