The Title Of This Court Filing Will Amaze You!
Best title ever for an opposition to a motion to dismiss.
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....
Meet Me At ILTACON: Opus 2 And AI Workbench
Swing by Booth 800 for a look at the latest in AI-powered case management.
Update On Augustus Sol Invictus, Now With Video
One recent law graduate with crazy sauce, coming right up.
The Kind Of Unhinged Departure Memo That Would Have Been WAY Funnier Before The Marathon Attack
I don't usually say this, but this "departure memo" was way too soon.
Sports Law, Spaw, Lorts: And Politics Too
As part of Florida's ongoing quest to entertain us, nine men were arrested in connection with a wide-ranging gambling ring -- involving youth football games. Hut, hut, hike!
This Was Pretty Much the Most Unhelpful Recommendation Letter Imaginable
A disbarred lawyer asking for letters of support gets an unexpected -- and very unhelpful -- reply.
Reasoning, Tool Calling, And Agentic Systems In Legal LLMs
Domain-specific AI provides accuracy and reliable legal reasoning.
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.
Florida State 3L Allegedly Shoots Florida State 2L
A Florida State 3L stands accused in the shooting of a Florida State 2L.
Morning Docket: 07.30.12
* Apple is considering digging its greasy Gorilla Glass hands into Twitter. How long until they unveil the iChirp and the iStupidDessertPic? [New York Times] * I’m sorry your three-year-old shot you with your Glock. Perhaps the safety could be better, but perhaps you shouldn’t have left a loaded gun within reach of a toddler, either. [JD Journal] * Mitt Romney hightailed it out of England as fast as he could. He spent Sunday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I don’t think it’s hard to guess what he was praying for. [Washington Post] * Bad day: getting your hand bitten off by an alligator. Worse day: facing charges of “unlawful feeding” of said alligator. Do I even have to say this happened in Florida? [ABC News] * In continuing stupid Olympic news, NBC has caught a bunch of flak for cutting a tribute to victims of terror attacks from its U.S. broadcast. Apparently the segment wasn’t “tailored for a U.S. audience.” Well, neither is Mr. Bean. And we handled that fine, right? [Gawker] * I just got back from Alaska. I’m so excited to go back indoors and get back to my desk after flying around mountains and looking at stupid, ugly glaciers for a week. /Sarcasm. [Twitter]
Trials and Error: The Casey Anthony Case
So what was that Casey Anthony case all about anyway? Here's a short primer.
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Law Students of the Day: Two Gators Take a Bite Out of Crime
Two Florida law students recently helped apprehend a fugitive from justice. How did they do it?
The Flori-duh Version of Charity Towards The Homeless
If you have watched political campaigns all of your life, or if you are just a student of modern political history, you’ll notice that the poor are rarely talked about on the campaign trail. We can talk about the rich (or at least our so-called envy of them), and the middle class is like the […]
Arguably The Best Use Of Sexism And Unethical Behavior Ever
We all know that firms put the prettiest secretaries on the floors clients see, while the floors with associates who share offices are staffed by hagravens. T&A has been used to secure clients probably since we moved out of the state of nature. Lawyers in the great city of Miami are just taking this natural service and extending to to criminal defendants. What's so wrong with that?
Quote of the Day: Driving a Mercedes But Seeking a Hummer?
I am just a horny guy. — a comment allegedly made to the police by University of Miami law professor D. Marvin Jones, upon being arrested for a prostitution-related offense last month. (This is not the first time Professor Jones has been accused of such a crime. Back in 2007, we named him a Lawyer […]
Miami Criminal Law Professor Accused of Prostitution-Related Offense — Again
In October 2007, Professor D. Marvin Jones of the University of Miami School of Law was hit with a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a prostitute. We found it interesting that a criminal procedure professor was charged with, well, violating the criminal law. We bestowed Lawyer of the Day honors upon Professor Jones. Well, it seems that Professor Jones is back. Multiple University of Miami law school sources have alerted us to a new charge against him....