Television
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Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Fashion Victims Unit, Guilty Pleasures, Law Schools, Reality TV, Shopping, Television
A Crime of Fashion: When Law Students Dress Like Hookers
One of our tipsters alerted us to an episode of TLC's What Not to Wear -- the world's greatest guilty pleasure television show -- that we seem to have missed when it aired last year. The show featured a 2L from a southern law school, but this girl dressed more like a prostitute facing arraignment (sorry, Reema) than the lawyer representing her. So who is she, was she hot, what law school did she attend, and were Stacy and Clinton able to change this girl from a hooker to a looker? -
California, Craigslist, Reality TV, Television
Who Uses An AOL Email To Cast A Lawyer Reality Show?
For the sake of Bravo, of reality television, of the legal profession in general, Elie hopes this Craigslist ad is fake. Because if it's not, that means that Bravo is putting together a pilot for some kind of Beverly Hills-based, female-lawyer reality show, and the network is casting it on Craigslist through somebody who so has his finger on the pulse of whatever that he's still using an AOL email address. Hey, calm down L.A. ladies, he'll give you the damn email address in two seconds.... - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Courthouses, Reality TV, Television, Videos, YouTube
Best (Or Perhaps Worst) Courtroom Entrance In The World
We're about to take all take a poll, and how you answer this poll will once and for all determine whether or not you are a good person. Although this revolves around a common legal situation, you don't even have to be a lawyer to take and learn from this poll. Just watch this video....
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Celebrities, Litigatrix, Media and Journalism, Nancy Grace, Reader Polls, Reality TV, Television
Nancy Grace's Next Chapter: You Won't Believe This
Ever since the acquittal of Casey Anthony, people have been wondering: What has Nancy Grace been up to? Yesterday, "Nancy Grace" started trending on Twitter. It was from Twitter that we learned of Nancy Grace's second act. You'll have a hard time believing this, but it seems to be true.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Cellphones, Fabulosity, Fast Food, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Non-Sequiturs, Police, Privacy, Technology, Television, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 08.10.11
* Should the police be able to use mobile-phone location data in order to locate a charged defendant? Kash reports on a recent decision. [Not-So Private Parts / Forbes] * More importantly, should Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street get “gay married”? [Althouse] * The ABA takes a lot of blame for the inadequacy of […] -
Bad Ideas, Celebrities, Fame Brief, Television
Fame Brief: And You Thought Lawyers Were Only Dead Inside
Just when you thought TV had run out of legal drama series concepts, Sony Pictures TV went rummaging through 2004’s trash and resuscitated this old turd: Dead Lawyers. The series, originally developed for the Syfy channel, follows “a hotshot defense attorney [who] is run over by a bus and finds himself in his own version […] -
Death Penalty, Politics, Sentencing Law, Television
Should Executions Be Televised?
In a New York Times op-ed, mentioned previously in Morning Docket, Professor Zachary Shemtob and I argue that executions should be made public. More specifically, we argue that executions should be broadcast live or recorded for future release, on the web or on television. Public execution has some unsavory connotations, perhaps dating back to the […] -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Law Schools, Reality TV, Television
Celebrity Summer Associate: An 'Apprentice' in Law
A former star of Donald Trump's popular reality television show, The Apprentice, is now "apprenticing" at a major law firm, as a summer associate. Who is this ex-Apprentice, and where is this person working? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Winner
You, the readers, have spoken. Who is the most popular fictional lawyer of the past 30 years? -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Final
Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier! And by “Frazier,” clearly I mean Lionel Hutz. From my perspective, Lionel Hutz losing in the semifinal round was a huge upset. I don’t want to take anything away from Jack McCoy — whose face is probably next to the word “lawyer” in the dictionary for a generation of […] -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Final Four
If you haven't been following our Fictional Lawyer Madness competition, the time has come to vote on the Final Four. We started with 32 lawyer characters, but the top four shouldn't really surprise anybody. Polls don't close until Sunday, July 10 at 11:59 p.m., so you have ample time to get your vote on. -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: Regional Finals Part Two
I want the record to show that I tried. In our Fictional Lawyer Madness contest, I really tried to find a lot of female legal characters to put into the bracket. Of the 32 lawyers in the bracket, eight were female. One fourth is not a lot, but given the preponderance of male lawyer characters […] -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Regional Finals, Part One
And now our Fictional Lawyers Tournament gets serious. We are into the regional finals. The Elite Eight. People have handicapped the tournament. I’ve bet on the tournament (at least I would have if gambling were legal). And now we are here. Powerhouse v. Powerhouse. As usual today we’ll vote on the left side, Thursday we’ll […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: Sweet Sixteen Part Two
At this stage in our Fictional Lawyer Madness bracket, the very, very young ATL summer intern has a perfect bracket so far, and mine is tanking. I picked based on who I thought you crazy readers would vote for. The fetus picked based on the lawyers he had actually heard of. The lesson, as always, […] -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Sweet Sixteen, Part One
We know that you like March Madness, but what about Fictional Lawyers Madness? Voting closes on Sunday, June 26, 2011, at 11:59 p.m., so read on to vote for your favorite character unless you want your bracket to be ruined. -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: Round 1, Part 2
Yesterday we kicked off the Fictional Lawyer Madness by starting the voting on the left side of the bracket. Today, we’re opening up the right side. On this side of the bracket we have more movie characters, and more female characters. And there has been one big change from yesterday’s bracket. I forgot to add […] -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: Your Favorite Fictional Lawyers of the Past 30 Years
About a month ago, I asked for nominees for an epic bracket that would ask: Who is your favorite fictional lawyer. The suggestions flowed in. In the comments, over email, via Twitter, and even from people I met in bars. And the tips came from all kinds of people. Lawyers and law students, their parents, […] -
Crime, Litigators, Murder, Nancy Grace, Television, Trials
Fear And Loathing, The Squeakquel
I knew the moment would come when I’d have to watch a full hour of Nancy Grace and I was not looking forward to it. The daytime anchors and hosts had been mere fluffers for Nancy Grace’s performance at night and there were multiple teases to her show throughout the day. For Nancy Grace is […] -
Crime, Litigators, Murder, Nancy Grace, Television, Trials
Fear And Loathing On Headline News
On Sunday night, I was sitting on my couch eating Chicken McNuggets®, when Lat Skyped™ me. The following is a faithful transcript of our conversation. Lat: Hey Juggs, I’ve got an assignment for you. Wait, why aren’t you wearing a shirt? Me: Why are you wearing a top hat? L: Touché. Listen, I have an […] -
Advertising, Lawyer Advertising, Small Law Firms, Television
Size Matters: Television Advertising -- Is It Worth It?
The other day, I was watching television and I saw several commercials advertising divorce firms and personal injury firms. One ad featured a scene of nursing home neglect, followed by dramatic music and terms like “BEDSORES,” flashed across the screen in all-caps. Another ad featured William Shatner asking me if I needed legal help. Two […]