Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.03.15

* You know that televised Supreme Court oral arguments are a technological advance that is far away from happening when even Elena Kagan, the youngest justice on the high court, is "very conflicted" about the idea. [Legal Times] * "Legal jujitsu. Lethal jujitsu." Meet William "Hale" Kelly. He's a second-year law student at Florida A&M by day, and an MMA fighter by night (i.e., he was punched in the head so many times he thought law school was a good idea). [Orlando Sentinel] * For the fourth year in a row, Skadden snagged the top spot in the Acritas Biglaw brand index. The firm's competition -- Jones Day, Baker & McKenzie, Kirkland & Ellis, and DLA Piper -- is getting closer to overthrowing the ranking's leader. [Am Law Daily] * Justice in the United States costs a pretty penny, and it's obvious from the Department of Justice's proposed 2016 budget of $28.7 billion. It's too bad the White House set the DOJ's budget at about $13.7 billion lower than that. [WSJ Law Blog] * "At none of these top law schools do Black enrollments reach 9 percent." Diversity may be lacking at some of the nation's top law schools, but minority students who are interested in law may find welcoming homes at lower-ranked schools. [U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky on February 03, 2015 9:01 am

* You know that televised Supreme Court oral arguments are a technological advance that is far away from happening when even Elena Kagan, the youngest justice on the high court, is “very conflicted” about the idea. [Legal Times]

* “Legal jujitsu. Lethal jujitsu.” Meet William “Hale” Kelly. He’s a second-year law student at Florida A&M by day, and an MMA fighter by night (i.e., he was punched in the head so many times he thought law school was a good idea). [Orlando Sentinel]

* For the fourth year in a row, Skadden snagged the top spot in the Acritas Biglaw brand index. The firm’s competition — Jones Day, Baker & McKenzie, Kirkland & Ellis, and DLA Piper — is getting closer to overthrowing the ranking’s leader. [Am Law Daily]

* Justice in the United States costs a pretty penny, and it’s obvious from the Department of Justice’s proposed 2016 budget of $28.7 billion. It’s too bad the White House set the DOJ’s budget at about $13.7 billion lower than that. [WSJ Law Blog]

* “At none of these top law schools do Black enrollments reach 9 percent.” Diversity may be lacking at some of the nation’s top law schools, but minority students who are interested in law may find welcoming homes at lower-ranked schools. [U.S. News]