Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.16

* In case you've been wondering about what happened to Jill Easter, the lawyer who, along with her attorney husband, planted drugs on a former PTA president at her son's school, we've got you covered. Easter, who has since changed her name to Ava Everheart, shared her trials and tribulations on the Dr. Phil show yesterday afternoon. We'll have more on this later. [OC Register] * Wisconsin law grads don't have to take the bar to be admitted to practice, so you have to do something heinous to be denied admission. All this guy did was inflate his GPA on a transcript, falsely claim to be on law review, and "forget" about some speeding tickets. The state Supreme Court granted him conditional admission anyway. [Journal Sentinel] * Being a member of the Supreme Court Bar is pretty awesome and comes with some prestigious perks. Not only do SCOTUS Bar members get an impressive-looking membership document, but they also get "preferred admission and seating at key Court arguments." That's not bad for the $200 price of lifetime admission. [Big Law Business] * Led by Alan Dershowitz, a slew of law professors are speaking out against the Department of Education to condemn actions that have led to the "pervasive and severe infringements" of students' due-process and free-speech rights with regard to sexual harassment and misconduct complaints across college campuses. [WSJ Law Blog] * Which law schools have enrolled the highest percentage of students from underrepresented minorities? At 10 legal institutions, minority enrollment exceeded 52 percent, which is a rarity in the stereotypically lily-white land of law schools. More law schools should strive to be as diverse as the those named in this ranking. [U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky on May 19, 2016 8:54 am
Jill and Kent Easter

Jill and Kent Easter

* In case you’ve been wondering about what happened to Jill Easter, the lawyer who, along with her attorney husband, planted drugs on a former PTA president at her son’s school, we’ve got you covered. Easter, who has since changed her name to Ava Everheart, shared her trials and tribulations on the Dr. Phil show yesterday afternoon. We’ll have more on this later. [OC Register]

* Wisconsin law grads don’t have to take the bar to be admitted to practice, so you have to do something heinous to be denied admission. All this guy did was inflate his GPA on a transcript, falsely claim to be on law review, and “forget” about some speeding tickets. The state Supreme Court granted him conditional admission anyway. [Journal Sentinel]

* Being a member of the Supreme Court Bar is pretty awesome and comes with some prestigious perks. Not only do SCOTUS Bar members get an impressive-looking membership document, but they also get “preferred admission and seating at key Court arguments.” That’s not bad for the $200 price of lifetime admission. [Big Law Business]

* Led by Alan Dershowitz, a slew of law professors are speaking out against the Department of Education to condemn actions that have led to the “pervasive and severe infringements” of students’ due-process and free-speech rights with regard to sexual harassment and misconduct complaints across college campuses. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Which law schools have enrolled the highest percentage of students from underrepresented minorities? At 10 legal institutions, minority enrollment exceeded 52 percent, which is a rarity in the stereotypically lily-white land of law schools. More law schools should strive to be as diverse as the those named in this ranking. [U.S. News]

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