Is This Plagiarized, Or Are There A Spate Of Parrot Divorces Out There?
Was this viral tweet ripped off?
Parrot Settlement Makes Lawyer Question His Career
Divorces can get weird, man...
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A Final Guilty Plea in the Berkeley Bird Beheading
The sad story of the Berkeley bird beheading comes to a close, as the third and final defendant pleads guilty.
ATL Field Trip: Viva Las Vegas
Greetings from Las Vegas, where two Above the Law editors will debating legal education tomorrow. While in town, we also paid a visit to the site of a major ATL story.
Berkeley Bird Brain Pleads Guilty to Animal Cruelty Charge
One of the Berkeley law students charged in connection with the killing of an exotic bird has pleaded guilty. What kind of sentence did he get?
So Much for Flying South: The Alleged Berkeley Bird Beheaders Have Been Criminally Charged
The bird's the word: two Boalties have been criminally charged in the decapitation of an exotic guinea fowl.
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In Defense of the Alleged Berkeley Bird Murderers
Readers come forward to defend the two Berkeley law students accused of killing an exotic bird in Las Vegas.
The Accused Berkeley Bird Beheaders: The Arrest Report, The Dean’s Reaction, and More
Continuing coverage of the two Berkeley law students accused of beheading an exotic bird -- including comment from Boalt Hall's dean, Christopher Edley, and the full Las Vegas police report, which has all sorts of interesting details.
A Closer Look at the Alleged Berkeley Bird Murderers
Let's learn more about Eric Cuellar and Justin Teixeira, the two Boalt Hall law students who have made national (and even international) news, after being accused of killing an exotic bird in Las Vegas.
Law Students of the Weekend: Alleged Berkeley Bird Beheaders
A pair of men who claim to be law students at Berkeley stand accused of killing an exotic bird at a Vegas resort. The allegations are gruesome.
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Was Judge Posner a Dodo in His Ostrich Opinion?
Of course not! But the headline got your attention, didn’t it? The notion of Judge Richard Posner as being anything other than a genius will certainly make people sit up and take notice. There’s a reason why there’s a Facebook group called Richard Posner for Philosopher King (of which I am a proud member). It […]
A Reverse Benchslap? Chastised Lawyer Lashes Out at Judge Posner
On Thanksgiving Day, while you were enjoying your turkey, we wrote about a different bird: namely, the ostrich. In a somewhat snarky opinion, Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit compared a lawyer appearing before him to an ostrich. What did the lawyer in question have to say for himself?
Thanksgiving Greetings from Above the Law!
(And a bonus benchslap from Judge Posner.)
Happy Thanksgiving, from your friends at Above the Law. As always, we give thanks to our readers, our tipsters, our advertisers, and even our commenters. We also give thanks to Judge Richard Posner. This brilliant and hilarious jurist has just given us something to chuckle over as we munch on our Thanksgiving turkey. This opinion […]