Bridget Anne Kelly

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.05.15

* Per Dean David Herring, applications have tanked at New Mexico Law (ATL #18) -- we're talking a 30% drop over the past five years. Wait, no, nevermind, the school's assistant admissions dean says things are great. Oops? [Albuquerque Journal; Albuquerque Business First] * Gov. Chris Christie thought he was through with the Bridgegate scandal, but oh, how wrong he was. His former deputy chief of staff's lawyers want to subpoena Gibson Dunn's work product, but the firm claims it doesn't exist. [Talking Points Memo] * ¡Ay dios mío! This week, a New York appellate court ruled that Cesar Vargas, an undocumented immigrant, should be eligible to practice law in the state, completely sidestepping federal law and a Justice Department brief to the contrary. [WSJ Law Blog] * Concordia Law is getting a second chance at obtaining provisional accreditation from the ABA. This would've been way more helpful before the majority of its third-year students transferred to an accredited school so they could take the bar exam. [Idaho Statesman] * The ex-GC of Zara has filed a discrimination suit against the fashion retailer, claiming that he was fired because he's Jewish, American, and gay. Apparently senior executives used slurs as ugly as the company's clothes. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

By Staci Zaretsky
Christopher Christie

Morning Docket: 04.10.14

* In consideration of Africa’s “growing economic prowess,” Biglaw firms like Dentons and Baker & McKenzie are opening up shop. Don’t make DLA’s mistake: Africa isn’t a country. [Am Law Daily] * Stopped like traffic: Two of Gov. Chris Christie’s former aides properly asserted their Fifth Amendment rights and won’t have to give up docs relating to the Bridgegate scandal. [Bloomberg] * Armed with a privacy curriculum developed at Fordham, several law schools are trying to teach middle-schoolers how to manage their online reputations. Selfies and the Law should be fun. [Associated Press] * Alex Hribal, the suspect in the Pennsylvania stabbing, was charged as an adult on four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault. Our thoughts remain with those injured. [CNN] * A Texas woman was convicted of murdering her boyfriend by bludgeoning him in the head with the 5-inch stiletto heel of a pair of blue suede pumps. The true crime is that they weren’t peep-toes. [ABC News]

By Staci Zaretsky