Criminal Justice

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.23.17

* Powerful essay from a Cornell Law professor on the need for empathy in the criminal justice system. [Verdict] * It's Apple v. Qualcomm, with $1 billion on the line. [Fortune] * An inspiring story of a graduate of a lower-ranked law school who has found success. [Breaking into Biglaw] * What's the future of ethics? [Law and More] * An analysis of the decisions of Trump's shortlisters. [Empirical SCOTUS] * On the legal consequences of the lack of supervision at work. [Guile is Good] * The Chinese Business Lawyers Association is hosting a free CLE in New York tomorrow night at Fordham Law School. You can RSVP here. [CBLA Law]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.27.16

* Game theory and the battle over the Supreme Court. [Harvard Business Review] * No punishment for Professor Reynolds from the University of Tennessee Law School over questionable Tweets. [Knoxville News Sentinel] * The blame game over Donald Trump's bad debate performance. [Law and More] * Check out this event with Gillian Thomas, attorney at ACLU Women’s Rights Project and author of Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work. [Rewire] * A look at close cases at the Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS] * This is horrifying. [Slate]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.11.16

* More cases are working their way up to the Supreme Court to define a religiously affiliated employer's obligations to its employees. [Rewire] * Is there a particular formula for getting yourself a coveted Supreme Court clerkship? [Empirical SCOTUS] * The conservative interpretation of the Second Amendment has been prelude to Donald Trump's veiled assassination "joke." [Slate] * Is criminal sentencing about to go all precog in this country? [FiveThirtyEight] * Yes, even liberals can commit sexual assault. [The Slot] * Remember -- these pages and pages of redactions were probably done by some poor contract attorney trying to make a living. [Gawker]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.02.16

* Remember that Donald Trump tell-all from a former lawyer? Does the piece violate rules against the disclosure of privileged information? [New York Personal Injury Blog] * Judge Jed Rakoff slams consumer consent to arbitration agreements as a "legal fiction." [Law360 (sub. req.)] * According to a HUD report, a New Orleans judge is running a home for the elderly and disabled with "dangerous health and safety risks." [NOLA.com] * Advice on prepping for an oral argument. [Lawyerist] * Canadian Supreme Court justices are going to be chosen in an all new way. [The Star] * Field-administered drug tests are not as reliable as the criminal justice system would like you to believe. [Guile is Good] * Stuff lawyers say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GNyobx3Agk

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.26.16

* Did you know Virginia allows people with only a bachelor's degree to be magistrates? And they are the ones approving search warrants. [Katz on Justice] * Domino's Pizza is the latest target of Eric Schneiderman, and the pizza chain is accused of discounting the hours employees have worked. [Pacific Standard Magazine] * One way to avoid law firm layoffs is to totally restructure the way law firms operate. [Bloomberg BNA] * What does one do when they retire from the Supreme Court? [SCOTUSblog] * How much do Supreme Court justices interrupt each other? An interesting analysis. [Empirical SCOTUS] * The Baston rule and the integrity of the criminal justice system. [Slate] * The repeal of Connecticut's death penalty will now apply to the men currently on death row. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino