‘The Outsider’: An Interview With Anthony Franze
Looking for some great weekend reading? Look no further.
‘Legal Asylum’: An Interview With Stanford Law Professor And Novelist Paul Goldstein
How have Professor Goldstein's colleagues reacted to his occasionally harsh satire?
How MyCase Accounting Transforms Legal Bookkeeping
This complete system built for lawyers simplifies the complex world of law firm finance.
Standard Of Review: ‘The Ugly’ Is A Challenging Read But An Effective Law School Satire
If you are looking for insightful law school satire, consider reading The Ugly.
Standard Of Review: John Grisham’s New Short Story ‘Partners’ Is Less O. Henry And More D’oh Henry
Our book critic Harry Graff's verdict: good idea, bad execution.
Standard Of Review: ‘The Big Fear’ Is A Gritty Look At A City Administrative Agency
The Big Fear is a solid first outing for lawyer-novelist Andrew Case.
Non-Sequiturs: 05.10.16
* Oxford Law students can miss classes if they find the crimes being discussed upsetting. What's happened to the legendary British stiff upper lip? [HeatStreet] * Update on the story about the lawyer who apparently lied about his mom's death to get out of court deadlines. Judge Ross didn't even need to reach the question of whether or not he lied to slap down some sanctions. [ABA Journal] * A short horror story inspired by author Timothy DeLizza's Biglaw summer experience. [Your Impossible Voice] * As we mentioned earlier today, David Boies played a hotshot lawyer on the series finale of The Good Wife. Pfft, typecasting. [The Careerist] * BYU law student says he was almost expelled for writing in support of marriage equality. [Tax Prof Blog] * Kaley Cuoco understands the value of a good lawyer. [Jezebel]
The Next Chapter In Legal Tech Innovation: Introducing Protégé™
Meet LexisNexis Protégé™, the new AI assistant that leverages personalization choices controlled by the user or their organization to optimize the individual’s AI experience.
‘The Advocate’s Daughter’: An Interview With Anthony Franze
Meet Anthony Franze, a Supreme Court litigator and author of legal thrillers set at SCOTUS; his latest novel, The Advocate's Daughter, came out just last month.
‘The Big Fear’: An Interview With Andrew Case
Does aggressive policing reduce crime or simply set residents on edge? A new novel by lawyer Andrew Case explores this and other important questions.
Is This Racist? State Bar Can’t Tell If This Is Racist.
After honoring a story written by a man associated with a hate group, a state bar flies into embarrassing damage control.
From Lawyer To Novelist: An Interview With Helen Wan, Author Of The Partner Track
How can you write a novel while holding down a demanding day job as a lawyer? How can women and minority lawyers position themselves for success in Biglaw? Author Helen Wan shares her insights.
Tuning Up Your Office Systems, Client Relationships, And Operating Documents
Join us on March 26th for this CLE-eligible webinar led by Claude Ducloux where he'll dive into the strategic implications of adapting ethical practices to a distributed environment.
On The Anniversary Of His Death: Why Lawyers Love David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace captured the vices and virtues of a certain type of reader, a certain type of writer, a certain type of mind.
Morning Docket: 07.19.13
* Under the leadership of emergency manager Kevyn Orr, Detroit is now the biggest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy in history. Unfortunately, not even the strict Jones Day dress code could save them. [Am Law Daily] * As one of our columnists David Mowry told us weeks ago, New York wants to close the justice gap by looking to the state’s best untapped resources for pro bono work: in-house counsel. [New York Law Journal] * It turns out the “new employer survey” to be used by U.S. News is really just the old employer survey that’s been used in the rankings since 1990. How incredibly anticlimactic. [Morse Code / U.S. News & World Report] * Law schools are officially ready to scrape the bottom of the barrel when it comes to filling their classes. Some are now accepting first-time June LSAT scores for fall admission. [National Law Journal] * Our managing editor, David Lat, comes to the defense of fictional representations of the law, but seeing as he’s writing a fictional legal novel, we think he’s kind of biased. [Room for Debate / New York Times] * Mobsters really don’t like rats, and it looks like someone who was planning to testify against Whitey Bulger may have been whacked after having been dropped from the prosecution’s witness list. [CNN]
Non-Sequiturs: 07.08.13
* Sorry ladies, but Seth Meyers is now engaged. To a lawyer of all people. Alexi Ashe of AC Investment Management graduated from Southwestern University School of Law and previously worked at the King’s County District Attorney’s Office, Human Rights First, and the Somaly Mam Foundation. [Gawker] * A D.C. law firm is giving away its law library. An unscrupulous law school could bolster its U.S. News ranking because they count the number of volumes in law libraries even though no one has used a bound legal reporter in a decade. [Constitutional Daily] * “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? And does it rise to the level of nuisance?” Just one gem over on this Tumblr. [Shakespeare Takes the Bar Exam] * The Ohio Supreme Court may hear a speeding ticket case because there are no more pressing issues in Ohio. [USA Today] * Pharrell is suing will.i.am because the latter seems to think he owns a trademark in every sentence with “I am” in it. And Pharrell quotes from noted legal authority Dr. Seuss. [Jezebel] * Does Dwight Howard’s decision to sign with the Rockets highlight how state taxes pose a hidden threat to league parity? [TaxProf Blog] * Still hankering for Supreme Court discussion? Here’s a thorough roundtable examination of the previous term. [Construction Magazine] * Have a good legal-themed short fiction idea? Enter the ABA Journal’s Ross Writing Contest and you could win $3,000. [ABA Journal]