Fictional Lawyers

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.15

* Weed legalization seems like a good idea on paper, but this probably isn't the way to do it. Unless you're a fan of cartels and Nick Lachey. Yes, that Nick Lachey. [Gawker] * Is there a legal controversy brewing surrounding Demi Lovato's new album? In related news: there's a new Demi Lovato album coming out. [Entertainment Weekly] * Which legal TV show is law firm life really like? [Daily Lawyer Tips] * Ralph Nader? In the tank for creditors? Say it ain't so. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Practical advice for laid off lawyers -- don't get fooled by the "advice industry." [Law and More] * Are we looking at the future of legal advertising? [AZA Law] * It's time to start thinking about what to put into your holiday cards. [Attorney at Work]

By Kathryn Rubino
Bankruptcy

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]

By Staci Zaretsky
Bloomberg

Bloomberg Names The Best Legal Movie Quotes of All Time; Can You Handle the Truth?

Regardless of anyone's opinion about people who work in the legal industry, it's hard to deny the fact that many of the greatest American movies revolve around attorneys. When Christopher Danzig watched Bloomberg Law's new video compiling the “The 10 Greatest Legal Movie Lines,” it was cool to see that several of the featured movies are among his favorite films of all time. So which movies made the cut?

By Christopher Danzig
Contests

Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Final

Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier! And by “Frazier,” clearly I mean Lionel Hutz. From my perspective, Lionel Hutz losing in the semifinal round was a huge upset. I don’t want to take anything away from Jack McCoy — whose face is probably next to the word “lawyer” in the dictionary for a generation of […]

By Elie Mystal
Contests

Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Final Four

If you haven't been following our Fictional Lawyer Madness competition, the time has come to vote on the Final Four. We started with 32 lawyer characters, but the top four shouldn't really surprise anybody. Polls don't close until Sunday, July 10 at 11:59 p.m., so you have ample time to get your vote on.

By Elie Mystal
Contests

Fictional Lawyer Madness: Regional Finals Part Two

I want the record to show that I tried. In our Fictional Lawyer Madness contest, I really tried to find a lot of female legal characters to put into the bracket. Of the 32 lawyers in the bracket, eight were female. One fourth is not a lot, but given the preponderance of male lawyer characters […]

By Elie Mystal