Juries For Online Trials Are Younger And More Diverse
It makes you wonder if this should become a more permanent development.
Justice Alito Deeply Offended That People Might Think Jim Crow Was Racist
The Supreme Court justice got heated about the willingness of the majority to talk about race.
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Don’t Blame Juries When One Side Loses; Blame The Trial Lawyers
The view of many lawyers is that the disputes we handle are too complicated for juries to decide. They’re wrong.
Oregon Is Now The Only Remaining State With Old Jim Crow Jury System
Congratulations to Louisiana, which isn't the last horse in this race.
Non-Sequiturs: 12.08.16
* Handicapping the race for the Supreme Court vacancy. [Bloomberg BNA] * Can redecorating courthouses make a difference to justice? [Katz Justice] * An illuminating interview with the lawyer behind Loving v. Virginia. [Coverage Opinions] * States' rights are all well and good when talking about the emission of pollutants, but not when it comes to marijuana. Wait -- what? [Slate] * Was the end of Gawker inevitable? [Law and More] * Will gun owners in Ohio have more rights than LGBT people? [The Trace]
Is It Okay For The Judge And Jury To Be Starstruck At Trial?
This is a bad look for the legal system.
Your Law Firm’s Website Is Failing You.
Here’s What The Best Ones Are Doing Differently.
Non-Sequiturs: 08.24.16
* A debate between two British academics in honor of National Ukrainian Independence Day. [Debates.EU] * Fascinating podcast with Professor Steve Drizin who heads up the legal team defending Making A Murderer's Brendan Dassey. [Scalar Learning] * You really don't want a stressed out jury on your hands. [Law360] * The University of Kentucky would rather sue its student newspaper than release documents about a professor accused of sexual assault. [Buzzfeed] * Early retirement is probably not happening for law firm partners. [Law and More] * The Title VII loopholes restaurants use to only hire pretty servers. [Jezebel] * Scott Brown is denying Andrea Tantaros' allegations that he sexually harassed her at Fox News. [Slate] * Is law school worth the money? 1 percent of attorneys have high paying careers -- you be the judge. [Investopedia] * Analogizing law school to setting a track and field world record. [Tax Prof Blog]
The People v. O.J. Simpson: The Tyranny Of Idiots (Episode 8 Review)
We get exactly the kind of idiot jury system we deserve.
How To Present Beautiful Evidence
PowerPoint is an enabler of bad presentations everywhere.
Criminally Yours: Don’t Eliminate Peremptory Challenges
When used properly, peremptories are one of the most important tools defendants have in getting a fair jury.
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Non-Sequiturs: 10.23.15
* Driving while caffeinated -- still not illegal. [Lowering the Bar] * How harshly should employers who violate safety regulations be treated? [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * What do Justice Eakin's scandalous emails teach us about ourselves? [Law and More] * Best practices for researching judges and juries. [Lawyerist] * Loyola law professor Fr. Robert Araujo, S.J. passed away this week. Read his touching goodbye post when he went into hospice care. Rest in peace. [PrawfsBlawg]
Why Judges and Prosecutors Don’t Care If They’re Right
Judge Alex Kozinski explains that a lot of fault for our messed-up criminal justice system lies with judges and prosecutors.
Barry Bonds, Judge Kozinski, and Trusting the Government
How can we address the threat of overly broad criminal statutes?
Attempted Cannibalism and Furthering Jihad: Two Views of Intent in a Criminal Conspiracy
A jury is most likely to find people guilty the more they’re doing something that the jurors themselves think of as not funny and, in fact, really quite repugnant.
Non-Sequiturs: 04.10.14
* There’s a guy called the “Good-Grammar Bandit” out there and he’s a high priority target of the FBI? Allow me to take this opportunity to tell the FBI their doing a good job. [Lowering the Bar] * Some folks have asked me incredulously about yesterday’s Non-Sequiturs item about Louisiana and Oregon allowing convictions with non-unanimous juries. So here’s some background on how that came to be. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * Speaking of Louisiana, a lawyer has filed suit against Morris Bart, a major personal injury law firm, for unpaid wages. From what we’re hearing this may be the tip of the iceberg for these sorts of allegations — lots of people have been leaving the firm recently and that’s a recipe for complaints going both ways. [Louisiana Record] * Florida may not regulate real guns any time soon, but one 11th Circuit judge is ready to regulate the hell out of shotgun pleadings! [South Florida Lawyers Blog] * Lawyers are bad at social media. They’re bad at social reality, why did we expect them to be good at social virtuality? [CMS Wire] * ADA’s father was kidnapped (and recovered). Yikes. [WRAL] * A follow-up on our prior Sriracha lawsuit coverage. [USA Today] * A look at the legal issues in the most recent episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. If you saw it (and Captain America to the extent they are intertwined), you know there were some heavy legal issues at play. [Legal Geeks]