‘Becoming Thurgood’: The Supreme Court Justice Who Redefined Civil Rights
From Brown v. Board to the Supreme Court bench, Thurgood Marshall’s story comes alive in a powerful new documentary.
Amy Coney Barrett Encourages Open Democracy… That Is, If She Hasn’t Already Impinged With Your Right To Vote
DEADLOCK premieres tonight on PBS.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Morning Docket: 01.13.20
* A-Rod is facing allegations of racketeering and embezzlement in a new lawsuit filed by his former brother-in-law. If true, maybe he just doesn't like playing by the rules... [New York Post] * A Massachusetts lawyer is suing Google for returning search results whenever a user searches his name. [Boston.com] * A lawyer for PBS has resigned after he was secretly recorded as part of a Project Veritas sting. [ABC News] * A well-known lawyer in Pensacola, Florida, has died of COVID-19 at age 83. [Pensacola News Journal] * The lawyer for a man allegedly seen carrying a lectern around the Capitol during the riot last week replied "I'm not a magician" when asked about how he would defend his client. Guess he has no plans to make any charges disappear... [Fox News]
Morning Docket: 02.11.19
* “We take the allegations against Justin very seriously.” Justin Fairfax, the lieutenant governor of Virginia who’s embroiled in a sexual assault scandal, has taken a leave of absence from Morrison & Foerster, where he’s a partner, as the firm itself conducts its own investigation into the allegations. [National Law Journal] * High revenue and even higher demand resulted in law firms posting their best results since just before the recession, with Am Law 50 and niche/boutique firms outperforming the rest of their industry counterparts. Unfortunately, all of this good news could come to an end in 2020... [American Lawyer] * Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a former partner partner at Dorsey & Whitney and Gray Plant Mooty, has officially announced her candidacy for president, making her the fifth major player who’s a lawyer to join the Democratic race for 2020. [POLITICO] * Thanks to the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently learned that he’s not the only lawyer in his family. The show helped him discover that his third great grandfather — a 1786 law graduate of the University of Granada — graduated 210 years before he graduated from Miami Law. [Tampa Bay Times] * “This should be up to the highest court in the land. And she should stay out of jail until this case runs it course.” A lawyer for Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman who was convicted for involuntary manslaughter in her friend’s suicide-by-text, has vowed to take her case to the Supreme Court. [Boston Herald]