Procrastination

Unfortunately, your client's documents will not magically complete themselves before the deadline to file.

Struggling with procrastination? Here's advice on how you can stop doing that.

* A deep dive into Justice Thomas’s dissents this term. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Without Justice Scalia, Supreme Court outcomes are a lot more difficult to predict. [The Guardian]

* A definitive list of portmanteaus for countries thinking of leaving the EU. Portugo. Beljump. Czech-Off. I love these. [Quartz]

* Federal court orders preliminary injunction in favor of transgender bathroom rights. [Buzzfeed]

* What goes into making a Biglaw brand? [Law and More]

* Kicking your procrastination habit and becoming a productive law student. [Law School Toolbox]

* A “frustrating” and “heartbreaking” decision: U.S. v. Texas. [Friend of the Immigrant]

* Latham partner, Abid Qureshi, is being vetted for a seat on the D.C. district court. [Law.com]

* David Lat’s take on surviving in the digital age. [Infinite Spada]

In-house counsel columnist Celeste Harrison Forst shares the key to getting started on your networking goals.

Sometimes putting pleadings off until the last minute will come back to bite you in the ass.

Seven more ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.

Seven recommended ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.

* “Going forward, nobody is going to get everything they want. Not Democrats, not Republicans, not me.” What a way to open the door to debate on the president’s newly endorsed bipartisan immigration bill. [New York Times]

* The ACLU is suing the United States over the collection of Verizon phone records, citing a possible “chilling effect” on the people who may contact the ACLU. What an entertaining (and egocentric) cause of action. [Bloomberg]

* When businesses throw cash at judges’ election campaigns, jurists tend to rule in favor of their donors — which is likely why Sandra Day O’Connor called state judges politicians in robes. [Washington Post]

* If it’s not news of layoffs, it’s news of office closures: Dentons partners will vote on whether to close the firm’s doors in Kuwait, and Curtis Mallet-Prevost already got the hell out of the Gulf. [The Lawyer]

* If you want a law school where professors pat you on the head and give you a treat each time you answer a question correctly, use this method to choose your alma mater. [U.S. News & World Report]

* There’s a pretty high probability that you’re a legal procrastinator, so here are some tips to stop the madness. Apparently alcohol isn’t the answer to your problems. Who knew? [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* New York City may be trying to defend a ban on sugary drinks that are larger than 16 ounces, but if your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, it doesn’t matter how big it is. [Associated Press]

In the latest installment of the Bar Review Diaries, studying is starting to get a bit tedious. How do our columnists keep themselves entertained?

* Herman Cain’s got Wood over all of these sexual harassment accusers. No, seriously. He hired Bryan Cave defector L. Lin Wood to handle his possible defamation claims. [WSJ Law Blog] * Sad and depressing old man news: Joe Paterno’s legal innocence was irrelevant. Instead of letting him retire at the end of the year, […]

Is trouble brewing in Paradise? And no, we’re not referring to the computer and wi-fi problems that are causing us to blog at a somewhat sluggish leisurely pace today, here in sunny Miami. We now bring you a bit of local color, about allegedly procrastinating court reporters in south Florida….