Urination

Law Schools

Morning Docket: 04.06.12

* “We can’t engage the public in a seminar about health law.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor informed the public at Penn Law that she would not be taking up a post as a Wise Latina civics instructor. [Wall Street Journal] * Next on Meltdown with Keith Olbermann: this liberal commentator has sued Current TV over getting fired. It is clearly the most irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, tea-bagging network ever. [Businessweek] * George Zimmerman has added another lawyer to his soon-to-be defense team — a “veteran criminal defense” lawyer. Why did he need to hire such a hot shot if what he did to Trayvon Martin was legal? [Reuters] * Step aside TSA: what kinds of rights do cruise passengers have at sea? How about the right not to be interrogated, strip searched, and then forced to pee in front of security guards? [Overhead Bin / MSNBC] * Jordan Wallick has been convicted of second degree murder in the shooting death of James Wallmuth III, a University of Pittsburgh law student. Wallick is now looking at life behind bars for his crime. [CBS 21 News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Crime

Is Peeing On Somebody A War Crime?

Is peeing on somebody's dead body a war crime? The video of those American Marines urinating on dead Afghan bodies is so disturbing that it somehow demands a legal response. Aside from whatever punishment the United States Marine Corps wants to impose on these guys, there isn't a whole lot the international community can do to punish them. Unless we want to call urinating on somebody a "war crime." But is punishing some jackasses worth diluting the term?

By Elie Mystal
Drinking

Reports of a Law School’s ‘Fall From Grace’ Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Virginia is for Lovers, not Partiers. Law students in the Old Dominion State are not as much fun as we thought they were. We recently wrote about a law school party -- called the "Fall From Grace," aptly enough -- that supposedly spiraled out of control. But now we're hearing that this incident has been overblown, and that the law school has not been banned from the high-end Holiday Inn at Fort Magruder....

By David Lat
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By Barbri
American Bar Association / ABA

Morning Docket: 10.31.11

* Snowtober was a treat for some, but a trick for many more. Let us know how your firm is handling this Halloween horror. Email us or send a text to (646) 820-TIPS. [Reuters] * Will the legal profession continue to be a slave to ethical rules of the past? Only if lawyers can’t profit […]

By Staci Zaretsky
Drinking

William and Mary Running Out of Local Places Willing To Host Law School Events

It's been a while since we had a story about an entire law school student body getting banned forever from a party venue. Maybe the last school law to have this public shame was Tulane? We know things got pretty crazy at the U.C. Davis Law "prom" last year, but they didn't get banned from anywhere. But apparently neither of these schools have anything on the law students at William and Mary....

By Elie Mystal
Biglaw

Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.11

* Trademarks, and textiles, and taboos, oh my! Take a look into the fabulous world of fashion law with Charles Colman of Law of Fashion. [Professionelle] * When you make stock market bets on SCOTUS outcomes, you better have a lot of money to throw around. Luckily, Ted Frank has plenty. [Point of Law] * […]

By Staci Zaretsky
Deaths

Non-Sequiturs: 06.20.11

* David J. Stern, the dethroned Florida foreclosure king, will now have to go up against the Florida Bar. Too bad he can’t robo-produce all of the documents they want. [Fort Lauderdale Examiner] * Peeing on a colleague’s door might have been a great prank in college, but as a professional it’s just sad. Enjoy […]

By Staci Zaretsky