The death of Brittany Maynard, the terminally ill woman who died Saturday at her Oregon home after taking a lethal dose of barbiturates prescribed by her physician, may forever change…
Nov 3, 2014 5:36 PM CST
At a law firm retreat, a partner approached me during a break. She had a problem she hoped I could solve: "I can't read anymore. I've lost the ability. I…
Nov 1, 2014 5:50 AM CDT
Photo of Bryan Garner by Terri Glanger
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Want short and sweet summaries of U.S. Supreme Court decisions? Interested in predicting their outcomes? No problem. There may be a blog or a fantasy league for you.
Those who…
Oct 28, 2014 12:52 PM CDT
In the wake of a best-selling nonfiction book about lawyers behaving badly, a former law school dean and ex-partner at one of Canada’s elite law firms has turned to fiction.
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Oct 24, 2014 4:30 PM CDT
The Miami-Dade chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers has asked NBC to cancel a new comedy series about a hard-drinking, hard-partying female judge—appropriately titled Bad Judge, the Oct 23, 2014 5:57 PM CDT
A new reality television show about the work of the Las Vegas coroner could soon be followed by one about its district attorney.
Apparently inspired by Postmortem in Vegas,…
Oct 21, 2014 10:40 AM CDT
Even the mundane comes to life in an animal video posted to YouTube.
Comedian John Oliver is taking that observation a step further in dog re-enactments of U.S. Supreme Court…
Oct 21, 2014 5:45 AM CDT
Legal thriller author John Grisham has issued an apology after telling a British newspaper that the United States “has gone nuts” with incarcerations of people for viewing child porn.
In…
Oct 20, 2014 6:15 AM CDT
A Louisville, Kentucky, reality TV show that features real-life courtroom footage of defendants accused of failing to pay child support is popular with viewers, but critics are hoping for a…
Oct 16, 2014 5:45 AM CDT
Do you actually have procedures in place for whether you should take a case? Minneapolis solo Randall Ryder does—a four-step process he shared at Lawyerist. Two of his steps:
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Oct 3, 2014 8:30 AM CDT
I've taught at five law schools for almost 30 years now. Here's one takeaway from the experience: Law schools tip the storytelling practitioner's factually complex, often indeterminate and ambiguous world…
Oct 1, 2014 7:00 AM CDT
The petitioner’s brief in Atkins v. Virginia persuasively evokes the voice of Lenny in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.
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Illustration by Brenan Sharp and Stephen Webster.
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A daughter of a notorious serial killer has for the first time publicly spoken about her father, in response to news that a short story by Stephen King, “A…
Sep 26, 2014 2:40 PM CDT
White & Case has opened a new facility in Tampa, Florida, to provide centralized support services for the firm.
Some New York employees will relocate to work there, and the…
Sep 25, 2014 5:05 PM CDT
A well-known rap artist isn’t just narrating video advertising for a Kentucky personal injury law firm.
Winton & Hiestand is also branding its services with what Above the Law…
Sep 25, 2014 12:40 PM CDT