The holiday season and the parties that follow are in full swing. With these bashes, some of which we learned can be très expensive, comes Dec 13, 2007 3:08 PM CST
In this month’s ABA Journal, we noted examples of Law’some Gifts this holiday season. Shark ties, iPod Nanos preloaded with niche practice programming make the list.
Thanks to Foreign Policy magazine’s online edition, we learned about the worst airports in the world. We’ll be sure to try to avoid the “squalor” of Léopold…
This week ABAJournal.com noted that Sandra Day O’Connor—among other things—recommends that prosecutors and public defenders be dumped in the same office and advocate for the government or…
On a recent visit to the U.S. Supreme Court, I was a little surprised to learn that veteran high court reporter Tony Mauro of Legal Times had never stepped foot…
There certainly is no shortage of memoirs these days. Everyone wants to tell their story and defend or explain their exploits. Cupcake Brown, an ex-prostitute-turned-lawyer, announced she…
There’s some good discussion on ABAJournal.com about a Nebraska judge who barred a woman from using the word “rape” when she testified during a sexual assault trial against…
This week we heard about a team of former big-firm lawyers who ditched their corner office aspirations to spend their days roaming the streets in of all things a recreational…
Time and again lawyers, especially high-profile lawyers, are excluded from sitting on juries. Why would or wouldn’t you seat a lawyer on your next jury?
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