Frequent Citations

BIGLAW Scoop

I found this via JD2B. Wow. Extremely interesting reading for anyone considering going into BIGLAW, and for those who enjoy quibbling over law school rankings.

From the Bench

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is leaving the court.

She's been a good justice, and an important one many times over with all her swing votes.

I hope her replacement is as honest, intelligent, and hard-working.

She's Going to Harvard

Even though she got into Harvard, poor thing, Magic Cookie has been added to my blog list. I love the name -- although I find it a bit redundant. Aren't all cookies magic? Except for the ones with raisins. Or most of the ones with nuts, except for pecan sandies which are really acceptable.

And yes, I shall soon post the recipe for my evil peanut butter cookies. Soon.

Poor Judgment

Uncle Piano Tuner came into town yesterday.  He taught Boy how to play gin rummy, and it's clear that Boy will be able to pay his way through college by playing for a penny a point. That is, he will if he learns to lose as graciously as he wins.

Uncle Piano Tuner is a great story teller. Last night he told the story of a friend of his who was charged with a horrible crime. He hired a cheap local lawyer instead of the shark from the big city nearby, and now he's spending the rest of his life in jail.

Why do people think it's a good idea to skimp on a lawyer when their LIVES are at stake?

This guy's lawyer failed to present several pieces of key information, failed to rehearse his witnesses, failed to have a psychologist examine the main witnesses for the prosecution (crucial in this case), failed to get his innocent client acquitted.  It was the first time the lawyer had ever defended this kind of case. The prosecuting attorney happened to be his nephew, both attorneys and the judge had worked in the same office a few years earlier... I'm forgetting many of the hideous details, I'm sure, but suffice it to say the case made for an ugly story.

The point is not that this guy hired a lawyer from a small town, the point is he hired someone completely unqualified for the job. Heaven forbid I  should ever be charged with a crime, much less a felony involving serious prison time, I hope I would have the sense to hire the best, hungriest, meanest, most-sharklike lawyer I could afford. What is my freedom and even more, my good name, worth? Everything.

International Law Blogs

For your viewing pleasure, I have added two new law blogs to my list. One is from England - a magistrate! How fancy! - and the other from France. Some of us need to brush up our French, so what better way?

Enjoy!

But He's Not Really Naked

I love these stories. 

I just have one question: if he's covered in nacho cheese, how can he be arrested for indecent exposure? Although that "cheese" is obscene...

I do think the last line of the story was a bit unnecessary. We need to be told that he was drunk when he broke into a snack bar and then ran away naked-but-for-cheese?

Wait, I have another question. Was he naked when he broke into the snack bar, or did the cheese overwhelm him while he was in there?

Law Geek

Here's my second quiz result:

You want to make partner track (and a Scrooge
McDuck pile of money) so much that you'd sell
your soul for it.  Oh wait, you already did.

I'm not posting my first result because my mother might read this.

What kind of law geek  would you be?