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If you’re a law student who’s interested in a clerkship, but you’ve missed the boat on landing a coveted position with a federal judge, worry not — there are still plenty of options for you at the state level. It’s not only the strength of your application that matters for securing a state clerkship. Attending…
Home Daily News Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will speak at ABA… Annual Meeting Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will speak at ABA Annual Meeting By Amanda Robert July 26, 2024, 10:30 am CDT Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivers a security briefing about the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago. He will be a…
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Justice Elena Kagan Calls for Enforceable Supreme Court Ethics Rules; There are flaws in the justices policing their own…
(Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) Last year, after getting absolutely hammered on judicial ethics for months, the Supreme Court adopted an ethics code. But this was as effective as thoughts and prayers, since, as everyone pretty much immediately pointed out, there was no enforcement mechanism. More to the point, as a work of PR, it…
Huh. Here’s something you definitely don’t see every day. But before we get to the ruling, let’s do a brief exploration of the ultra-weird legal landscape that has made it clear cop dogs and cops should be held to way different standards than regular dogs and regular people. And it’s the regular dogs and regular…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jul 26, 2024 at 10:01 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, July 26, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 26, 2024, 10:01 AM),…
* “Legal conference ruined by porn.” Let’s not get hasty, have we checked what the legal conference was going to be about before we throw around words like “ruined”? [Roll on Friday] * Elena Kagan wants a Supreme Court ethics law. [Washington Post] * An interview with the most successful competitor in the history of…
The lead criminal law story this week relates to the Illinois deputy charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey in her Springfield, Illinois home on July 6. After the 36-year-old woman called 911 to report a suspicious person nearby, local deputies responded. Once deputies were inside the home, Massey reportedly acted strangely…
The misogyny of Donald Trump is hard to miss. From openly bragging about being able to sexually assault women because he is a celebrity to being held liable by a jury for raping E. Jean Carroll to talking about women in every context in degrading and dehumanizing terms. And while in the White House and…