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Legal Writing
Lawyer's Motion Objects to Opponent's Use of Possessives
Jun 15, 2011, 07:55 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_motion_objects_to_opponents_use_of_possessives/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
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Careers
Uncertainty and Stigma Plague Growing Legions of Contract Lawyers
Jun 15, 2011, 06:33 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/uncertainty_and_stigma_plague_growing_legions_of_contract_lawyers/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rules a Youth's Age Is Relevant in Miranda Analysis
Jun 16, 2011, 09:41 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_rules_a_youths_age_is_relevant_in_miranda_analysis/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus:
Split Supreme Court Has Effect of Upholding Gender Difference in Immigration Law
Jun 13, 2011, 09:44 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/split_supreme_court_has_effect_of_upholding_gender_difference_in_immigratio/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Supreme Court Allows Defendant's 10th Amendment Challenge in Paramour Poison Case
Jun 16, 2011, 10:13 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_allows_defendants_10th_amendment_challenge_in_paramour_poison/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Law Firms
Weil Trumpets 'Trifecta' in Vault 2012 Rankings, But Wachtell, Cravath and S&C are 1-2-3 in Prestige
Jun 13, 2011, 06:42 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/weil_trumpets_trifecta_in_new_vault_2012_law_firm_rankings/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Weil Stuns Clifford Chance With Raid on London HQ; 'Most Damaging Team Hire Ever' By US Firm?
Jun 13, 2011, 07:46 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/weil_stuns_clifford_chance_with_raid_on_london_hq_most_damaging_team_hire_e/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Judiciary
7th Circuit Judge Blisters Lawyer for 'Grotesque' Damages Argument
Jun 14, 2011, 09:13 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/7th_circuit_judge_blisters_lawyer_for_grotesque_damages_argument/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Judge Criticizes Lawyer for Offering a 'Greatest Hits' List of Defenses
Jun 13, 2011, 07:44 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_criticizes_lawyer_for_offering_a_greatest_hits_list_of_defenses/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Legal Ethics
NYC Bar Warns of Ethics Traps in Litigation Financing
Jun 16, 2011, 07:52 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nyc_bar_warns_of_ethics_traps_in_litigation_financing/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Trials & Litigation
Meet 'Lawyer Gaga,' a Member of the Defense Team in Casey Anthony's Murder Trial
Jun 15, 2011, 06:40 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/meet_lawyer_gaga_a_member_of_the_defense_team_in_casey_anthonys_murder_tria/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Constitutional Law
Wisconsin Supreme Court Refuses to Block Anti-Union Law
Jun 15, 2011, 09:16 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wisconsin_supreme_court_refuses_to_block_anti-union_law/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy of Giordano's Pizza Chain Complicated by Owner's Sovereign Citizen Lingo
Jun 15, 2011, 06:00 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bankruptcy_of_giordanos_pizza_chain_complicated_by_owners_sovereign_citizen/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Criminal Justice
Ex-Gibson Dunn Lawyer, a Harvard Law Grad, Among 26 Arrested in 'Truly Sickening' Child Porn Sting
Jun 15, 2011, 12:54 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gibson_dunn_lawyer_among_26_arrested_re_what_da_calls/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
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Question of the Week
What Would You Name Your Lawyer Band?
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/what_would_you_name_your_lawyer_band?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=default_email
"Jailhouse Rock." "I Shot the Sheriff." "Folsom Prison Blues." "I Fought the Law." Plenty of rock songs have been written about legal troubles. But lawyers aren't just the fodder for song lyrics. Many attorneys are musicians themselves, and many find a clever way to allude to their profession in their band's name.
This Saturday, attorneys will be performing in LawJam 2011: Battle of the Atlanta Lawyers' Bands to support the Atlanta Bar Association's charitable projects and local pro bono services. Joining in the event are Melanie & the Felonies, the Subpoenas and Section 8. Rock bands Tortious Conduct, The Soul Practitioner and the Loopholes performed May 6 in Toronto for the Lawyers Feed the Hungry Program. On Feb. 3, the Illinois Bar Foundation held its concert, Lawyers Rock Legends, with bands such as Barristers Big Band, a large jazz ensemble from Chicago.
If you were in a lawyer band, what name would you choose? If you do have a band, tell us your name and send photos of you rocking out to lee.rawles@americanbar.org. Answer in the comments.
Read the answers to last week's question and view photos of readers' office spaces: What Does Your Work Space Say About You?
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_does_your_work_space_say_about_you/
Featured answer:
Posted by Amie Simpson: "I have a variety of 'parent and child' figurines from all parts of the world on my credenza. As a legal aid attorney specializing in domestic violence and children?s law issues, these statuettes remind me of the real reason I come into work every day. Also, they remind me of all the children I have waiting for me at home--especially the Hopi woman with 11 children in her lap!"
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