I knew it was going to happen.
The minute a lawyer passes the bar exam, she becomes, in the eyes of her family members, a veritable Walking Encyclopedia of The Law, ready and willing to answer all legal questions and come forth with Legal Knowledge™ at the drop of the hat.
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Molly West, daughter of Zimmerman defense attorney, Don West, posted this picture of the two eating ice cream cones, presumably in “celebration” of West’s cross examination of prosecution star witness Rachel Jeantel. Jeantel is the young woman who last spoke to murdered teen, Trayvon Martin and who took the stand yesterday in hours-long testimony. Continue reading
Aside from setting unnecessary and extraordinarily costly requirements for legal education and opposing key, cost-saving reforms, the American Bar Association found a new way to prove that it is woefully out of touch with the current legal market and ensure that many members of the new generation of lawyers won’t become dues paying members to an organization that remains crushingly out of touch with the reality of today’s legal job market. Continue reading
On Tuesday Stephen Glass filed papers (PDF) with the California Supreme Court to appeal a California Bar Association decision that he was morally unfit to practice law in California due to his inability to be a moral journalist. Continue reading
Hush now children, and listen to a crazy law firm tale. This happened during the reign of Bush I, also known as the “L.A. Law” years. I was a legal secretary at a firm that handled everything but family law. This is important later in the story. The firm had five “named” partners, that is, their last names made up the firm’s name, like “Dewie, Cheatem, and Howe.” Continue reading