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Diagramming is my life these days; complicated legal issue trying to figure out how I get co-D’s “confession” into evidence @ a hypothetical retrial to prove my client should get a new trial; confession came after co-D was acquitted of M1.
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Hello, I’m an appellate lawyer in a movie. I ignore decorum and the standard of review and reargue my client’s trial with an impassioned, uninterrupted plea for justice untethered to law—and win.
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BREAKING: SJC holds "as a matter of both State common law and due process, Mass courts have personal jurisdiction over nonresident individuals who are served with process while intentionally, knowingly, and voluntarily in Massachusetts." http://tinyurl.com/ybdnjmre
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I really love being a lawyer. I really did not like being a lawyer at a large law firm. Before you decide to leave the profession, makes sure it's the profession and not the professional setting that is a bad fit for you.
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I still remember the appellate brief I read during my clerking days that said at one point "INSERT BS CITE HERE." Reader, those initials had nothing to do with the case name.
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Circuit Judge seeking clerkship applications prefers previous clerkship experience yet for a writing sample prohibits both judicial opinion drafts or law review articles

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My all-time favorite oral argument question, “How is that fair?”
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Grateful for the opportunity to file an amicus brief yesterday in the Kentucky Supreme Court on Kentucky Defense Counsel’s behalf. Interesting case re: emotional-distress damages and statutory claims.
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I changed my username to
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FYI for
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I really need an
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I too seem to have a sixth sense on the day that appellate opinions issue in my appeals
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For the
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Under Title IX, when does a school official have "actual notice" triggering the duty to respond to end or eliminate sexual misconduct of a staff member toward a student? CA7 will hear en banc argument Feb 5 in 17-1521.
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APPLY! We’ve launched a new fellowship opportunity for recent law school graduates with a desire to gain experience with our methodological approach of progressive originalism.
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