A sheriff in eastern Kentucky will make his first court appearance Wednesday morning, nearly a week after he was accused of shooting a local district judge in a courthouse killing that shocked and mystified the small Appalachian town of Whitesburg.
By day, Lance Collins is a lawyer. By night, (and sometimes day) he’s also a filmmaker, book editor and music producer. Now, he can add another title to his eclectic resumé: screenwriter for a feature-length film now playing on a streaming service near you. “When it comes to my time,” Collins says, “every minute is accounted for.”
Canadian lawyer Laura Murphy, 28, is on a solo honeymoon after her fiance unexpectedly died the month before their wedding date. “It’s very out of character for me to be traveling alone, and it’s even more out of character to be documenting it for the world,” she said. “Before this, I thought of myself as a very private person.”
Fifteen deans from ABA-accredited law schools have signed a letter to the California Supreme Court stating that they have “grave concerns” about Kaplan Exam Services’ ability to develop a multiple-choice bar exam “in a responsible manner” in time for the February 2025 administration of the newfangled exam.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to order Nevada officials to include Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein on the November ballot. The justices without explanation left in force a Nevada Supreme Court decision that said the party failed to comply with a key requirement in gathering the signatures needed to put Stein on the ballot.
The Chicago Manual of Style’s rules are meant not only for those of us who write and edit for a living but for anyone who writes and edits, which is to say everyone.
Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed in his chambers Thursday afternoon after an argument with the county sheriff, according to county and state officials.
The California Supreme Court has put the brakes on the State Bar of California’s plan to launch a proprietary bar exam created by Kaplan Exam Services. The bar’s petition to allow Kaplan to create a 200-question multiple choice exam for the February 2025 administration was denied without prejudice just two weeks before registration opens, according to the bar’s website.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. has shut the door on reopening the beleaguered Golden Gate University School of Law’s JD program, denying a motion for an injunction filed by students and alumni.
The gift shop on the ground floor of the U.S. Supreme Court building offers all manner of knickknacks and mementos—gavels, paper weights, Christmas ornaments and neckties. But the shop is dominated by books about the court, from children’s picture books to serious biographies and legal tomes.
