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Law in Popular Culture

Double Jeopardy for Legal Reporter Featured in Scalia Clue

Animal Law

Parrot Appears in Palm Beach Court, Doesn’t Squawk About Justice

Contracts

Giants Must Pay $1M Bonus to Burress Even Though He Shot Himself

Layoffs

Alston & Bird Cuts Roster by 14 Associates, 38 Staff

Legal Ethics

Fed’l Judge in Sen. Stevens Case Puts Spotlight on Prosecution

Public Defenders

New York City Public Defenders’ Caseloads to Be Capped

Layoffs

As Paralegal Applies to Home Depot, Lucky Associate Finds Lower-Paid Job

Pro Bono

BigLaw’s Deferred Associates Stretching Legal Aid Groups a Bit

U.S. Supreme Court

Delayed Court Appearance May Nix Confession, Supreme Court Rules

Criminal Justice

High-School Police Make Arrests Based on MySpace Information

Careers

Lawyers Who Remain on the Job May Feel Guilty About Grousing

Law Firms

Law Firm Employee Asks Amy About Unsanitary Lawyers

Law Professors

How a Blog Commenter Sweet-Talked Ann Althouse into Engagement

Careers

New Lawyer Advised to Volunteer, Put Passions in Resume

Law Practice Management

Is Law Firm Paradigm Shift Ahead? Bring It On, Says Dechert Leader

Associates

Laid-Off Thacher Lawyer Goes on a Road Trip

Constitutional Law

Why Iowa Decision Allowing Gay Marriages Will Be Hard to Overturn

Attorney Fees

How Taser Jolted its Law Firms into Keeping Fees Low

Legal Ethics

Stevens Debacle Shows More Oversight of Prosecutors is Needed, Experts Say

Law Practice Management

Dreier’s High-Adrenaline Life on the Edge

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