Stare Decisis and you
We lawyers love being fancy. We like our fancy words and phrases and we act like latin is our mother tongue. To be honest, we rarely use it, even in most legal writing since the style of today is down homey and casual. I know I try not to write so much like a lawyer...Evolution
This isn’t about science or Darwin or that guy that defended him – Clarence Darrow, right? I’m not about to give you the legal analysis of anything that has come about recently – the evolution of fourth amendment law or black lives matter or...So glad you decided to join us.
It has come to my attention that our criminal justice system is broken. Did you know it might also be racist? And justice isn’t blind? I know, I know, I was just as shocked to hear about it as you were. It absolutely devastated me, considering all the equality...If I am you then who are you?
I come into the office full of good intentions. After all, there is always so much work to do. Today, I planned on writing some motions to modify conditions of release (clients want to attend social functions with family members and since they are on house arrest,...Thursday Rewind – A letter to a young-ish lawyer
I have been a practicing lawyer for a whole bunch of years. Like really a good number of years – more than five but less than 20. I graduated from law school in 1997 so you do the math. Well, I did take some years off to be with the kids, then I did contract...
ABA Journal Blawg 100
Contender - 2010 Criminal
