Introducing The Clerks!
My name is Joshua Gibbons. I always feel like introductions can be awkward, and usually like to act as though I am already close friends with whomever I’m talking to (which can be even more awkward).But, as this is a blog I’ve decided to (Mirriam encouraged me to)...Summer summer summertime
So, get this, I’ve got a couple of summer law clerks. They are smart and funny and have opinions but know when to shut their mouths. They carry my bags and I buy them lunch. They write pretty well and they show up on time and I’m hopeful when they leave...The 4th (circuit) leads the fight for the 4th (amendment) maybe?
A while back I wrote about a case where the 4th Circuit determined that the government should not be allowed to infer that every innocent action has nefarious overtones. The case, U.S. v. Foster, I thought, perhaps, signaled a shift in the Court’s incredibly...Chiming In
Sometime in the recent past I wrote a post about Joseph Rakofsky, the DC (?) New York (?) New Jersey (?) lawyer who took on a murder case in a DC Court, got in over his head and had a mistrial declared. Oh, and then he went on facebook and bragged about it. As I...Where the lack of mentorship has left us
A year ago I started my law practice all by my lonesome. I work in a building with lots of other people, but no other lawyers, so I joined a listserv for small and solo practitioners. I made some ‘friends’ and while I never posted a substantive...
ABA Journal Blawg 100
Contender - 2010 Criminal
