Morning Docket: 08.14.25

* Diligent journalism students devote a lot of words to “some law students are losers and join FedSoc to feel good about themselves and get jobs their grades could never justify.” [Harvard Crimson] * Swapping courses? [ABA Journal] * Milbank carries the love across the pond. [LegalCheek] * In what shouldn’t be controversial news, bad […]

The morning read for Thursday, August 14

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Here’s why advocates doubt the Supreme Court will revisit marriage equality (Josephine Walker, Axios) Federal court rules against Little Sisters of the Poor in latest contraception lawsuit (Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency) U.S. […]

What Will A Jury Do When The Law Isn’t Fair?

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new survey of jury-eligible adults by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, what percentage of potential jury members say that, when in conflict, juries should prioritize protecting the community over the letter of the law? Hint: The firm asked the same question […]

Will Obergefell Fall Soon? — See Also

Republicans Have Been Gunning For Obergefell For Years Now: Will SCOTUS finally shoot it down? Looking For A List Of The Most Elite Firms?: We saved you some of the work! Drake’s Lawyers Are Looking For Anything To Save Their Client’s Reputation: From private communications to a Pulitzer Prize winner’s children’s DNA, the desperate Canadian […]

It Is Absolutely Time To Panic About Marriage Equality

Turns out Kim Davis’s 15 minutes of fame aren’t over yet. You probably thought the Kentucky clerk who refused to follow the law and wouldn’t provide same-sex couples with marriage licenses in the wake of the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, was, like skinny jeans and side parts, a sign of a bygone […]

Law Firms Are Still Looking To Diversify Their Workforce

There’s no question that running DEI programs at law firms has become more difficult after SFFA v. Harvard and mounting pressure from the Trump administration, but it isn’t impossible. Potential employees and firms looking to hire can still try to make connections, but the anti-DEI climate has forced some changes around how the application process […]