Criminal Law

Memory only!

Posted on March 02, 2009

Because, you know, we?re due for some good news

Posted on March 01, 2009

Panic at the legal unemployment line

Posted on February 15, 2009
Last Thursday somewhere over 800 associates and staff were laid off from Biglaw. Scott Greenfield thinks it's inevitable that some number of them will be hanging shingles as criminal defense lawyers.

Why ?State Secrets? Immunity Matters

Posted on February 10, 2009
Following up on yesterday’s sadness: If you’re not sure why it’s so sad that the Obama Administration is doing exactly what the Bush Administration did with state secrets, here’s why it matters: When the executive branch invokes the state secrets privilege to shut down lawsuits, hides its programs behind secret OLC opinions, over-classifies information to [...

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Wha? How? Why?

Posted on February 09, 2009
This makes me want to cry: Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Lawsuit The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v [...

Two feeds?

Posted on February 04, 2009
I know it doesn't seem to readers of this blog as if anything is happening here. If you subscribe to the RSS feed you've gotten a few twitter updates recently, but that's about it. The truth is, I'm kind of busy, but I've also been thinking about what to do w/the site.

Life and Death

Posted on February 04, 2009
Two items about what counts as "justice" in our society: First, at the age of 13 Joe Sullivan was sentenced to life in prison for the crime of rape.

@Skellywright Good advice for ?

Posted on February 04, 2009
@Skellywright Good advice for attorneys, too. A juror once told me on a post-trial survey that she didn’t like the faces I made. We lost.

More great avice from BarBri: ?

Posted on February 04, 2009
More great avice from BarBri: “WATCH OUT for fertile octogenarians.“

@mariamstripes He just said no?

Posted on February 04, 2009
@mariamstripes He just said nonono.

Deeply trustworthy and valuabl?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Deeply trustworthy and valuable BarBri advice: “Impossibly complex and confused RAP question? Mark A.” WTF?

RT @jdickerson: Let your soul ?

Posted on February 03, 2009
RT @jdickerson: Let your soul expand. http://tinyurl.com/bemm3s

IL Crimlaw Pro and Con

Posted on January 30, 2009
Pro: Con: Lying to a cop about your age is a felony!? (See Jeremy's footnote.)

Height of silliness: Sitting a?

Posted on January 27, 2009
Height of silliness: Sitting at computer checking facebook on iPhone when I could just load the page in the browser right in front of me.

Trying Tweetdeck; all the kids?

Posted on January 27, 2009
Trying Tweetdeck; all the kids seem to love it so. Why? I need a client that will show me the original tweet people reply to. Is there one?

Damn. I hate it when I have to?

Posted on January 22, 2009
Damn. I hate it when I have to agree w/Scalia. http://tinyurl.com/c5qnnv

2pac said ?although it seems h?

Posted on January 20, 2009
2pac said “although it seems heaven sent/we ain’t ready to see a black president.” I’m so glad he was wrong.

Whining

Posted on January 10, 2009
Random thought while reading 9 REasons Not to Attend Law School”: Lawyers who regret and complain about choosing to become lawyers are a little like addicts complaining about taking their first drink, hit, whatever. Shut up and deal, people. And yes, I’m talking to myself here...

Thinking about trying adaptiba?

Posted on January 10, 2009
Thinking about trying adaptibar to study for the MBE. Any experience with this? Thoughts? Advice? http://www.tryadaptibar.com/index.aspx

@Skellywright Just started wat?

Posted on January 10, 2009
@Skellywright Just started watching the first season and I hate to say McNulty is a not bad cop. Jeez. Shh. Don’t tell anyone I said that.

Totally not believing how horr?

Posted on January 04, 2009
Totally not believing how horribly iPhone handles pics received in a txt message. Actually shocked Apple allows this to be so abysmal.

Letting MrTweet recommend peep?

Posted on January 04, 2009
Letting MrTweet recommend peeps to follow, which is silly b/c I don’t get Twitter! http://mrtweet.net?c=12

Plane passengers near the back?

Posted on December 31, 2008
Plane passengers near the back of the plane: just because you can unfasten your seatbelt does not mean you must stand in the aisle. Sitdown!

Enjoying the first 3G signal I?

Posted on December 31, 2008
Enjoying the first 3G signal I’ve seen in a week.

Folly: Attempting to rip a DVD?

Posted on December 18, 2008
Folly: Attempting to rip a DVD to iPod format using a G4 ibook. yawn

Somewhat dismayed that my iPho?

Posted on December 16, 2008
Somewhat dismayed that my iPhone streams YouTube content so much better than my g4 iBook. Yeah, I need a new computer.

It?s time: I now admit that I ?

Posted on December 16, 2008
It’s time: I now admit that I just don’t get twitter and facebook. I’ve tried. Really. What is wrong we me? I think it’s them.

Thinking http://www.abovethela?

Posted on December 05, 2008
Thinking http://www.abovethelaw.com/ is a serious waste of time. Is anyone more snide and pompous than a bunch of “civil” attorneys?

This is apparently what it?s l?

Posted on December 04, 2008
This is apparently what it’s like to work as a biglaw temp lawyer doing document review: http://tinyurl.com/54urwl . Sounds like fun!

Learning the difference betwee?

Posted on December 04, 2008
Learning the difference between biglaw “associates” and biglaw “staff attorneys.” Who knew? http://tinyurl.com/5bbgko

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