To hear some tell it, we’ve finally reached the long hoped-for utopian ideal – – - merit and character now count more than “protected classes.” We have a Black President. We have attained delighted diversity Nirvana. No one is discriminated against because of an immutable characteristic. And such is the breadth of our post-racial rapture [...]
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Lawyers need “Ethics Monkeys.”
Posted in Culture, Law, Your friendly state bar., tagged arizona state bar, Cathi Herrod, Ethical Rule 8.4, Ethics Monkey, gender identity, Martin Niemoller, pastor calls for death of gays, Pastor Charles L. Worley on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Double-dutch dog and why NY bar candidates face new mandatory pro bono requirement.
Posted in Culture, Law, On Judges, Your friendly state bar., tagged Ambroise Clément, Double Dutch Dog, Geronimo jump roping dog, indentured servitude, Judge Jonathan Lippman, mandatory pro bono on May 8, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Indentured servitude was preferable to what New York has decided to do next year. Thanks to New York’s Chief Judge, Jonathan Lippman, new applicants to the New York State Bar will be required to prove they have performed 50 hours of free (pro bono) legal services before they can qualify to practice in the Empire [...]
In the Arizona desert, lawyers can get snakebit but so can everyone else.
Posted in Culture, Law, Your friendly state bar., tagged Andrew Thomas, Snakebit, snakes on golf course, Sylvia Allen on May 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The infernal weather is almost upon us in Arizona, the place I call home. Phoenix recorded its first 100-degree day on April 21, 2012 — a week and a half earlier than normal. Evidence of global warming? Not around here. According to one of our many dim-wits in the statehouse, Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen not [...]
Six reasons why undocumented law school grads should be admitted to the bar.
Posted in Culture, Law, Your friendly state bar., tagged Cesar Vargas, Dream Act, Florida Supreme Court, Jose Godinez-Samperio, Plyler v Doe, sb 1070, Sergio Garcia on April 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A colleague gently chided me last month for apparently being obtuse when I blogged about those three undocumented law school grads: Sergio Garcia, Cesar Vargas and Jose Godinez-Samperio. I’ve blogged before about the problems facing talented minors illegally brought into the U.S. by their parents. But between mouthfuls at lunch, my lawyer friend thought I [...]
Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon disbarred. Alexander gets 6 months and one day suspension.
Posted in Law, Legal ethics., Your friendly state bar., tagged Andrew Thomas decision, attorney disbarment, Lisa Aubuchon, live stream Andrew Thomas decison, Rachel Alexander on April 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It was hardly a lightning bolt of surprise. As anticipated by everyone who’s paid attention, save the totally delusional, the Arizona State Bar and the legal establishment got its scalps this morning when Presiding Disciplinary Judge William O’Neil handed down the Order – – – a unanimous decision of the three-member disciplinary panel – – [...]
Lightning won’t strike as decision expected April 10th in Andrew Thomas et al. discipline case.
Posted in Law, Legal ethics., Your friendly state bar., tagged Andrew Thomas, attorney disbarment, Lisa Aubuchon, Mega Millions, Presiding Disciplinary Judge William J. O'Neil, Rachel Alexander on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I invested all of $5 in the record-breaking Mega Millions lottery but I knew that my one in 280,000 chance of being struck by lightning playing golf was far better than the one in 176 million to win the $656 Mega Millions Jackpot. But tomorrow, April 10, 2012, Presiding Disciplinary Judge William J. O’Neil is supposed [...]
Oblivious ABA President blames law students for going to law school in a declining economy.
Posted in Law, Your friendly state bar., tagged ABA President William Robinson III, arizona state bar, blaming law school students, law school faculty jobs, The Careerist on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“It’s inconceivable to me that someone with a college education, or a graduate level education, would not know before deciding to go to law school that the economy has declined over the last several years and that the job market out there is not as opportune as it might have been five, six, seven, eight [...]
Nontraditional law offices: shopping malls, storage units and consultations ‘on the fly.’
Posted in Law, Legal ethics., Your friendly state bar., tagged " Pablo Quiban, "The Law Booth, Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, ER 5.4, Jacoby and Meyers, law office, mall kiosk legal consultations, non-lawyer investors, storage unit law office on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Even in a tenant’s market, solos on bare-bones budgets are shying away from traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ office spaces. Some have adopted the business model of “Cozy means adjusting to life in small spaces” renting by-the month or by-the-hour executive office suites. And others even more frugal, are hanging their ‘shingles’ not outside a storefront [...]
Is foreign language lawyer advertising inherently misleading?
Posted in Law, Legal ethics., Your friendly state bar., tagged Bates, deceptive, Ethics Rule 7.1, foreign language lawyer advertisement, lawyer advertising, misleading advertising, state bar, Tony "the Tiger" Lopez on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
English is my second language. “El Abogado Habla Español” or “the lawyer speaks Spanish.” And since I can simultaneously chew “Chiclets” and read Spanish, I intermittently read some of the local Spanish-only periodicals around town to catch up on news, opinions, doings, and farándulas. For some time though, I’ve been amazed at what passes for [...]
“Everybody’s got to believe in something . . . .” Gender politics, prejudice & belief as Arizona Bar proposes amending ER 8.4.
Posted in Culture, Law, Your friendly state bar., tagged arizona state bar, atheist, discrimination, ER 8.4, intolerance, misconduct, prejudice, proposed amendment, Randall Kennedy, religious belief, W.C. Fields on October 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last Friday, I was in Boulder City, Nevada having dinner with friends when a sign on the wall drew my attention, “Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.” The quote needs no attribution since most everyone knows it’s W.C. Fields. With that, I segue to the topic of belief and [...]
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