There is little difficulty distinguishing people who hold themselves out to provide legal advice for a fee or appearing before a judge in court as “practicing” law. But what about your aunt or the neighbor in the back telling you
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Otte: A $10M Bandage For Pennsylvania’s Poor
Ed. Note: This is a guest post by Pittsburgh criminal defense lawyers, Joe Otte, former public defender until he went rogue.
Before the chatbots replace online human opinions, I’d like to say my piece about indigent defense funding in
Should “Youthful Offender” Treatment Impair Self-Defense?
Under New York Criminal Procedure Law § 720.35, minor defendants given youthful offender treatment may not have their convictions used against them, thus providing an opportunity for them to change their evil ways and have a second chance (or
Seaton: The SJ Guide to St. Paddy’s Day 2023
Happy Saint Paddy’s Day, dear readers! This year, the holiday where everyone is Irish falls at the tail end of Spring Break, so expect many dumb college kids puking in the streets of every destination town you can find. Worry
Defining “Woke” (Update)
Bethany Mandel, who with Karol Markowicz, wrote a book “Stolen Youth,” and so she went on tour to promote it, including an interview with Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave. It didn’t go well.
LOL: Briahna Joy
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Amy Wax?
It would be impressive enough that Amy Wax is a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. But her background is even more impressive.
Raised in an observant, conservative Jewish family, she received a bachelor’s degree from Yale and
Tuesday Talk*: Beyond Stanford, Are Law Schools Lost? (Update)
No doubt there’s a reason why law reviews exist as a place for legal academics to publish their scholarly writings with the acceptance, approval and oversight of student editors. If I cared enough, I could research it and find out,
DoJ Opposes Ending “Acquitted Conduct Sentencing”
It’s one of those things that people never expected and can’t imagine how it could be possible, constitutional. It’s not just that it offends our sense of fairness, but it offends the legitimacy of the process. Why have a trial
Can You Trust Your Doctor?
Notwithstanding my personal choice to avoid fixing what’s not broken, most of us nonetheless believe that the people onto whom we entrust our bodies, our lives, are the best and brightest we can find. No, they’re not perfect, and one
When Deans Shake
There’s a law school at Leland Stanford Junior University, and it’s decided to give Yale a run for its money as the school least capable of teaching its students the virtue of humility. The debacle began with Judge Kyle Duncan