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Hi everyone, I’m sending this message to pretty much everyone I know because I don’t know what else to do, and parsing out the recipient list seems relatively unimportant this time. I’ve been corresponding with a Mississippi death row inmate named Matthew Puckett since 2006. He wrote to PCAP requesting any sort of support...
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We’re really behind on our news reading… …we wonder what people thought about Hogan & Hartson’s offer to buy out legal staffers.   (“Hogan & Hartson Offers Buyouts to 240 Staffers“)
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note to self:  start reading this column called “You Are Not A Lawyer” by Paul Ohm on Freedom to Tinker.
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How many of you played with your student loans as if they were free money?  Take a look at this story from Law.com: “Government Cracking Down on Unpaid Student Loans” The United States is filing a slew of civil lawsuits this month in federal court in Chicago against people who received government student loans,...
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This fact made me a little sad… In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child. Read more! Poor piggy!
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In Tucson, Arizona, it is illegal for women to wear pants. Update:  No, it’s not.
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* The names and dates have been changed to protect the innocent. Time: 7:46 pm, Thursday, October 30th, a few weeks until jury duty Receive jury duty summons in mail.  Turn in jury questionnaire with big letters written on it, “YES!  First time!!” Time: Some time between October 30th and November 10th Misplace jury...
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Those near & dear to my heart hate me for correcting their “I’m doing good” or “I think I did good on my test.”  Eeeeeeeeeek.  That way of speaking is as melodic as nails scratching down a blackboard. Contrary to popular opinion, however, I am not a pro when it comes to grammar (cf....
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Dear The Snark: Hi, how are you doing today? I know you only have six (6) minutes to read this letter so i will try to be short. Your column cracks me up. Though i am not a cog myself in the BigLaw machine, I am in the business of “trading cogs.” In short,...
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