The recent news about Donald Trump's lawyers taking notes on his criminal conspiracies has raised questions about loyalty and discretion. This blog examines the implications of this situation and offers advice on how to handle legal advice.
Matt Levine
lunch valuation analyst
Student suffering is built into the structure of legal education because the market for lawyers demands it. The legal profession needs to stop perpetuating the norms that make anxiety, depression, and substance abuse so prevalent among lawyers and law students. Legal education can be more academically rigorous, if it treats students with dignity and kindness.
Cat Moon
'Be ignited, or be gone.' - #MaryOliver I provoke change to #makelawbetter. 5th gen lawyer. I learn. I teach @vanderbiltlaw. #humblecuriosity #DoubleDore
People make mistakes representing themselves unaided because the law is not easily accessible or understandable. If the vast majority of people who have a legal problem get no help, and lawyers make mistakes when helping, then is it reasonable for lawyers to decry the people who represent themselves?
Cat Moon
'Be ignited, or be gone.' - #MaryOliver I provoke change to #makelawbetter. 5th gen lawyer. I learn. I teach @vanderbiltlaw. #humblecuriosity #DoubleDore
Learn how a law firm with only 2 employees scaled to 80 attorneys and regularly settles cases for $20-$30 million. Find out how a simple change in their software helped them scale and succeed.
Codie Sanchez
Investing millions in boring businesses & sharing what I learn. On a mission to create 1M financially free humans | My bio, not my tombstone, I hope it changes
This Twitter thread explores the concept of the Golden Rule and how it applies to finance law. It looks at Dobbs, SVB, the Internet Archive, antitrust, and more, and how these elements are related to norms rather than consistency.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
This blog post examines the difference between Constitutional Law and Finance Law, and how the former is rooted in ideology while the latter is rooted in politics. It also looks at the schadenfreude felt by Finance Law scholars when the Dobbs decision was made.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
This blog post explores the role of the Supreme Court in Israeli politics. It discusses how the court is not responsible for making policy, but does intervene when necessary to protect the rights of the people.
נדב איל Nadav Eyal
Columnist, @yediotahronot and @ynet. International affairs, ME and some of the rest. Commentator @newsisrael13 TV. *Author: #Revolt, @eccobooks, 2021.
This politician defended his wrongdoings and remarkable record of corruption as a 'promenon' on steroids. He was in the Knesset a year ago and explained why this 'blockade' was not terrible. This thread discusses the politician's defense of his wrongdoings.
Ben Caspit בן כספית
Author of the best seller The Netanyahu Years, senior columnist, Walla, Maariv, Al-Monitor, Radio 103 fm, TV anchorman, Retweets do not imply endorsement.