Working to facilitate the fair distribution of disaster benefits to New Orleans victims of Hurricane Katrina is the goal of The New Orleans Coalition for Legal Aid and Disaster Relief. The coalition, developed through the efforts of Tulane Law School faculty, students and alumni, seeks to bring together resources from all parts of the…
Tom Mighell for Supreme Court?
Yesterday marked the first Monday in October, and you know what that means — Blawg Review #26, Supreme Court edition, by Tom Mighell.
Why not Tom for the Supreme Court? He has the key qualifications — he’s a lawyer and he’s from Texas. The court could use a justice with some Web savvy.…
Congress abandons WikiConstitution
Congress scrapped the open-source, open-edit, online version of the Constitution Monday, only two months after it went live. For more details, see The Onion.…
John Dean on blogs, wikis and legal research
Thanks to beSpacific for the pointer to John W. Dean’s FindLaw column, Doing Legal, Political and Historical Research on the Internet. The former counsel to President Nixon discusses how he uses blogs and wikis to conduct legal, political and historical research.…
Palmer & Dodge IP lawyers join Goodwin Procter
A team of attorneys and staff from the IP litigation practice at Boston’s Palmer & Dodge will move to Goodwin Procter later this month, the Boston Business Journal reports. The announcement comes less than a week after Palmer & Dodge announced its merger with Edwards & Angell.…
U.S. judge files amicus on jury make-up
A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African-Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two…
Author in the court – Stephen Breyer
As attention turns today to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, The Boston Globe has an interesting interview with Justice Stephen Breyer, who talks about his new book, “Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution.”…
Legal marketing leader launches blog
Silvia L. Coulter is at the top tier of legal marketing consultants, so I was glad to learn that yesterday she launched a blog, The Legal Compass, where she will share her thoughts and insights on “legal sales, service, strategy and success.” Silvia is managing partner of CoulterConsultingGroup and former chief marketing officer…
Roberts confirmed as chief justice
The Senate voted to confirm John Roberts as chief justice of the United States, AP reports via law.com.…
Boston firms announce merger
Two prominent Boston law firms, 340-lawyer Edwards & Angell and 180-lawyer Palmer & Dodge, today announced that they will merge, effective Nov. 1. The combined firm, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, will have 520 attorneys, nine offices and 20-plus practice areas in the United States.
“We believe our increased size and depth…
Law prof who fled Katrina dies in Rita surf
A Tulane University law professor has been identified as one of two swimmers who died during the weekend in rough surf kicked up by Hurricane Rita along Florida Panhandle beaches, the Palm Beach Post reports.
Martin David Gelfand, 54, a member of the Tulane faculty in New Orleans for 30 years, drowned Sunday while…
Behold WilmerHale!
As of Oct. 1, WilmerHale will become the new “market name” of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, the law firm formed by last year’s merger of Hale and Dorr, one of Boston’s most venerable firms, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering, a Washington firm of similar stature, the Boston Globe reports today in the article,…