In his comment to my earlier post, Ted Frank takes issue with any suggestion that he endorses “unbridled, vigilante street justice.” He writes:

“My argument was simply that the early and judicious use of force by competent law enforcement, including shooting looters, would save lives in the long run, something that has been empirically

I found myself wondering how the nation’s 10 highest-grossing firms are responding to the tragedy in the Gulf. Using The AmLaw 100 list, I visited the Web sites of the top 10 firms. I found only one that had a reference of any kind to Katrina — an offer by Jones Day to…

See TalkLeft’s post for details on the call for help from The Justice Center in New Orleans. They need space, computers, furniture and money. [Note that TalkLeft’s link to the Justice Center is wrong; the one in this post is correct.]

UPDATE: TalkLeft fixed the broken link and added a link to

We hear the reports of breakdowns of civility on the streets of New Orleans, but I am disheartened to see this occurring among members of the legal profession. Lawyers including Ted Frank, Glenn Reynolds and David Kopel are calling for the shooting of looters. I am appalled that members of the legal…

ABA Webmaster Fred Faulkner sends word that the ABA has created a Web site devoted to Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Resources. The site provides information on relief efforts and allows lawyers to volunteer legal assistance and office space. The site has sections for lawyers needing disaster help, for victims and their families, for lawyers…

As I mentioned yesterday, during our Coast to Coast interview with ABA President Michael S. Greco, he stated his commitment to supporting solo and small-firm lawyers during his term. Shortly after I wrote that, the ABA circulated an op-ed written by Greco, America’s Main Street Lawyers, in which he discusses ways the…

University of North Carolina Law Professor Eric L. Muller has set up blogs for the Loyola-New Orleans and Tulane Law School communities to use as message boards — places to post information of common interest.…

To communicate with students, faculty and friends in the wake of Katrina, Tulane Law School has set up this official site. The site includes sign-up for an e-mail notification list.…

Received a note today from Kathie Sullivan alerting me to AALL LawLibAssist, a blog set up by members of the American Association of Law Libraries to help their colleagues, the attorneys they serve, and law school students in the affected areas of the Katrina disaster. “We’re hoping that what we do best as…

As I mentioned yesterday, our podcast, Coast to Coast, included an interview with new ABA President Michael S. Greco. Having heard some smaller-firm lawyers question the relevance of the ABA to their practices, I asked Greco about the “ROI” of ABA membership for small-firm lawyers. His answer: “As president of the ABA this year,…

Today we launched the inaugural program of Coast to Coast, a weekly legal news podcast cohosted by J. Craig Williams and I and produced by the Legal Talk Network. In our debut broadcast, we interview new ABA President Michael S. Greco about the challenges and goals…

I heard this afternoon from New Orleans blogger A.J. Levy, author of Out-of-the-Box Lawyering, who reports that he and his family made it out of the city Saturday and are comfortably ensconsced in a hotel in Arkansas.

Ernie Svenson reported on his blog that he made it out yesterday.

Our thoughts are…