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sábado, abril 19, 2008

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A Salmagundi of Secret Searches?

When we last visited Senior 1st Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya, it was in a Feb. 1 post titled, A Salmagundi of 'Selyaisms' -- a reference to the jurist's well-known propensity towards "erudite and arcane vocabulary," as former Selya law clerk Frederick A. Brodie described it in a piece published in the National Law Journal, A Guide to 'Selyaisms.' Now comes the news, via the ABA Journal and the Providence Journal, that Selya has been named presiding judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, the court that hears appeals involving wiretaps of suspected spies and terrorists. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. made the appointment on March 27, to take effect May 19. When the ProJo asked Selya how he felt about being involved in such a controversial aspect of national policy, here is how he replied:

In my line of work, you learn you are there to do the job as it presents itself. In my regular work, I never know when I decide a case if it will only be of importance to the parties or of national or historic significance. And you have to handle them all the same way -- to be fair and to approach the problem as intelligently as you can and get the right answers.

Note that Selya answered the reporter's question without ever using the words defenestration, encincture, perlustration, philotheoparoptesism, rodomontade or ultracrepidarian. But given that all of those words have appeared in his written opinions, the lawyers who represent our nation's spy agencies may want to brush up on their vocabularies.
  

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Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on April 17, 2008 at 09:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The 17 Types of Lawyers

Ever since he started his blog The Legal Underground in 2004, Evan Schaeffer has periodically pondered the different types of lawyers. What initially inspired him was a Google query, "types of lawyers," that consistently drew readers to his blog. At some point, he decided "to really think about the question: How many types of lawyers are there?" His conclusion: 17. And in 17 blog posts that show Schaeffer to be as funny as he is perceptive, he describes each type's characteristics. See if you recognize yourself among these:

My only question about Schaeffer's list is, Why did he leave off the blogging lawyer? Any others he omitted?

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Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on April 17, 2008 at 09:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Lawyers Help Out at Papal Mass

As Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass today in Washington, D.C., before a throng of faithful estimated to number at least 45,000, more than 90 lawyers and judges were there to help out. As W.J. Hennigan reports at The BLT, the lawyers and judges served as ushers, helping to direct, greet and seat those who came to Nationals Park to hear the Pope. They were there under the auspices of the John Carroll Society, a Roman Catholic charitable organization whose members come mostly from the legal and business communities.

"A papal Mass in the United States is a rare occurrence, and opportunities to serve as an usher are even rarer," Paul G. Scolese, parliamentarian for the Carroll Society and a policy adviser at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, told The BLT. The volunteers were walked through a rehearsal on Tuesday, Scolese said, adding, "They certainly need a lot of volunteers in this big effort."

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Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on April 17, 2008 at 09:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Best Law School... Softball Team

Forget the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings. Here is an honor that reveals the true grit of a law school -- the best student softball team. Over the weekend of April 4 to 6, more than 100 law school softball teams faced off in Charlottesville, Va., at the University of Virginia School of Law's 25th annual spring invitational tournament. Forty-eight regular-division and 64 co-recreational teams participated, with top honors going to UVA in the regular division and to Florida Coastal School of Law in the co-rec division. In the home run derby, top honors went to Boston College Law School 2-L Dan Healy. Smitha Dante of the UVA law school newspaper provides this recap:

The UVA Gold Regular division team won its fifth consecutive title in a close and low-scoring championship game against DoJ darling, Regent University School of Law. In the Co-rec division, Florida Coastal won its second consecutive title by defeating upstart Penn State. The UVA Co-rec Blue and Regular Blue teams also gave strong performances over the weekend, going undefeated in the round robin pod play, only to lose in the rainy bracket play on Sunday. Co-rec Orange went 2–1 in pod play, and Regular Orange, described by organizer Kyle Schindler as 'the best dressed team of the tournament,' drew a tough pod and were unable to advance.

Complete results can be downloaded in this spreadsheet. Proceeds from the tournament were donated to Charlottesville's Children, Youth & Family Services. This year, the event raised a record $18,000 for the charity. A number of law firms and legal vendors provided sponsorship for the tournament.

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