Another Monday, another edition of the Jumpstart!
- Anne Reed has posted the third installment in her series on “A trial lawyer’s guide to social networking sites”. [Here are one and two.]
- Mark Bennett is conducting a clinic on how to cross examine an expert.
- Scott Greenfield is expressing his desire to become a law school dean by exploring how best to fix law schools.
- Norm Pattis has a new blog.
- CDW’s weekly roundup is available.
- Woman in Black won!
- Maggie at Of Counsel has done a wonderful job summarizing Georgia’s indigent defense problems in the Nichols capital case in this post.
- Gov. Rell has added staff to speed up the release of non-violent offenders.
- Stephen Gustitis points to a new study that explores another reason for false confessions: trust in the system.
- CTLP points out that a FOIA request revealed no legal research by counsel for Gov. Rell before her request in the Pollitt case.
- Ken at KrimLaw wonders why “aiding and abetting” is now known as “principal in the second degree”. Just like prosecutorial
misconductimpropriety.
Have a good day!
