Not exact matches
In eleven chapters, Professor Sheppard addresses practical
topics of interest to both trial and appellate level
clerks, including
court personnel and their functions, how to read a docket, the civil and criminal litigation processes, and ethical concerns.
The first item is David Lat's Op - Ed piece in yesterday's New York Times, titled The Supreme
Court's Bonus Babies, which comments on the stratospheric bonuses
of $ 250,000 that law firms are expected to pay to this year's crop
of departing Supreme
Court clerks (my colleague Bob Ambrogi posted on the
topic of Supreme
Court bonuses previously here, and WSJ Law Blog readers discuss Lat's article here).
While I'm tempted to go on and on referencing more
of my own past statements on this
topic, I'll limit myself to just one more: «When it comes to material originating from the
courts, we have to start thinking
of «the internet» as beginning the moment a judge shares a final draft
of her ruling with her
clerk.»