Not everything we write about is legally related, but this is just straight noteworthy. On May 5, Shaquille O’Neal, a likely future inductee into the NBA Hall of Fame, received a doctoral degree from Miami’s Barry University. Over the past 4.5 years, he has been working at achieving a doctorate degree in organizational learning and [...]
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Motorcycle Seat Gets Rise Out Of Owner
Posted by Scott W. on May 1st, 2012
A California man is suing BMW and Corbin-Pacific after claiming that the seat on his motorcycle caused him to endure a 20-month long erection. His lawsuit says that he is also unable to engage in sexual activity, and that this has caused him “substantial emotional and mental anguish.” LawRiot will continue to watch this story [...]
Writing a Letter to Your Client – Tips & Why it is Harder Than You Think
Posted by Allen DeVries on April 6th, 2012
Writing a client letter is much harder than you may think. It essentially goes against everything you’ve learned over the last three years in law school. At this point, you talk different, you write different, you think different and you reason different than you did before law school. This makes for a very difficult time [...]
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No Comments »SCOTUS says Yes to Strip Search
Posted by Scott W. on April 3rd, 2012
The Supreme Court recently ruled against a New Jersey man who was strip searched after failing to pay traffic fines. The narrow 5-4 ruling should make anyone with outstanding fines feel a little wary about driving while in violation. This tells regular Joe Public that a failure to give the government what is theirs may very [...]
July 2011 California Bar Exam Pass Rate by Law School
Posted by Allen DeVries on February 8th, 2012
Here is a list of the if the California law schools and the corresponding bar pass rates for each school for the July 2011 Bar Exam. To make it interesting, I also added the current (2011) USNWR rankings for each school and the July 2010 bar pass rate for each school for comparison. First, congratulation [...]
What’s On Your Bucket List? Man Tries To Out Run Cops Just For The Fun Of It
Posted by Scott W. on February 8th, 2012
A Montana man has been fined $1,000 for leading police on a high-speed chase, which reached speeds of up to 100 mph. Eventually police officers used a spike trip to end the man’s joy ride. When asked why he instigated the chase, the man replied that it was something he had always wanted to try. [...]
Working with Senior Attorneys: Striking the Balance between Assertiveness and Deference
Posted by Ruben Escobedo III on January 18th, 2012
as·sertive·ness n. : a form of behavior characterized by a confident declaration or affirmation of a statement without need of proof; this affirms the person’s rights or point of view without either aggressively threatening the rights of another (assuming a position of dominance) or submissively permitting another to ignore or deny one’s rights or point [...]
Have an unruly defendant? Tape his mouth shut.
Posted by Scott W. on January 6th, 2012
A Pennsylvania judge recently went to great lengths to ensure his courtroom would be silent and free from unruly behavior. Defendant Erik Britt had his mouth taped shut after he repeatedly disrupted jury selection (one can imagine the judge ordering the defendant to shut his “pie hole!” But alas, there was no pie for Britt). [...]
Whittier Law School Graduate Launches Video Game Bar Association
Posted by Joseph Tsai on December 14th, 2011
Now that the video game industry composes an even larger market than the movie industry, it’s time that the legal industry take notice. Enter the Video Game Bar Association, or V.G.B.A. Whittier Law School graduate Patrick Sweeney, partner and head of the Video Game Practice department at Reed Smith’s Los Angeles office spearheads this new worldwide [...]
Baby, baby, baby – Nooo!
Posted by Scott W. on November 3rd, 2011
Justin Bieber hit with paternity suit Disclaimer: Yes, I know, there are more important things going on in the world right now. I get it. But, you’ve got to admit, this is pretty entertaining stuff right here. A 20 year old woman has recently stepped forward and claimed that pop sensation Justin Bieber is the father of her [...]
