tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post8448497724199833743..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: If my name were "E. Barrett Prettyman," I would change it before somebody went and named a courthouse after me.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-80291811378213521812008-04-06T23:00:00.000-04:002008-04-06T23:00:00.000-04:00CC,It's a weird shift of thinking to believe that ...CC,<BR/><BR/>It's a weird shift of thinking to believe that what seems to be this disembodied entity -- the corporation -- affects more people than an actual human being does. On the other hand, <BR/><BR/>a) privilege is an area of law with which all litigators deal, and it sounds like this might be an unsettled part of it, so it makes sense that they are having a lot of argument on the question (esp. as the trial judge probably is trying to avoid getting overturned on this at appeals); and<BR/><BR/>b) there's a good chance that at least one of the people at GULC with whom you make friends will be working for big corporations or a state government. Indeed, the dinner I had last Saturday included one corporate litigator, one public interest lawyer, me and an attorney in the Ohio AG's office. One of the things we like about my public interest friend is that even though she is incredibly committed to doing this work -- even if she struggles to pay her loans and wasn't getting paid by the NGO for which she was working -- is that she doesn't act like the work other lawyers are doing is less important than hers. Important in a different way, and involving a lot less self-sacrifice, but nonetheless important to the functioning of the fairly sophisticated economy in which we live. <BR/><BR/>(She might not *believe* the work is as important, but considering that public interest folks get a lot of their funding from the guilty consciences of law firm folks, it behooves them to pretend. As it is, public interest gets under-funded and her NGO can't afford her because law firm people think they should do pro bono cases as amateurs, instead of funding people who do it for a living. Which is not to say that Legal Aid couldn't do with being managed by someone with an MBA who thinks in terms of efficiency instead of just the next awful thing that's about to happen to a client. Their case management systems and documentation tend to suck because there's a shortage of managerial thinking. And I say this as someone who couldn't manage her way out of a paper bag, but can notice that MS Access comes pre-loaded.)PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-74276062654027202072008-04-05T17:30:00.000-04:002008-04-05T17:30:00.000-04:00PG,I know you're right. Indeed, I thought of that...PG,<BR/><BR/>I know you're right. Indeed, I thought of that even before I wrote the paper. <BR/><BR/>But it still seemed such a popped-collar-GULC thing for that girl to talk about it like it was a foregone conclusion. <BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-51582753572549989312008-04-03T15:52:00.000-04:002008-04-03T15:52:00.000-04:00More to the point, the securities motion is civil ...More to the point, the securities motion is civil litigation, which means the private sector is picking up the bill (for the most part -- Fannie Mae's neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring). In the criminal case, I'm guessing the government's got the tab on both side's. Mo' money = mo' lawyers.<BR/><BR/>And in fairness to your classmate, the Fannie Mae litigation probably does affect more people than the detention hearing does -- each one less *severely* than the drug dealer and those close to him, but from a utilitarian viewpoint, I bet Fannie Mae tots up more points than the detention hearing.<BR/><BR/>DC might have the most tenant-friendly courts, but I'd be shocked if their laws were more tenant-friendly than NYC's. Democracy at work: many more renters than landlords. Even once you own an apartment, you still feel more like a renter because you're fighting with the management company or co-op board.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-64634037397740628792008-04-03T13:29:00.000-04:002008-04-03T13:29:00.000-04:00I used to volunteer as a mediator for landlord-ten...I used to volunteer as a mediator for landlord-tenant disagreements. All I can say is Ugh to that. It seems much more polite as you saw it.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18040824813209082919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-75825611031634201182008-04-03T11:05:00.000-04:002008-04-03T11:05:00.000-04:00The boring procedures of court cases have always i...The boring procedures of court cases have always intrigued me. I've been summoned for jury duty on April 15. I've only been summoned picked one other time. I'm looking forward to it because it's a chance to see the system (flawed or not) work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com