Your Wednesday Writs are packed: SCOTUS on flag burning, the first familial DNA murder trial; THAT lawyer,...
Em Carpenter
Em was one of those argumentative children who was sarcastically encouraged to become a lawyer, so she did. She is a proud life-long West Virginian, and, paradoxically, a liberal. In addition to writing about society, politics and culture, she enjoys cooking, podcasts, reading, and pretending to be a runner. She will correct your grammar. You can find her on Twitter.
It's Wednesday Writs, West Virginia Day edition! WV Day isn't until tomorrow, but now is a good...
My kids are unfamiliar with want. It was the constant, extended wanting that made me resolved to...
This week: the Christian burial case, Alabama on a roll, lawful lemonade & lawless ice cream trucks,...
Our weekly roundup of the best law and legal related news around the web includes SCOTUS on...
Forty is do or die, give up or hold out, wind up or wind down. It's the...
Wednesday Writs are back with the Scopes Monkey Trial, SCOTUS updates, dumb lawyers and dumber criminals.
Pretending to be bewildered at the failure of recruitment and retention efforts while denying that compensation plays...
The city has been destroyed many times over, by war, fire, disease, and flood. Each time, she...
This week's Wednesday Writs include the backstory of Miranda, history making beauty queens, good news for ninjas...
This week: Lawrence v. Texas, ill-conceived lawsuits, lawyers turned jazz musicians, jury duty excuses and litigation for...
West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey vigorously patted himself on the back over a $37M settlement with pharmaceutical...
It is possible that scouting's heyday is past. Its admirable attempts to be more inclusive and evolve...
The School Board and all involved are entitled to defend themselves, but decision to counter-attack the mother...
Even in the early 70s, lawyers arguing at SCOTUS didn't get very far before being peppered with...
It's time Wednesday Writs, your roundup of the best legal and law related links from around the...
This week's roundup includes the Pentagon Papers, sleeping defense attorneys, a Trump-adjacent judicial retirement, and a family...
It is particularly unsurprising that she may have a talent for the law, given that she is...
This week's round up includes the assassination of President Garfield, sex discrimination at Jones Day, lawyers behaving...
Imagine my surprise when I walked into my classroom, and strung across the chalk board was a...
