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- Never forget. [9/11 Memorial]
- Media request to unseal Murdoch succession fight denied in Nevada court. [RJ]
- Fiore pleads not guilty to new fraud charges. [TNI]
- Question 2 removes ableist language from Nevada Constitution. [Nevada Current]
- Sheriff: Arrest of sergeant accused of unlawful detentions a “huge stain.” [RJ]
- Mother sues CCSD in connection with photos taken of students genitals. [RJ]
- How did the Somerset Park situation happen? [KTNV]
- Inmate transfer complete as High Desert State Prison completes transition to maximum security facility. [8NewsNow; News3LV]
- Las Vegas fugitive released from Virginia jail; DA Wolfson says “we made a mistake.” [News3LV]
- Clark County librarian faces lawsuit for defamatory posts. [Fox5Vegas]
Wow The headlines today really show NV in a great light 🙄 This place really is a legal hell hole.
still feeling a little uneasy from last night? 🤒
Law Dawg,
Are we allowed to talk about the debate last night?
Only if you post your favorite pet recipe
Law Dawg liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti.
This is actually super funny! 🤣
Thank you for the gentle reminder of what happened 23 years ago today. God bless the USA
And then we took all the moral high ground and justifiable outrage and squandered it on a 20 year boondoggle that cost trillions in treasure and thousands of American lives and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghani lives. What a travesty. W & Co. are war criminals. Oh and our VA is still a cesspool and we still aren’t taking care of the young men and women we sent over their to get their limbs blown off and their brains shaken about. Best pray for God to forgive us because I don’t see that we’ve earned any blessings.
No doubt, to ask God for forgiveness for what you wrote (and much more), but still we ask for God to protect our nation and bless us moving forward. We can use all the help we can get.
You have to keep the war machine going. How else do politicians give their friends unfettered amounts of money.
^^^[OUR] money.
The crime is that the politicians got cold feet, the Pentagon prevented the military from doing what it does best. Instead both engaged in nation building, restrained and hobbled the military.
We saw this in the Korean conflict and Vietnam.
If it is worth losing an American life, then see it through, get it done, get it done quickly with overwhelming force.
We did that with Iraq. You have to do nation building or it is even worse. We never won in Korea or Vietnam. We won in Iraq quickly.
The why TF are we still there?
Don’t forget the creation of the godawful Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Acts.
TSA
What the courts are doing with sealing and “super sealing” cases is really an underreported and underappreciated issue. It’s fairly well known in our family law, trusts and estates, and probate circles. But it’s really out of hand. This categorical sealing of entire cases, entire dockets, even the names of attorneys and parties, in the context of these kinds of cases, is well beyond constitutional bounds. Yay for Our Nevada Judges, Luke Busby and other attorneys, and other media organizations for fighting this good fight.
If this nonsense continues, it’s time for the Legislature to start playing hardball with court funding if the courts can’t rein in this overzealous sealing on their own.
It’s a huge issue and it’s way past time the supreme court takes some of these judges to task. Family court is in desperate need of reform. No more kids for sale. No more unqualified “out sourced providers.” No more giving custody to sex offenders while hiding behind sealed cases and closed doors. No more refusing to hold hearings or issuing minute order after minute order in some childish attempt to evade complying with the supreme court’s orders.
You do realize that the sealing of family and probate court cases are by operation of statutes? It was the Legislature who enacted those laws. Courts are just following them.
Not true. Two OG family judges who routinely ranked very high on the Judging the Judges survey are in blatant violation of the supreme court’s ruling in the Falconi writ. The old school family court bench is fighting tooth and nail to keep the dirty deeds of family court under wraps. If you want to see a judge following the law, check out ONJ’s recent video from Gaudet’s courtroom.
“They’re eating the dogs” was a certified classic.
Did anyone see that the NV Supreme Court apparently approved the Nevada Plan as the new bar exam? I’m shocked…
Do you have a link?
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/nevada-sets-unique-alternative-lawyer-licensing-rejects-new-national-bar-exam-2024-09-11/#:~:text=The%20so%2Dcalled%20Nevada%20Plan,weeks%20of%20completing%20their%20studies.
Link to memo found in article
Seems like Trachok has significantly jumped the gun in his memo. Even Reuters acknowledges that: “A spokesperson for the Nevada Supreme Court said on Tuesday that the body ‘hasn’t made any public decisions on this matter yet.’ Trachok said an official announcement is likely within the next year, after officials have determined when the new plan will be implemented.”
Yeah, until there’s an ADKT order, it ain’t yet official. So if he’s whip counting behind the scenes on the ADKT, the transparency on the rulemaking is underwhelming.
It’s not official, but it’s official. It’s a revelation that the opinions of the public and the profession never mattered. Taking public comment was nothing more than theatrics. I doubt the Justices will even read the submitted comments. Certainly Trachok hasn’t.
I need to know how much this is going to cost vs. the old NV bar exam. Unless they fix the issue of charging people $1300 a pop to take it, it’s all the same (a fundraiser for the next group trip to New York or Santa Fe).
11:48–The bar exam is a money loser. Our bar dues pay for new lawyers which is not covered by the exam fees. They run a huge deficit. This new fangled bar exam is a pushover exam. Does everyone understand there are no essays on the new bar exam. A 100 Foundation Law Exam instead of MBE in law school and then Performance Tests which do not test knowledge. No trust and estates. No community property. No conflicts. No article 9. Then submit written work after graduating. What could go wrong? There were a lot of good comments on the blog but hardly anyone submitted comments to the Supremes. Most of the comments were in favor of the Nevada Plan or Next Gen and were from out of town organizations like law faculty in other states.
“Under the Nevada Plan, aspiring lawyers will take a 100-question multiple-choice test on foundational law offered four times a year at testing centers, as early as the end of their third semester of law school. They must also complete 40 to 60 hours of supervised practice — a requirement that can be fulfilled through a clinic, pro bono work at a law firm or externships while in law school. The process concludes with a one-day performance test offered soon after the end of their last semester of law school.”
This feels like it’s really going to lower the bar (literally and figuratively) for applicants in Nevada. How will they vet firms/organizations where students complete supervised practice? And what would a one-day performance test realistically be able to show?
This mini-tiny residency will not be taken seriously, will often be signed off without any meaningful mentorship or apprenticeship. It adds zero marginal value to competency.
Horrible idea. There’s enough rabble already being permitted to practice law, and this will just make it worse. Glad I will be done with it in <5 years.
They ignored, entirely, the Probate & Trust Section.
9/11: We must remember our dead and wounded, and all of the first responders, but we must also remember with loathing and contempt all of those who attacked us and also those who danced in the streets celebrating our wounds.
Don’t forget Building 7.
If you want to see that hatred still alive look at The Squad and their good friend Kamala.
12:58 here: I tried hard to avoid naming names! But we all know many of the anti-US politicians and media spokespeople out there.
You mean the people who gave Jared Trump $2 billion. Yeah, we as a nation really loathe those who hate us.