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Family Court Judge Cynthia Giuliani dressed up like a fairy godmother yesterday to finalize eight adoptions. While it never hurts to get a little free publicity leading up to a election year, it’s also nice to see a story about something good happening in our courts. Far too often we focus solely on the antics of the few and neglect to mention when good things are happening. Hopefully, there is far more good going on than we hear about in the press.
Today is November which means the year is starting to wind down. In the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at end-of-the-year reviews, the best and worst holiday parties, and talking about raises and BONUSES! For those of you who recently passed the bar and are looking for work, keep looking (here’s a resource for finding legal jobs in Las Vegas–hiring will slow down a little around the holidays, but will pick up again in January). For those of you who are thinking about running for judge, judicial candidate pre-registration is open. Finally, for those of you who aspire to something more, Above the Law has a piece on the lawyers/law grads who made the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People.
I think dressing up as Giulani did is a complete embarrassment to the Bench and the Bar. It makes us look like Mayberry. It is totally unprofessional.
I bet 10:15 AM is a blast at parties.
For the win.
There are, by my estimation, two proceedings where court is not solemn, contentious, and just generally a downer: marriages and adoptions. It does no harm to the profession of law to revel, just a little bit, in one of the few happy occasions to take place in a courtroom. In fact, it might just make us look a little bit less like the miserable bastards we are.
And immigrant naturalization day down at the federal courthouse. Man, the look on those peoples' faces when they take the oath of citizenship just keeps me going all day long.
They should make them take extra driver's ed though. I swear it's like the demolition derby when they are driving up and looking for a parking spot.
@10:15– If Allf or Delaney presided over Business Court matters in a Tinkerbell costume or dressed up as "Sexy Nurse", you might have the slightest inkling of a point. This was a Judge presiding over an event for children truly making their dreams of a family come true. What a *&$#@*% killjoy.
She is getting publicity all over the country from this. The RJ article is linked to on Above the Law and I've already seen it pop up in my facebook feed from people who have nothing to do with Las Vegas.
It was also on people.com.