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The Cockle Bur Blog

Legal minds on legal matters and whatever else strikes our fancy.

18 Jan, 2013

How Having a Legal Background Helps and Hurts in Law School

2013-01-18T17:13:39-06:00January 18th, 2013|

I often receive the question of whether 10 years of prior legal experience helps or hurts in law school. I think the answer is both. Having a legal background helps in that the learning curve in year one is not so steep. Because I'm used to reading and analyzing cases, I think, as a general [...]

14 Jan, 2013

Cockle Printing And My Second Chance

2013-01-14T01:12:42-06:00January 14th, 2013|Tags: , , , , , , |

This past week, the Seattle Times published an op-ed I wrote about the need for prison reform. In the article, I talk about how I caught a big break following my release from federal prison. I was released in October of 2008, during the heart of the recession, and everyone found it difficult to obtain [...]

2 Jan, 2013

What’s New on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Criminal Docket for the Rest of the 2012 Term

2019-03-18T18:47:43-05:00January 2nd, 2013|Tags: , , , , , |

The Supreme Court’s 2012 Term started big and it will finish big. The finish to this Term will include decisions regarding same-sex marriage, affirmative action, and the Voting Rights Act cases. And if that wasn’t enough, there are a number of interesting criminal cases that the Court will decide before the end [...]