Friday's MetNews had an editorial titled Chief Judge of Ninth Circuit Appears Derelict in Her Duties about how:
There is apparent dereliction on her part in failing to instigate an investigation, as a circuit’s chief judge is statutorily charged with doing, in response to a credible allegation of misconduct on the part of a judicial officer in the circuit. But nobody—not the Judicial Council, not Congress, not the metropolitan dailies or television news operations—is asking the relevant question: Why has Murguia failed to move in the matter of [District Court Judge Steven] Wilson?
In other news about the press, the NLJ has A Novel (and 'Funnier') Ranking System for Law Schools: How Many Mentions in the Times | National Law Journal -- Alternatives to the U.S. News & World Report Law Schools Rankings have gotten a lot of press lately, and one University of Kentucky law school professor is the latest to offer one: a "funnier" rankings system.
Today's DJ has Crisis looms as California appellate defense counsel faces shortage of attorneys -- The number of attorneys applying for work with the panels has dropped two-thirds over 10 years, and the current pay ranges from $110 to $130 per hour.
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