Law360 appellate articles

Law360 has some articles of note:

• DC Circ.'s First Female Judge Dies At 90: Patricia M. Wald, the first woman to serve on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the first female attorney at the firm known today as Arnold & Porter, died at age 90 over the weekend, according to news reports.
• A profile of Gibson Dunn's appellate group (here) notes that "the firm now has “full time” appellate specialists in all 10 U.S. offices"!

Today's DJ has Dean Chemerinsky in Postponing The Controversial, about how:

The conclusion is inescapable that the court has made a deliberate choice to stay away from the most divisive, controversial issues. Perhaps in light of the bruising confirmation fight over the nomination of Justice Kavanaugh, the court has decided to have a lower profile this term.

Also, Pepperdine has announced that Justice Clarence Thomas will be the star attraction at its 46th Annual School of Law Dinner, March 30, at the Beverly Hilton.