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Lessons learned from a phone scam
Last week, my cell phone started ringing incessantly. By “incessantly,” I mean every two seconds. The numbers that came through were not 10-digit numbers, but sometimes 15-to-20 digits. When I...
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Even in high-profile cases, the Rules still apply
As lawyers, we can get as wrapped up as anyone else in the latest media-hyped news. Often the news is law-related, giving us the chance to consider what lessons we can draw from these events. The story...
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Fame, power and the Jerry Sandusky scandal
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the Jerry Sandusky trial and Friday’s verdict: guilty on 45 out of 48 counts in the sex abuse case. While this does not make everything...
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Media coverage of crimes and criminals: Harmful or helpful?
My friend shared on Twitter a very insightful article from The Atlantic on the portrayal of perpetrators of mass murders in the media. The gist of the article is that media coverage of these murderers...
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What masks do you wear?
It is hard to believe that we’re already in October, the leaves are changing and those 100-plus-degree days of a Baltimore summer are behind us. Because Halloween is right around the corner, it seemed...
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Sportsmanship on the field… and in the courtroom?
I took two of my nieces to their indoor lacrosse game over the weekend. They are in first and second grade and I was really excited to see them and their friends in action. I was once a lacrosse player...
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The loss of a superhero
It’s not my week to write, but I feel I have to write. This week, this community lost an inspiration and a bright light. I vividly remember the first time that I met the Honorable S. Ann Brobst. It was...
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A breath of fresh air on the news
Photo: NPR via Washington University in St. Louis I heard a story on NPR last month about an ex-felon named Clark Porter that caught my attention. When Porter was 17, he was charged and convicted as an...
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The most important thing I did last year
Like my fellow Generation J.D. writers, I did a great deal of reflecting and planning at the end of last year. For me, 2012 was not particularly a year full of career strides — or at least tangible...
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Role of the juror: To ask or not to ask?
Until I saw coverage of the Jodi Arias trial, I never heard of the Arizona law that allows jurors to ask witnesses questions. I was really surprised to learn of this Arizona practice because it often...
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Beware the keyboard counselor
2006 was a banner year for social media. Facebook opened to the public, and Twitter launched the micro-blogging trend. Seven years and more than 1.5 billion users later, social media has revolutionized...
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