Headlines • THE 2013 APPELLATE HOT LIST • For Holder, the Pressure Is Mounting • Errors Kept Records Sealed in Leaks Case • Justice's Son, A Law Clerk • Lavish Praise, Questions For Likely FBI Pick • INADMISSIBLE: Federal Defenders Feel Budget Squeeze • Judicial Selection Reform: All Over the Map • Clarence Thomas and Affirmative Action • The U.S. Government is Here to Help...Fight Corruption? • Law School Applications Are Up (But Down) This year's U.S. Supreme Court term lacks the high-stakes drama of last year's row over the Affordable Care Act, which seemed to attract briefs from every appellate shop around. There's still plenty to get excited about, however, as demonstrated by the cases we highlight in our annual Appellate Hot List. Read More » After an especially trying week — even by his standards — Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is attempting to repair his frayed ties to news organizations and fending off renewed demand from Congress for his head. As one veteran Washington lawyer put it, the U.S. Department of Justice had gone into "a defensive crouch." Read More » A federal judge in Washington apologized for administrative missteps in a case accusing a government adviser of leaking classified information about North Korea. Read More » Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s son Philip is clerking for Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and may soon enter private practice. Read More » Despite rave reviews from former colleagues, James Comey is certain to face a host of questions about his past legal work—from national security decisions at the DOJ to his ties to Wall Street. Read More » Federal public defenders in Washington got some bad news in May when they learned that they'd have to take an additional week of unpaid leave on top of the 15 furlough days already mandated by federal budget cuts. Plus: a new circuit executive, Suleiman returns to Covington, Kavanaugh's blog knowledge, Obama's rumored simultaneous noms, and a defamation suit SLAPPed down in this week's column. Read More » States are unlikely to reach consensus, so they should aim to reduce role of money, regardless of selection method. Read More » As the Supreme Court justices deliberate on the Fisher case, they might consider the critical ways in which Justice Thomas offers an example of affirmative action working in the right way. Read More » When companies discuss U.S. government international anticorruption initiatives, they voice considerable suspicion. And while their skepticism is understandable, it may also be misplaced. Read More » Latest news about the law school market. Plus, a report on the report about law faculty diversity. Read More » | 
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