- Blogging was slow in December, but I hope to return to normal speed in the new year. Because of the holidays, a lot of the news regarding legal ethics and the legal profession is from overseas.
- Humor: a Texas judge collects funny anecdotes from trials and legal practice in a new book.
- The Spec: A Canadian judge looks back at 50 years in the law.
- Hawks Bay Today (NZ): A New Zealand lawyer looks back at 50 years in the law.
- Legal Intelligencer (PA): Pennsy recusal standards need to be made clear.
- The Australian: "Women lawyers concerned over low levels of law briefs for female [barristers].