- Cross-profession comparison from the WSJ Law Blog: a state-school graduate student in counseling had asked that she not be assigned to counsel a gay client and for that reason was expelled from the program. The Sixth Circuit has reinstated the student's suit, which claims that the expulsion was a denial of her free speech rights. The school views the issue as one about standards of professional conduct.
- ABA Journal: "A California lawyer has been criminally charged after allegedly appearing at court to represent clients at hearings in a drunken state."