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• Lawyer is ordered to pay $1.75M in punitive damages for alleged meritless suit

  Oct 6, 2016, 8:00 am CDT

• California makes it a felony for prosecutors to withhold or alter exculpatory evidence

  Oct 5, 2016, 3:00 pm CDT

• Maynard Cooper & Gale opens New York office

  Oct 5, 2016, 1:45 pm CDT

• Legal publication the Recorder shifts to all-digital format

  Oct 5, 2016, 12:26 pm CDT

• What advice do you have for criminal defendants or civil litigants?

  Oct 5, 2016, 12:00 pm CDT

• Kardashian hypothetical is raised in SCOTUS arguments on intent needed for bank fraud violation

  Oct 5, 2016, 11:35 am CDT

• Federal judge is tossed from two cases for repeated failure to rule on pending motions

  Oct 5, 2016, 10:59 am CDT

• Professional development and bar review discounts are available for ABA members

  Oct 5, 2016, 10:25 am CDT

• Police across nation make arrests for clown Facebook threats and false clown reports

  Oct 5, 2016, 9:45 am CDT

In the Magazine

>From the October 2016 Issue:

• Lawsuits dispute whether the Indian Child Welfare Act is in the best interests of children
• Bar admission rules survive challenges, but issue isn't going away

Question of the Week

What advice do you have for criminal defendants or civil litigants?

This week, we took note of a West Virginia lawyer’s Facebook page, L. Scott Briscoe’s Free Legal Tips.

Briscoe’s advice is usually something like Free Legal Tip of the Day #6: “Drinking ice water just before your drug test does not adequately explain why your urine sample is cold.”

So this week, we’d like to ask you: What advice do you have for criminal defendants? Or civil litigants? We welcome both serious suggestions and quirky ones that suggest you’ve had clients who have done some strange things.

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week’s question: In law school, did you get better scores on longer essay answers?

Featured answer:

Posted by Meshugginer: “I tell people that I finished first in law school. I didn’t have the best grades, but every exam, I finished first. My classmates would make book on how long it would be between start time and when I would turn in the blue book. My grades weren’t the best, but judges tended to like my brief briefs.”