You Gotta Believe! The legal standard for a putative spouse in California.

http://blog.ceb.com/category/legal-topics/family-law/

Oakland Police May Have Violated Policy, Lawyers Contend

http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202520347810&et=editorial&bu=The%20Recorder&cn=California%20News%20Alert%2C%20October%2027%2C%202011&src=EMC-Email&pt=The%20Recorder%20News%20Alert&kw=Oakland%20Police%20May%20Have%20Violated%20Policy%2C%20Lawyers%20Contend

Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan: How Helpful Would it Be?

http://youtu.be/i03jdsDca6g

Also see:

https://donate.barackobama.com/page/share/student-loan-reforms?source=20111026_jk_act&utm_medium=email&utm_source=obama&utm_campaign=20111026_jk_act

Appeal Court Rejects 'Plain Smell' Theory in Pot Case

http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202520041375&et=editorial&bu=The%20Recorder&cn=102511&src=EMC-Email&pt=The%20Recorder%20News%20Alert&kw=Appeal%20Court%20Rejects%20%27Plain%20Smell%27%20Theory%20in%20Pot%20Case

Law School Admissions Officers Checking Applicants Digital Trail

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202519981005&Another_barrier_to_law_school_an_unsavory_digital_trail&slreturn=1#

Robert Half Legal Salary Guide 2012

http://s3.amazonaws.com/DBM/M3/2011/Downloads/RHL_SalaryGuide_2012.pdf

Frustrated with ABA, senators ask DOE to scrutinize law schools

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202518969525&Frustrated_with_ABA_senators_ask_DOE_to_scrutinize_law_schools&slreturn=1

Brayton Law Clerk Fights Attorney Fee Award

SAN FRANCISCO — A law school graduate who sued Brayton Purcell for overtime wages is now fighting a sizeable attorneys fee award.

http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202518754171&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=The%20Recorder&pt=The%20Recorder%20News%20Alert&cn=101311&kw=Brayton%20Law%20Clerk%20Fights%20Fees%20After%20Overtime%20Loss&slreturn=1

What do Jurors Think of Voir Dire?

http://www.kkcomcon.com/

See Jury Research, Sept. 2011 and read on!

Text Messages and Evidentiary Procedures

California's continuing education blog talks about how an attorney gets text messages into evidence through 1) relevance, and 2) authentication.

And states the following:

"A prosecutor in Pennsylvania learned this lesson the hard way, having a drug conviction overturned because of hearsay text messages. As with all evidence, the key is authentication."

"Text messages can be authenticated under California law through:
•Direct testimony of a witness who saw the messages created or executed (Evid C §1413);
•Distinctive characteristics of the message itself (Evid C §1421); and
•Circumstantial proof of authenticity (see Evid C §1410)."

Or the text message can be self-authenticated via a reply.

As the bar examiners kept pace with the changing landscape of the law, it wouldn't be too strange to see a text message crop up in a evidence essay, now would it?

http://blog.ceb.com/

See "Evidence"