Mike Sacks

December 22, 2015 | National Law Journal

A look back at some of the more memorable quotes from the Supreme Court justices in 2015. Donations, deans and dwindling enrollment: highlights from the year in law schools. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read

December 21, 2015 | National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court justices have cited the prospect of being quoted out of context as one reason for their resistance to cameras in the courtroom. But who needs video when recorded audio, written transcripts and public appearances serve just as well to highlight snippets of the justices' most colorful utterances of 2015. Here's a look back from some of this year's commentary from the justices—from the bench, written rulings and from public remarks.

By Mike Sacks

7 minute read

December 21, 2015 | National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court justices have cited the prospect of being quoted out of context as one reason for their resistance to cameras in the courtroom. But who needs video when recorded audio, written transcripts and public appearances serve just as well to highlight snippets of the justices' most colorful utterances of 2015. Here's a look back from some of this year's commentary from the justices—from the bench, written rulings and from public remarks.

By Mike Sacks

7 minute read

December 18, 2015 | National Law Journal

President Barack Obama on Friday commuted sentences for 95 prisoners, more than doubling his total number of commutations since entering office in 2009. The grants are largely for nonviolent drug offenses involving crack cocaine. Firearm possession factored into 18 of the prisoners' drug-related sentences and methamphetamine offenses accounted for 10 sentences.

By Mike Sacks

2 minute read

December 18, 2015 | National Law Journal

President Barack Obama on Friday commuted sentences for 95 prisoners, more than doubling his total number of commutations since entering office in 2009. The grants are largely for nonviolent drug offenses involving crack cocaine. Firearm possession factored into 18 of the prisoners' drug-related sentences and methamphetamine offenses accounted for 10 sentences.

By Mike Sacks

2 minute read

December 17, 2015 | Law.com

Enrollment in the nation's law schools dropped nearly 5 percent in 2015, including a slump by 2.2 percent in first-year class sizes, according to data provided by the American Bar Association.

By Mike Sacks

4 minute read

December 17, 2015 | National Law Journal

Enrollment in the nation's law schools dropped nearly 5 percent in 2015, including a slump by 2.2 percent in first-year class sizes, according to data provided by the American Bar Association.

By Mike Sacks

4 minute read

December 16, 2015 | National Law Journal

A leading business advocate of criminal justice reform predicted on Wednesday that bipartisan legislation to overhaul sentencing laws will be approved early next year despite differences among Congressional supporters on the bill's final language. Mark Holden, general counsel and senior vice president at Koch Industries, told an audience at the Council of State Governments Justice Center's annual conference in Washington, D.C., that he envisions a "floor vote by late January, early February" in the House and Senate on corresponding criminal justice reform bills.

By Mike Sacks

4 minute read

December 16, 2015 | National Law Journal

A leading business advocate of criminal justice reform predicted on Wednesday that bipartisan legislation to overhaul sentencing laws will be approved early next year despite differences among Congressional supporters on the bill's final language. Mark Holden, general counsel and senior vice president at Koch Industries, told an audience at the Council of State Governments Justice Center's annual conference in Washington, D.C., that he envisions a "floor vote by late January, early February" in the House and Senate on corresponding criminal justice reform bills.

By Mike Sacks

4 minute read

December 15, 2015 | National Law Journal

Alissa Starzak was confirmed Monday as general counsel to the Army a year and a half after President Barack Obama first nominated her to the position. Starzak, who until Monday night served as deputy general counsel for legislative affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, had been waiting for a U.S. Senate vote since July 2014.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read