The D.C. 25: Sometimes, slow growth looks good -- certainly a lot better than no growth, or losses. That's what our report by Carrie Levine, Jeff Jeffrey and Marisa McQuilken on the city's top moneymaking law firms indicates this week.
Souter Watch: Retiring Justice David Souter's loyal legion of law clerks will extend the justice's legacy and influence for years to come. We take a look at Souter's 72 former clerks, roughly half of whom have gone into law teaching, and six of whom have landed at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Stress Test: A recent and tragic run of suicides by lawyers in D.C. and nationwide has focused attention on the stresses of private practice, especially in atime of cutbacks and layoffs, Lynne Marek reports here.
Fair Share: The long struggle for compensation by black farmers shut out of U.S. Department of Agriculture loans because of race continues, according to this report
by Jordan Weissmann.
Judge Stalker: The ex-girlfriend of a D.C. magistrate judge has been charged with stalking her and unlawful entry into her home. But the ex is fighting back with allegations of her own, according to this story by Michael Scarcella.
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