Legal Ethics Stuff
Brad WendelA cranky, opinionated newsletter on lawyers' and judges' conduct, regulation, and sometimes even a little moral philosophy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 65 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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DOJ Doesn’t Like Real Talk by Judges
Politico reports that the Department of Justice filed a judicial misconduct complaint against two named and other anonymous federal district court judges in the District of Minnesota. The DOJ’s beef is with these judges having talked to rep...
BigLaw Doesn’t Have a Private Equity Problem
In our polarized times, it’s hard to find much that people agree on, but I bet this is something: Private equity crappifies everything it touches. From nursing homes to medical practices to venerable American brands like Sears, private equi...
James Percival is a Bad Guy
On August 18, 2026, two organizations who do a lot of this sort of thing, along with 128 former federal and state judges, filed a grievance with the Florida Bar against James Percival, the General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Secur...
The Reflecting Pool Prosecution Falls Apart
Presumably every American reader has been following the Reflecting Pool fiasco. I know I have some international readers (hi!), so to summarize the story briefly, there is a large pool on the Washington Mall that reflects both the Washingto...
Should Law Schools Teach Responsible Use of AI?
No.
I could stop there and write my shortest-ever Substack, but I probably should say a little more.
To clarify, I’m not in favor of teaching the irresponsible use of AI, or teaching students to employ it without regard to safeguards and...
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I'm the Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. I teach and advise lawyers about the law governing lawyers and write about moral philosophy as it applies to lawyers.
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