Doug Nazarian
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He/him. Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland. “If you can’t play it in all 12 keys, you don’t actually know the tune.” Pat Metheny. All statements mine.
Maryland via Rochester, NY
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I will hire clerks with pass/fail transcripts for Spring 2020.
Lawyers and Law firms who might (hopefully) be hiring in 2020/2021: will you still hire students with pass/fail transcripts for Spring 2020? Some law schools are sticking to the curve because they think you won't.
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Catching up to Maryland!
DID YOU KNOW? In January 2021 for only the 2nd time in Court history (1st was 1997) there will be a majority of women serving on the Michigan Supreme Court: Chief Justice Bridget McCormack; Justice Elizabeth Clement; Justice Megan Cavanagh; and incoming Justice Elizabeth Welch.
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*5 words or fewer.
Tell me why you went into your field in 5 words or less.
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@jtrebach
When my wife was a medicine/EM resident, she took turns working the first aid room at Oriole Park. A foul ball hit a kid in the chest a few rows in front of us, and she goes bounding down there to find him with blue lips. Turns out, fortunately, he had been eating cotton candy.
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This was my judge’s first and biggest lesson about reading briefs. He said that he always got the best cases for his position by reading the ones his opponents (mis) cited. It’s 100% true, and I teach my clerks the same thing.
A helpful
#legalwriting
lesson: your opposing counsel may play fast-and-loose with the authority they’re citing. Don’t assume that the sources say what your opponent says they do; read the sources for yourself.
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Bar results today,
and my law clerk got good news!
She's on to great things!
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A friendly reminder: please do not contact judges about cases pending in their courts. It is good and important for us to be present on social media, but the rules that limit our ability to interact with the public (and lawyers and parties) apply equally here.
#AppellateTwitter
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And both of my clerks passed! Congratulations, team!
Never mind triskaidekaphobia--good thoughts today for everyone getting their Maryland Bar Exam results! For those who passed, congratulations and welcome! For those who didn't this time, I'm sorry, but keep at it and know that you belong.
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More than 100 Maryland judges attended Judge Wilkinson's funeral today--in robes and in mourning.
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@deaco2000
@DialHForHagai
@DavidGrayMatter
Chris Moltisanti
Seeks Tony’s love while he shoots heroin in his arm
Family through Carm
Poor Beansy Gaeta
didn’t show Richie Aprile the respect he required
Now he’s “retired”
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My clerk passed the Bar!
Not surprised, just really proud
She will do great things
Good thoughts for everyone awaiting Maryland Bar results (released today at 16:30)!
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@JoeDudekJD
Your diploma's still good, and your dog is innocent. No jury would convict a face like that.
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@RoxanaDaneshjou
@MonicaLewinsky
Sewing stuff for my Swedish grandmother, art supplies for my Armenian grandmother.
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She was my law clerk,
Now she's Professor of Law!
This is just the best.
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Incoming law students: I have reduced some very big picture thoughts about how to find and read the law into two slide presentations. If folks are interested, I would be happy to walk through them by Zoom on the evenings of August 14 (The Big Picture) and 15 (Reading the Law).
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I concur. One of my current law clerks is a superstar graduate of the evening program at
@UMDLaw
, as was a former law firm and
@MarylandPSC
colleague (and also # 1 in her class).
Great thread on evening law school programs. In Maryland, both law schools have evening programs, as does Georgetown. Our legal community is quite welcoming to evening law students.
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Law students absolutely should reach out to former clerks before interviewing or accepting an offer. And nobody should feel compelled to accept--you're interviewing the judge too, and if the fit isn't right, say no. I have been turned down a few times and it was just fine.
Yes! For *precisely* this reason, I encourage students to reach out to former clerks before accepting an offer (indeed, before they even go to interview). Good clerkships can be *amazing* -- and most clerkships fall in that category. But there's no reason to take a bad one.
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AFFIRMED. State intermediate appellate court law clerks write more and in more areas than any other kind of law clerk. Every kind of clerkship has its features and advantages--the high-intensity writing growth is one of ours.
#lawtwitter
Adding to this - if you want a lot of writing experience early, state court is the place to be. You learn this job by doing.
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There is no more powerful way to honor a judge. Especially YOUR judge.
More than 100 of Justice Ginsburg's former clerks meet her casket at the Supreme Court steps
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It’s also an excellent lawyer trait and a trait for all people.
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We were but children
Thirty years, passed in a blink
Let’s do it again!
Happy anniversary,
@drjnaz
! I love you.
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Wonderful news: my rock star Senior Law Clerk has landed a fantastic
#AppellateJobs
with the Department of Justice! I will have more to say about that, and her, later on.
In other news, I soon will need a new SLC. The position is posted on the
@MDJudiciary
website-please apply!
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My team got a cake
Ashley came to work with me
Birthday convergence!
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Gather ‘round the pole!
(You know you have grievances)
Festivus, people!
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Two of my former law clerks, both from
@UMDLaw
, landed federal clerkships (for a year or two out) while they were clerking for me. A state court clerkship can serve as a springboard to a federal--you are applying as a clerk, not a student, and your judge can be a big help.
I talked to
@businessinsider
to help demystify the clerkship application process a little bit! The process can be opaque and confusing, especially if you’re navigating it through Zoom Law School. Happy to chat with anyone who is considering applying or wants to know more!
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Gather ‘round the pole!
Grievances at 3 o’clock!
Chambers Festivus!
We will be pleased to air on your behalf any grievances you care to forward!
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LSAT score adds nothing to a clerkship application except cost and aggravation for the applicant. No thanks.
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Everyone who wants to clerk should apply. *Everyone.* And don’t sleep on state courts.
Today, I finished my clerkship with U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves. As far as I know, I was the only Black term clerk among the trial and appellate clerks at my court... I hope other underrepresented folks apply for these positions. Why? 1/6
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Twenty-nine years on
I’d marry her all over
(if she’d go for it)!
Happy anniversary,
@drjnaz
!
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For richer and poorer,
In sickness and in health too
Thirty-two more years?
Happy anniversary,
@drjnaz
!
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@KjerstinL
Attorneys cry. Your professor is wrong. And, from the sound of it, not helpful either.
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@ChelseyRogers95
Or in two haiku:
Who gets to bring suit?
Where do they have to file?
What must they allege?
Summary judgment?
Or will this go to trial?
Read Rule 56.
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Braggy Dad Moment:
Student Athlete of the Week
this week is my kid
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With all of the blue checks down, I am now hearing Emergency Twitter Motions.
#sorryjudgedillard
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Sorry, folks: another Braggy Dad Moment.
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State court clerkships are, in fact, cool. And in some places, application season is getting under way for 2Ls interested in the 2023-24 cycle, so it's a good time for this reminder.
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This is an unfortunate and doomed reconsideration argument. And, by the way, our staff attorneys are an important part of our Court's team and they do a terrific job.
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I tell my clerks and interns the same thing. You have nothing to lose by applying. Maybe the criteria are rigid, maybe they’re not, or maybe the other applicants are less intriguing than you. If you get an interview, you’re in the game; if you don’t apply, you’ll never be.
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@ChelseyRogers95
Are you injured? Are you in the right court (for jurisdiction and venue)? Cool: allege all of the elements, state your claim(s), serve and respond to discovery. Fight off summary judgment? Pick a jury and win. Fight off JNOV and new trial motions. Execute and collect.
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My father-in-law. A great man, and we miss him terribly.
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@OolieJ
To the extent you can assure them their job is safe, I’d start with that. And then move to the fact that we all know real lawyers who failed and failed more than once, and that they can still be part of this profession.
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@nickhines12
@SleepyHead_band
“Where are you from?”
“New York”
“Where in New York?”
“Rochester”
“Oh, what’s it near?”
“Between Buffalo and Syracuse, University of Rochester, north of the Finger Lakes, on Lake Ontario, farther from New York City than DC is”
“Huh?”
“Upstate. I’m from Upstate NY.”
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Maryland Bar results come out today at 4:30p! Good vibes to all who get the news today and hearty congratulations to those who pass. For those who didn't, you're right to feel discouraged and frustrated, but please don't give up. It's a setback that you can and will overcome.
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The range of advice in these threads is itself a meta-projection of the people in your 1L class and, eventually, the legal profession. Just be yourself, work hard in the ways that work best for you, use common sense, and be someone whose advice and counsel you'd want.
Someone should do a meta-article showing t hat each 1L advice directly contradicts someone else’s 1L advice, like the canons of construction article.
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I am proud to report
that both my clerks passed the Bar!
They will do great things!
Well done,
@knrobinson123
and Kelsey Lear (yes, two Kelseys)!
Maryland Bar results come out today at 4:30p! Good vibes to all who get the news today and hearty congratulations to those who pass. For those who didn't, you're right to feel discouraged and frustrated, but please don't give up. It's a setback that you can and will overcome.
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Find the best people to work with and learn from. The practice area and subject matter matter a lot less than the people and the environment.
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No.
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I don't know how this is possible. An honest 200+ hour month is hard work. I billed over 300 a few times, but they involved either constant travel or a trial. To do that consistently and honestly is inhumane.
We are to believe that in 2020, there was an associate who kept an 88-billiable-hour/week pace for the entire year?
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@J_Dot_J
Not anticipating that a partner, for whom I wasn't working, would email me on a Sunday for help on a case, on which I wasn't working, when I was headed to the airport (remember, Sunday) to fly to a client, for whom I was, in fact, working. /1
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Do not EVER do this.
#AppellateTwitter
tip: Don't throw your staff under the bus, just fall on the sword. This is the worst look:
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Nazarian, J., concurring.
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Don't sleep on state court clerkships. And it's never too late--some judges have hired, lots haven't, and new opportunities pop up all the time.
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Katie Bouman, 29: *takes picture of black hole 55 million light years away*
Me, 29: “Subject to and without waiving the foregoing General Objections, Defendant objects to Interrogatory No. 65 on the grounds that...”
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RIP Justice O'Connor, who, in addition to being the first woman Justice, went straight from the Arizona Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Nazarian, J., concurring. If they hired you, you belong. Now do it.
Lots of law students are starting their summer jobs today.
If you're like me, this is where the impostor syndrome is gonna hit REAL HARD. So here's a random law professor telling you: you belong there, you earned it, and you're going to do amazing. DM if you need encouragement!
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REVERSED.
They changed the ABC song to clarify the LMNOP part, and it is life ruining.
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A cool fringe benefit of this gig: I got to swear
@legalshmendrik
into the California bar today (as random as that might seem). Congrats, Ben, and welcome.
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I worked the same or more hours in state government than I did in Biglaw (I was there for 12 years and a partner at the end). And I traveled as much. I made a lot less money (still do), but connected with the mission and my family will tell you I was a lot nicer to be around.
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+1000. I clerked for a judge who was nominated but not yet confirmed who got FIVE applications for the three slots. And I have hired clerks who had to be convinced to apply because they didn’t think they had a chance. They were wrong but wouldn’t have known it.
Some great advice about clerkship hunting. And if you want a clerkship, apply for it. The worst someone can do is say no. Don’t take yourself out of the game by telling yourself you don’t have the credentials because other folks aren’t asking themselves that same question.
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I’ll make the same offer for law students—if you vote for the first time tomorrow, I’ll review and comment on a draft of a paper, law review comment, any piece of writing for school.
I'll make the same offer. I'm not a professor, but I'm a lawyer who writes for a living and I've had a lot of experience teaching writing. If you vote for the first time tomorrow, I'll review any paper for you.
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Congratulations to all who got the news that they passed the July Maryland bar exam, including my two clerks! For those whose news wasn’t what they’d hoped, keep at it. You’ll get there.
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We are going to honor the internship commitments we’ve made for the summer. We’re still figuring out what form they’ll take; at the very least, they’ll involve remote participation in our team meetings and on memos and opinion drafts. I’m happy to share the plan when we have it.
Are any judges contemplating remote internships for summer? If so, can you let me know what your program looks like?
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I aspire to this.
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NFL Opening Day: the day each year that the non-appellate world remembers the importance of the standard of review.
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Except in Maryland state court, where local rules are forbidden.
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Not for
#AppellateTwitter
as such, but Justice Sotomayor is looking for an Aide to Chambers--someone with a Bachelor's Degree (no graduate degree) and who is fluent in Spanish.
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Two clerks took the Bar
Both clerks will now be lawyers
Congratulations!
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"Let me see a draft" is a trap. Don't send it to anyone unless you think it's finished and would file it. The one exception: a third party (mentor, colleague, co-clerk) who has agreed to review the draft and give you feedback before it goes to the partner/client/judge.
This is great, and it’s a form of another super lie associates should never believe from a supervisor:
“Oh just send me a draft.”
They mean a completed perfect draft. Almost every time.
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Congratulations to two of Maryland’s newest lawyers—my law clerks Reema Sood and Sara Lucas—who were sworn in today! They will continue to make us proud.
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Stay strong, Bar exam folks! You’re ready, and we look forward to welcoming you into our profession.
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A quality Dad Joke on Father’s Day. Well played.
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@J_Dot_J
And before you say "how could you not get see an email, it's right there on your phone??," this was the turn of the century, before smartphones or ubiquitous firm laptops, and checking email at home meant logging on via dial-up modem from your "home office" desktop. /end
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I fat-fingered my own name signing up for gas points from the grocery store and my entire family has called me Doig ever since.
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My amazing Senior Law Clerk,
@tnolanbreslin
, begins a federal clerkship this August, which means I need to find her successor! The job posting hit this morning and is linked below--please apply or spread the word!
#appellatejobs
#AppellateTwitter
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The poll workers knew and greeted them and offered chairs while they were in line. The seniors voted and left, and the rest of the day passed uneventfully. But they left a hopeful feeling behind them, and I will never forget it.
#Dontvotecantcomplain
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A+ clerkship interview answer here.
I will never forget the time that I helped interview a man for a job opening and when he was asked what he would contribute to the team he said “probably snacks”
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Braggy Spouse Moment: Guess who just got inducted into the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians’ Academy of Clinical Excellence? Well done,
@drjnaz
!
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I would hire a diploma privilege advocate to clerk too.
If you are an attorney who would hire a diploma privilege advocate, please stand up.
#lawtwitter
Help us debunk the notion that advocating for change somehow means we don't have the proper character/are not fit to practice law.
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This is great advice!
All clerks would rather help you
than clean up a mess.
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Proud Judge Moment: I got to sponsor two of my former clerks’ admission to the bar of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland this morning. Welcome, Marysia and Kelly!
#AppellateTwitter
@kmariegoebs
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Out on the front lines,
not celebrating just yet.
Happy(?) Doctors’ Day!
Thanks,
@drjnaz
, and all doctors, today and every day.
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This is true for law students too.
Dear students: when preparing a resume, don't bury your food service, retail, and child care jobs. 1: these jobs are a more reliable qualification than a lot of internships; and 2: you don't want to work for anyone who disrespects them.
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Congratulations to my law clerk, Alexis Gbemudu, on her admission to the Bar of the State of Maryland! The virtual ceremony wasn’t quite the same as the in-person version, but it did the trick. And now on to great things!
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Gather ‘round the pole
We’ll air grievances at 2
Festivus (observed)!
We would be pleased to air any grievances on your behalf as well—feel free to put them in the comments.
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My younger daughter
at prom with her oldest friend
A wonderful night
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@J_Dot_J
P.S. This was proof that I wasn't "fully committed" and lacked "intensity." I also learned from this incident that perception is reality, and that a guy saying you let him down made it true.
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Last day with this team!
Great lawyers, on to great things,
and we will miss them!
Sang and Tory both are headed to Gallagher, Evelius, & Jones, who are lucky to have them just as I have been!
@tnolanbreslin
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The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland just released a Statement on Equal Justice Under Law.
Rather than linking to it, I’ve reproduced the statement in full.
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So proud of
@drjnaz
, announced today as the permanent Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Affairs at Howard County General Hospital!
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