Early Morning Legal Reads

Here’s a list of some stories we bookmarked and we felt worth giving a read early this A.M.:

In The Headlines

Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty / NBC News

Trayvon Martin’s parents ‘stunned absolutely’ by Zimmerman verdict / LA Times

Justice Department to review George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin case / AP

Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks on Trayvon Martin at NAACP convention (full text) / Washington Post

Obama shifts from passion to calm on Trayvon Martin killing / AP

In Illinois, Obama led fight on racial profiling / AP

Congress weighs fixes to Voting Rights Act / McClatchy

Law School

Study details obstacles confronting minority law students / The National Law Journal

Amid falling enrollment, law schools are cutting faculty / Wall Street Journal

Debating, yet again, the worth of law school / NY Times
Report shows law school is still a good investment / Inside Higher Ed

Legal Profession

Backward-looking lawyers need to look ahead / LawFuel

Big Law has a shrinkage problem / CNN Money

Massachusetts high court backs privilege for consults with firm’s in-house counsel / Bloomberg BNA

People

Judge Eric Washington receives third term as chief of D.C. Court of Appeals / Washington Post

NBCUniversal names new GC, Kimberley Harris / Inside Counsel

First African American woman appointed as Caddo parish attorney / Shreveport Times