Do you have a thang for Dean Strang? (Photo via Netflix)
* A lawyer who was featured in the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer has been unable to shake his conviction for violating a restraining order. Maybe he should have had “dreamy” Dean Strang defend him… [ABA Journal]
* A study has found that the number of lawyer jobs may have decreased by over 15% in the past six months. [Bloomberg Law]
* A group of voters have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Trump Administration from excluding undocumented immigrants from the census. [Jurist]
* Michael Avenatti will receive a taxpayer-funded lawyer in one of his criminal cases after claiming he did not have the financial resources to pay his own counsel. [Fox News]
* The Supreme Court has denied the request of environmentalists to stop the Trump Administration from building a southern border wall. The justices didn’t rule if Mexico needs to pay for it… [ABC News]
Jordan Rothman is a partner of The Rothman Law Firm, a full-service New York and New Jersey law firm. He is also the founder of Student Debt Diaries, a website discussing how he paid off his student loans. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.