I saw on Above the Law a thread on Supreme Courtships, the show apparently about the lives and melodrama of this particular subset of clerks. I have written about this show twice before, including the pilot plot. See Fox Greenlights Supreme Courtships and Firms Bump to $35k and The Supreme Courtships Pilot Spoilers.
The Volokh Conspiracy has apparently similar thoughts and access to the pilot, although theirs does not seem as tempting to watch as the summary I was privy to be forwarded. See Hmm, I Wonder Why This Show Never Went Anywhere. The Greedy Clerks board also has a thread going on about the Supreme Courtships show.
So will this show ever hit the air? Post-writers strike, I suppose anything is possible. Maybe some clever 3Ls will spoof the series and put it on YouTube for the world to see. In the meantime, unless it becomes a pseudo-reality show like Beauty and the Geek, I am inclined to think that the networks will stick to knock offs of Law & Order and the Practice.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
The Volokh Conspiracy almost has the correct plot script for Supreme Courtships
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Yale strikes back and evens up the score and other news
To be fair to my somewhat one-sided entry the other day, I will note that the New Hampshire independents took Senators Clinton and McCain to heart yesterday in their primary polls. So, the score, at least on the Democrat side, is tied at 1-1 between Harvard and Yale, with UNC still way behind the 8-ball. We'll see how South Carolina (and to some degree, Michigan) shakes things up in a couple weeks. Super Tuesday looms only a few weeks away.
Second, I see that some headway into the MySpace murder trial has begun. See L.A. Grand Jury Issues Subpoenas in Web Suicide case. I wrote about this briefly a few weeks ago; whether this is the same case or another one I don't know. I think it is though. Interesting stuff that I'll have to follow more once more discovery and reporting takes place.
Third and finally, a thread on Above the Law today caught my attention, and for once, the posts aren't so snarky and are actually worth reading for the humor value alone. See Judge of the Day: William Sosnay (discussing his recent reprimand for wearing an ascot in court in violation of a courtroom dress code). The ABA write-up is here. Particularly, I found the frat-esque comments pretty funny, but most of the ones that came around 4 pm (the 4:12 comment, the Lex Luthor comment at 4:05, 4:13, the 4:25, and the 4:35 comments are among the funnier ones). Finally, a thread that simply makes fun at the mundane. If I was to write a comedy called "Clerks" or "Supreme Courtships" (about law clerks, that wasn't a stupid drama), it would definitely have this type of frat character as a protagonist.
Enough for now, I can only hope tomorrow is as entertaining.
