Richard Shugrue

Federal Grant Money Isn’t Free Money

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Thu, 09/19/2019 - 12:00am

Members of Congress and Senators love to brag to constituents that their hard work has landed a grant for some desired local project.

Biden Could Become Next Muskie

Published by admin on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 12:00am

Journalist Matthew Rosza of Salon wrote an intriguing piece last week asking whether Joe Biden might become the Ed Muskie of 2020.

Leonard Pens Must-Read Book on Koch

Published by admin on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 12:00am

A clever observer of modern life once said, “If you want to boycott Koch Industries, you can’t.”

Fershee Has Promising Future at Creighton

Published by admin on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 12:00am

The Creighton Law School class of 2022 is up and running and the whole endeavor is being led by a new dean.

Buescher Following in Big Footsteps

Published by admin on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:00am

When Brian Beuscher was confirmed as Nebraska’s newest U.S. District Court judge, he joined a company of individuals of great integrity and independence going back 151 years.

Substance Should Trump Style in Airport Remodel

Published by admin on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:00am

Dear Omaha Airport Authority: Congratulations on your new garage and car rental facility!

Justiciability Keeps Cases Out of Supreme Court

Published by admin on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 12:00am

Poor old William Marbury didn’t get the judgeship because he sued to get his commission in the wrong place and at the wrong time.

Equality Still Not There for Female Lawyers

Published by admin on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 12:00am

Last week the ABA Journal re-ran a piece from last August on reasons experienced women (20-plus years) left the practice of law at large law firms.

It was no surprise that many had been mistaken for lower level employees and a large percentage left for caretaking commitments. The numbers show that only about 20 percent of equity partners in big shops are female.

Stevens a Role Model For Law Students

Published by admin on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 12:00am

When I started law school 60 years ago this fall, I was too dumb to have a role model, a hero, except for Perry Mason.

The Perry Mason TV show had begun two years before and a lot of us wanted, like Perry, to star in the courtroom, having no idea what the practice of law was all about, what the life of a lawyer required of us, and what it could offer us as rewards.

McConnell a Master At Stacking Judges

Published by admin on Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

Love him or hate him, if shepherding federal judicial candidates is a big part of his job, then Mitch McConnell is a smashing success.

Last week, he rang the bell again when the Senate confirmed to the Ninth Circuit, on a partisan vote, a 40-year-old super honors grad of the University of Virginia Law School (who had taken a B.A. from Harvard and went on to clerk for Justice Scalia).

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