Sherri Jefferson strikes back May 17, 2007

Sherri Jefferson, the former Georgia public defender who was held in contempt and sentenced for 30 days, has struck back and filed slander actions against both Mike Mears, Director of the Georgia Public Defense Standards Council, and Albert Murray, the Commissioner for the Department of Juvenile Justice.

In her Notices of Intent to Sue, Jefferson alleges that Mears and Murray conspired to slander her in an effort to prevent her from speaking out on the “abusive practices” of the Department of Juvenile Justice, which apparently include the illegal detention of several children for in excess of four weeks, and refusing in that time to ever let them see an attorney.

Adaptibar is funny… May 1, 2007

Tonight, I subscribed to my first bar exam review program, Adaptibar. It seems pretty cool so far - less expensive than MicroMash (its competitor in the world of computer-based MBE-prep) and more technologically-advanced. Among its many features is a timing analysis system that purportedly determines your temporal “sweet spot,” the amount of time after which you’re most likely to answer a question correctly.

However, it can sometimes yield funny advice.

“You answered this question in 1 minute 44 seconds. Had you answered 64 seconds sooner , then based on your prior performance, your chances of answering correctly would have increased from 33% to 100%. “

DAMMIT! If I’d only answered after 40 seconds, I would have been in the clear…