There are lots of issues to take from clerking for a decide. An appreciation for the legislation. Notes. The status that comes with sustaining the rule of legislation. What you shouldn’t be taking it as is a chance to allegedly commit embezzlement. A Michigan decide realized that they stored their enemies slightly too shut as soon as they checked out their monetary statements. From the ABA Journal:
A former courtroom clerk in Wayne County, Michigan, has been charged with embezzling greater than $60,000 from the decide for whom he labored.
Steven Allen, 42, of Detroit was accused of illegally acquiring the decide’s ATM card to make withdrawals and purchases, in response to a Jan. 23 press launch by the Michigan Division of Legal professional Basic.
Look, occasions are arduous. Even Biglaw associates are picking up side gigs to meet their monetary goals. However the reply to monetary troubles is to not run a decide’s pockets — judges facing housing trouble is how we get Clarence Thomases. And judges with missing income is how we get Clarence Thomases. Contemplating that he’s one of many judges who voted against the Supremacy Clause and the Supreme Court is near a historically low approval rating, we actually don’t want one other a type of.
‘Even Judges Are Not Immune To Theft,’ State AG Says In Announcing Charges Against Former Court Clerk [ABA Journal]
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