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This New York appellate decision says that estates have standing to sue lawyers for malpractice in the negligent devising of the estate.      . . . . .       In US v. Job, the Fifth Circuit rejected an argument by the convicted defendant that his counsel was conflicted because the counsel himself had a charge pending and was represented by the lawyer who represented Job's co-defendant.  The narrative shows how these issues arise and how trial courts manage them.       . . . . . .       Michael Litchfield, at Slaw, looks at the shortage of lawyers in rural Canada.       . . . . .        Steven Bainbridge looks at the over-supply of new lawyers and wonders how 1/3 of current law schools can be shut down by the market or otherwise.       . . . . .        Phoenix School of Law becomes the third ABA accredited law school in Arizona.       . . . . .       In granting a summary judgment for Duane Morris in a malpractice case, the trial court's analysis of the case-within-a-case required an analysis of what an appellate court would have done in the underlying matter.  Now, I guess, if the summary judgment is appealed, the appellate court will have to make a two-for-one ruling.       . . . . .        From ALM, here's a story of a 79 year old lawyer reinstated after a 16 disbarment.

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