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The ABA's big national conference on Professional Responsibility is only two weeks away.     .  .  .  .  .     At the same time, the Law & Society Association will be meeting in Chicago, and as usual there will be a lot of interesting panels about the legal profession.     .  .  .  .  .     In the wake of the BDO Seidman affair, biglaw firms are firing at each other fast and furious.  (I remember hearing, years ago, that big firms just don't attack each other.  Was that ever really a norm?  Is it true today?)     .  .  .  .  .     In the wake (literally?) of the big oil spill, the Washington Post gets letters from readers, slamming the legal profession.     .  .  .  .  .     An Australian judge slams the billable hour.     .  .  .  .  .     Thomson Reuters is expanding into legal publishing in Brazil.  (That gives me a chance to link to Advocatus, a Portuguese blog for lawyers.)     .  .  .  .  .     Only 37% passed the February bar in California, a relatively low number even by California standards.     .  .  .  .  .     Here's a nice account of a Minnesota lawyer who founded her own firm, but as a three year old was a refugee on an overcrowded boat.     .  .  .  .   .     

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