Personal bankruptcies have been on the decline since the recession ended, but one reason people may not be filing for them is that the process is too expensive.

By filing for bankruptcy, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. pressed a giant “pause” button Tuesday on thousands of claims for as much as $30 billion in damages from Northern California wildfires. The claims will be rerouted from local courts to a federal bankruptcy court in San Francisco, where the victims will stand in line with other creditors, wait a year or longer, and, if the company’s plan is approved, probably wind up with less than they lost.

When a person files for bankruptcy, it’s a sad day. Although the bankruptcy code was enacted to give a “fresh start to the honest but unfortunate debtor” and a single point of contact for creditors (and to keep our economy going), admitting that your debts are out of control is difficult. So why would Congress make it harder for disabled veterans who need bankruptcy protection?

Lawyers and bankers revel in a system that can rack up $33,000 in fees for photocopying.

The most recent edition of The National Jurist has a feature giving law students tips for surviving the barrister’s ball. The annual law school tradition — law prom, for the uninitiated — is just around the corner, and it seems law students need some help. After all, it’s just like high school prom, except now everyone is of legal drinking age and they give you free booze. What could possibly go wrong?

At a time when the state’s colleges are inwardly focused on their own strategic growth, they’re also being asked to look beyond Nevada’s borders for ways to make gains in student success.

They are piling up like hotcakes at the diner. As of this writing, at least 15 women have come forward, alleging that Alex Kozinski engaged in inappropriate behavior while he served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Thursday initiated a review of misconduct allegations against Judge Alex Kozinski — the powerful jurist who has come under fire in recent days after former clerks and other lower-level staffers accused him of subjecting them to a range of inappropriate sexual conduct or comments.