How not to practice law: if you are a judge, tell your clerks to decide your cases for you while you are on vacation

Professor Jonathan Turley is reporting today that an Associate Circuit Judge in Missouri is under investigation for allegedly allowing her clerks to handle litigation matters as she vacationed in China last year. Go here for the story.

UPDATE (1/6/13):   The Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline recommended the judge be removed from office and the Missouri Supreme Court will now review the case.