In a bid to keep ex-Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes out of prison, his attorneys tried to paint him as a victim of lawyers who should have done a better job advising him in the stock option backdating mess. But federal Judge Charles Breyer wasn’t buying it. He sentenced Reyes to 18 months in prison Thursday, and imposed a $15 million fine.

Both appointed to the 9th Circuit in 1979 as part of a historic reshaping of the court, Stephen Reinhardt and Dorothy Nelson parted ways Thursday as Nelson handed Reinhardt a bitter defeat by siding with conservative Judge Carlos Bea in an opinion upholding the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. The ruling is the latest episode in a case that has brought scorn upon the 9th Circuit from across the country and has highlighted Reinhardt as an unapologetic — yet increasingly solitary — iconoclast.

The once-media shy Justice Antonin Scalia has opened up on the interview circuit in recent years, and recently gave perhaps his zaniest interview to date on WQXR, the New York City classical music station. The station’s “Mad About Music” program invites celebrities to discuss and play their favorite music on the air.

With their on-campus interviews largely wrapped up, law firms are sorting through resumes to choose the select few who will get offers to fill the diminishing number of summer associate slots. Exactly how reduced firm hiring will be is unclear. Students are largely realistic about the job market.