A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

By Caitlin Tremblay

Good morning. A new study shows a J.D. delivers a 59% earnings boost. Plus, the 1st Circuit will hear a First Amendment case and a Puerto Rico restructuring case; a plea hearing is scheduled in the DUI case of U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington; and the Michigan Supreme Court will weigh whether lengthy prison sentences for juvenile defendants are de facto life sentences. If thousands of small fish can defy gravity to climb a Congo waterfall then we can get over this mid-week hump. Let’s dive in.