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Billy Flynn, Broadway’s most beloved singing lawyer, knew the importance of giving the jury that “old razzle dazzle.” But Flynn was a figment of Bob Fosse’s imagination. And he was presumably licensed and wealthy.

What about the struggling law students who have yet to razzle, dazzle, or amass a personal fortune? Don’t they deserve a musical, too? Students at the University of Colorado Law School seem to think so: they will be performing their “First Annual Colorado Law School Musical, Glamorous Law School,” April 12-14 at the Dairy Center for the Arts Carsen Theater in Boulder, Colo. Performances start at 8:00 p.m., and you can buy tickets for only $15.

Oklahoma City University has named Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge David Ebel as the 2012 McAfee & Taft Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence.

So what does a Jurist-in-Residence do?

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals is often overlooked as a national precedential trendsetter. The Ninth Circuit gets buzz for its “activist judges.” The Second Circuit gets the high-profile New York cases. Isn’t it about time the Tenth Circuit got some attention?

Pending the outcome of an Andover, Mass. town meeting vote this spring, the First Circuit Court of Appeals could be looking to the Tenth Circuit for advice on how taxpayer income should be evaluated in the courts.

Andover will consider a measure in April to allow town employees and contractors to receive part of their pay in $1 American Eagle silver dollars, reports The Boston Globe.

Chief Justice John Roberts named eight judges as new committee chairs for the Judicial Conference this week, and extended the service of three judges as committee chairs.

Justice Roberts named Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Timothy Tymkovich as the new chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources. Judge Tymcovich, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, has served on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2003.

The other new committee chairs are:

If $16,000 in unethical conduct fines won't scare an attorney into behaving properly before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, perhaps suspension will?

The Tenth Circuit indefinitely suspended Illinois attorney Jerold W. Barringer for making frivolous arguments in a tax lien foreclosure appeal, reports the ABA Journal. Barringer can apply for readmission to the Tenth Circuit bar after one year.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote today on whether or not former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six's nomination for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals should be forwarded to the full Senate.

On March 9, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Steve Six to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Six is currently a partner at Stevens & Brand in Lawrence, Kansas.