Juris-imprudence

Holy torts! Law student in erotic vid

From nydailynews.com
A Brooklyn law student who shed her briefs for a Playboy TV series may have to kiss off her career after the sexy video made its way into e-mail in-boxes all over the city.
Adriana Dominguez - a third-year student at Brooklyn Law School - happily strips naked, gets spanked and holds gavels up to her bare breasts in the provocative clip.
"I wanted to do something a little crazy before I graduate and do become a lawyer ... do something kind of out of character," Dominguez said with a grin as she posed for photographer Andrew Einhorn inside his friend's DUMBO apartment.
"Lawyers can be boring," the 24-year-old later added. But no one will ever call Dominguez buttoned-up. The brainy blond with Ivy League credentials was looking for a lark last July when she answered a Craigslist ad for women to appear in the Playboy TV series "Naked Happy Girls." The episode, called "Rock Star and the Lawyer," aired in January - and was barely noticed.
But in the past three weeks, a 45-second clip spread on the Internet among students and some faculty at almost every New York law school. "I did not expect it to become so widespread," Dominguez told the Daily News in an e-mail yesterday. "I do not know how it was leaked."
The University of Pennsylvania graduate appeared embarrassed and anxious when The News spotted her coming out of a meeting with a top dean. "We don't want this to ruin the career of a young lawyer," said law school spokeswoman Linda Harvey.
When she made the erotic video, Dominguez, a California native, seemed unfazed by the idea that it could wreck her future. "I'm not that shy, so it wouldn't bother me if, say, the opposing counsel has seen these pictures of me. I wouldn't care," she told Einhorn after he asked her if she had any concerns. "When we shot, she knew what might happen down the road if these pictures might get shown to people in her field," Einhorn told The News.
"But she had this self-confidence to not let that bother her. I don't think that she felt that this would be negative in any way to her career," he said.
The sexy stunt could have dire consequences for the would-be lawyer. If she applies for the New York State Bar this year, Dominguez could face tough questions from the Committee on Character and Fitness, which examines the personal character of future lawyers. "It may have an effect. It's a possibility in the worst-case scenario that the person does not get admitted," a committee representative said. And potential employers are sure to discover Dominguez's striptease with a quick Internet search.
Except for her naughty past, Dominguez has plenty to recommend her: she had a fall internship with the domestic violence unit of the Brooklyn district attorney's office and served as treasurer of her law school's Legal Association of Activist Women. Her fellow students at Brooklyn Law, who have dubbed Dominguez "Porn Star," said she should have been smart enough to know better. "It's a striptease. A bit trashy," said one young woman on campus. "I look at her differently. She's definitely smart. It was just a bad decision."



"I do not know how it was leaked." - LEAKED! LEAKED! It was on cable TV softcore porn! It was on the internet already. How could it be leaked? It was there waiting to be found. Her having it linked to her AIM might have helped a little dont you think?
As lawyers we are paid for our judgment. We are held to a higher ethical standard. Are ethics a gray area? The ABA doesn’t seem to think so.
The bottom line is that this girl will probably get some grief from the NY state bar committee on character and fitness. But the real question is this: If you pay a lawyer for her judgment, aren’t you supposed to be able to trust that judgment?
And as for the comment made by the young lady on her campus, “She's definitely smart. It was just a bad decision."
In NY, “Smart” apparently means something to do with how well you can answer test questions, and absolutely nothing to do with common sense.

HOLY CRAP!!!! HOLD THE PRESS – This snippets below were found below the article in reader comments.

“Oh, and by the way, this is just the tip of the iceberg on this young lady. Her posing nude is the least of what she does. Almost a year ago to the day, friend of mine, had a bachelor's party in a Manhattan hotel. His brother arranged for 3 strippers. One of them was the subject of today's article.” “Anyways, after she participated, with her alleged cousin and another girl who was the supervisor....in a 3 way lesbian activity...did nude lapdances..so on and so forth she goes into the other room and then reappears and asks if there were any lawyers there. She then produces her Brooklyn Law School ID and starts asking about which bar preparation course she should take, Barbri or Pieper. The whole lawschool thing put a cold damper on the event.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/04/10/2007-04-10_its_jurisimprudence-2.html
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Uhhhhhhh. I don't think "whore, stripper, and porn star" are quite what the ABA had in mind when they advocated "public interest work".

By the way - Don't feel too bad for Ms. Dominguez. She has now hired a publicist.