July 2007
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Elizabeth Halverson, Judicial Divas, Jury Duty, Masturbation, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.25.07
* Can you invoke the Fifth Amendment if you’re a juror being voir dired? [Southern District of Florida Blog] * When it comes to the administrative state, you can run but you can’t hide. [DealBreaker] * The Elizabeth Halverson saga rolls on — and social studies teachers are grateful for the judicial soap opera: “My […] -
Biglaw, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: CLE, Yeah You Know Me
We’re not yet done talking about Biglaw perks and fringe benefits. Today’s topic: Continuing Legal Education, or CLE. Let’s go back to Kirkland & Ellis (which pays a $50K clerkship bonus, in case you hadn’t heard, and gives you a $350 office decorating budget). From a tipster: K&E associates get something like $5,000 a year […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Money, Rudy Giuliani, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Bracewell & Giuliani
As a presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani is picking up steam. Meanwhile, his law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, is doling out the cash down in Texas. From the Texas Lawyer: On July 25, Bracewell & Giuliani joined the growing pack of Texas-based firms raising first- and second-year associate raises. Houston-based Bracewell — with 391 lawyers in […]
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Biglaw, Job Searches
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: San Francisco / Silicon Valley
With fall recruiting season just around the corner (or already upon us at some schools), we’ve launched a series of open threads, where people can compare notes about law firms in different cities. Here are the threads that we’ve put up so far (which we encourage people to revisit, even after they get bumped from […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Kirkland & Ellis Joins the $50K Club
People, please, be patient. We heard you the first time you asked us to confirm that Kirkland & Ellis has raised its clerkship bonus. It was not necessary to reiterate this request in the comments to every single post on ATL. We reached out to Kirkland earlier this week, shortly after we started hearing this […] -
Fashion, Ridiculousness, Roy Pearson, Tort Reform
Pearson v. Custom Cleaners: An Update
See the Associated Press and the WSJ Law Blog. From the AP: The $54 million pants, as they’ve come to be known, were the subject of a widely mocked lawsuit that garnered international attention. Now, they have their own security guard…. On display [at a fundraiser last night] were what the Chungs say are the […] -
Biglaw, Money, New York Observer, Skaddenfreude, Wall Street
Profits vs. Partners: Is Biglaw Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
In this week’s New York Observer, there’s an article (by yours truly) that may be of interest to ATL readers. It’s entitled Profits vs. Partners: Are the country’s top law firms going the way of the dinosaur? You can check it out by clicking here. The piece has also been picked up by DealBook and […] -
Crime, Harold Koh, Screw-Ups
Who Says Yale Law School Types Don't Know How To Make Money?
We dropped the ball by not writing about this news when it first surfaced earlier this year. Now that it’s made Instapundit, though, the entire world knows about it. One Yalie writes: A bit of an embarrassment for Harold Koh, though no real fault on his part. Still, it might come up if he’s nominated […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Drinking, Nude Dancing, Rudeness, Summer Associates
X-Summers: The Nekkid Sleeper
We continue our series of posts about summer associate misadventures. If you have an anecdote you’d be willing to share, please check out the submission guidelines, and then email us. We’re continuing with our theme of summer associates as superheroes. Move over, X-Men; make way for the X-Summers!!! 1. Superhero name: The Nekkid Sleeper 2. […] -
Fabulosity, Media and Journalism, Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, You Go Girl
In Defense of Nina Totenberg: Ari Shapiro
You know you’re a celebrity when everyone has an opinion about you. And by that standard, Nina Totenberg, who covers the Supreme Court for NPR, is definitely a celebrity. Ever since we first started writing about Ms. Nina, we’ve received tons of messages and stories about her. We feel like we’re running confirmation hearings for […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Boston
When we posted yesterday’s open thread on Chicago law firms, to create a forum for people to talk candidly about Biglaw shops now that fall recruiting season is approaching, we weren’t sure how it would turn out. We worried that the comments would descend into useless trash talk, or that there wouldn’t be enough participants […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.25.07
* D.C. Circuit wants truckers to get some rest. [New York Times] * Malpractice defendants 2, Weis 0. [Fulton County Daily Report] * This is one of those cases where the best punchline is so obvious that the headline already used it, so I’ll just quote it: “Levi’s sues the pants off of Polo.” [CNN] […]
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Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology
New York Bar Exam Horror Stories
We’ve received three of them thus far. It appears that the bar examiners have been having, er, technical difficulties — some pretty serious computer problems. Needless to say, the hapless test takers are not happy campers. For those of you who are interested, we reprint the stories after the jump.
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Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
The Rumors Persist: DPW to 180? NYC to 195?
Here is the latest unverified gossip making the rounds among summer associates in New York City: “I’m not summering at Davis Polk, but I have some friends who are, and I’ve been to a few of their events. The general assumption among people there was that the firm is going to $180,000, probably in time […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Chicago
Some of you have requested a place where you can trade notes about different firms, in advance of fall recruiting season (which is arguably already upon us, since some law students have to submit their bids for interview slots now or very soon). There are already a number of places to give and receive such […] -
7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Judge of the Day, Old People, Screw-Ups, Sentencing Law
Judge of the Day: John Shabaz
Not allowing the defendant to allocute before pronouncing sentence is a rookie mistake for a judge to make. So if a judge makes it, despite having been on the bench for over 25 years, he can expect to get benchslapped. From a Wisconsin reader: Not sure if this is quite up your alley, but Federal […] -
Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Flextime and Telecommuting
Our series about fringe benefits / perks rolls on. Today we’re going to talk about a topic that has surfaced previously, but hasn’t received a dedicated post of its own: flextime and telecommuting. We’ll kick things off with an interesting article that’s all about, well, some firms’ LACK of flexibility when it comes to arrival […] -
Biglaw, Nauseating Things, Summer Associates
X-Summers: Partner's Best Friend
We resume our series of fun summer associate stories. If you have an anecdote you’d be willing to share, please check out the submission guidelines, and then email us. Today’s story is more embarrassing to the partner than the summer associate. But that doesn’t preclude it from inclusion here. After all, the tale of the […] -
3rd Circuit, Books, Dolores Sloviter, Federal Judges, Judicial Divas, Saira Rao
Chambermaid: Judge Sloviter Speaks
The prominent jurist breaks her silence about an ex-clerk's controversial novel. -
Biglaw, Kids, Money, Shameless Plugs, Skaddenfreude, Summer Associates, Washington Post
Summer Associates: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Best of Times
Today’s Washington Post has a great article, by Ian Shapira, about the adventures of summer associates here in the nation’s capital. This is our favorite part (emphasis added): [B]udding lawyers say they spend much of their office time looking for better deals. They peruse such Web sites as Above the Law, a must-read legal blog […]