September 2007
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Winston & Strawn
We heard about this first from a tipster with an offer. But it’s confirmed by the firm website of Winston & Strawn: Winston & Strawn associates who join the firm from judicial clerkships receive a clerkship bonus. Currently, the bonus paid to U.S. Court of Appeals and District Court clerks is $50,000. U.S. Supreme Court […] -
Books, Carter Phillips, Celebrities, Dahlia Lithwick, Erwin Chemerinsky, Eyes of the Law, Jeffrey Rosen, John Yoo, Law Schools
The Eyes of the Law: Legal Celebrities Descend on William & Mary
Okay, so the folks over at TMZ.com don’t chase them around yet. But here at ATL, we adore legal celebrities — and invite you to send in your encounters with them, for our Eyes of the Law sightings column. Last Friday, for lovers of legal boldface names from the left or the right, William & […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Cars, Crime, Department of Justice, Labor / Employment, Michael Mukasey, Morning Docket, O.J. Simpson, Racism
Morning Docket: 09.17.07
* GM workers take break from, um, not working. [New York Times] * Jena 6 charges thrown out because not filed in juvenile court. [CNN] * O.J. gets squeezed for alleged Vegas robbery. [AP via Athens Banner-Herald] * Mukasey it is. [New York Times]
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Books, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Catfight at One First Street! Nina Totenberg Lays the Smackdown on Jan Crawford Greenburg
New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin’s exciting new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, is being released tomorrow. But it’s already provoking some interesting discussion in the blogosphere. See, e.g., this post by Professor Rick Garnett (esp. the comments). And it’s garnering some favorable reviews. The dean of the Supreme Court […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Gay, Gera Grinberg
Brokeback Lawfirm: Happy Birthday, Gera Grinberg
Are you wondering what’s going on in the case of Aaron Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell? You’re not alone. We went to check the case’s status on the electronic docket, but couldn’t find the case by party name or by index number (Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP: 100625/2007; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP v. Charney: […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Jose Padilla, Michael Mukasey, Politics, S.D.N.Y., War on Terror
Who Will Be the Next AG? Michael Mukasey
No official announcement has been made (despite the claim of Wikipedia that “[o]n September 16, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Mukasey to serve as the 81st Attorney General of the United States”). But numerous news outlets are reporting that President Bush has selected Michael B. Mukasey — currently a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb […] -
Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Eliot Disner, Plaintiffs Firms
Meet the Bar/Bri Legal Diva - and Don't Forget, Monday Is the Claims Deadline
We reminded you on Friday, but we fear our post got lost in the shuffle. If you’re part of the plaintiff class in the Bar/Bri class action — and since you’re reading ATL, you probably are — then the deadline for filing your proof of claim is this Monday, September 17. So if you want […] -
Deaths, Harold Koh, Law Schools
More News From Yale Law School
As promised, here’s an update on the recent, sudden passing of a first-year student at Yale Law School. From the Yale Daily News (which we alerted to the story): A first-year Yale Law School student was found dead in his apartment Thursday night. “From what we know at this point, we only have reason to […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Andrew Speaker, Blogging, Erwin Chemerinsky, Fashion, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.14.07
* Can a shoe infringe on copyright? [Fashionista] * Maybe there IS such a thing as bad publicity. Business ain’t so hot for “TB Andy” right now. [WSJ Law Blog] * Some Chemerinskygate updates. [TaxProf Blog; TaxProf Blog] * Thinking of a career as a professional blogger? Read this first. [Career Journal] -
Bad Ideas, Celebrities, Crime, O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson: If I Did It...
I was just trying to get back my own stuff. From Fox 5 (Las Vegas): Authorities are still investigating whether a gun was used when O.J. Simpson and others entered a Las Vegas hotel room and, after a heated argument, walked off with sports memorabilia. The incident was reported to police during a 9-1-1 call […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Crickets Chirping at the DOJ
Are you a Department of Justice employee? If so, why are you at your desk? Shouldn’t you be at the festivities in honor of Alberto Gonzales’s last day? DOJ employees are invited to attend the Farewell Ceremony for Alberto R. Gonzales, 80th Attorney General of the United States. The ceremony will be held at 3:00 […] -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Shameless Plugs
Above the Law Gets Down with the Record
We’re not very popular lately. You don’t like our freelance writing, you don’t like our photo selection, you don’t like our YLS coverage. That’s fine; as longtime bloggers, we’re used to criticism. One of our favorite quotes is by Samuel Johnson: “I would rather be attacked than unnoticed.” As long as ATL’s traffic keeps climbing […] -
Breasts, Feminism, Food, Gender, Kids, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Lactation Rooms
We continue our series profiling the perks or fringe benefits of life at a large law firm. This one may be the breast one yet. From a (male) tipster: A friend of mine ran across this Simpson Thatcher perk: “The Firm maintains a lactation room for new mothers in each of its New York, Los […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Deaths, Harold Koh, Holy Crap, Law Schools
Breaking: Yale Law School First-Year Found Dead
A first-year student at Yale Law School was found dead in his apartment last night. You read it here first; the story is developing. More details to appear in this space; refresh your browser for the latest updates. Update (12:40 PM): We just got off the phone with Bliss Bernarda in Yale’s Office of Public […] -
Announcements, BARBRI, Money, Plaintiffs Firms
A Friendly Reminder: The BAR/BRI Proof of Claim Deadline Is Monday!
Attention young lawyers. We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important announcement: If you purchased a bar review course from BAR/BRI anywhere in the United States anytime from August, 1997 through July 31, 2006 (the “Class”), you may be affected by a settlement of a class action lawsuit pending in the United […] -
Contests, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: August's Couple of the Month
Who says lawyers aren’t romantic? In this month’s Couple of the Month voting, an adorable tale of enduring teenage love won convincingly over a SCOTUS clerk, a lesbian couple, and a United States Congressman. Congratulations to newlyweds (and Redskins fans) Shauna Burgess and Jonathan Friedman as they enter their second decade of couple-hood! Earlier: Legal […] -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Lord, Bissell & Brook
Law Firm News: Odds and Ends
1. Back in May, Locke Liddell & Sapp, of Houston and Dallas, and Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago, announced plans to merge. Those plans have now been finalized, and the merger will take effect on October 2. Sadly, they didn’t take our advice about that unwieldy name: the new firm will be known as […] -
Harold Koh, Law Schools, Weirdness
What's Up At Yale Law School?
So maybe being from Yale Law School doesn’t make you God’s gift to the legal profession (at least according to this commenter). But we still care about developments at our alma mater — and were intrigued to hear about an urgent meeting, to be held at YLS later today: TO: The Yale Law School CommunityFROM: […] -
Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: An Atlanta Round-Up
We broke the news of the Kilpatrick Stockton pay raise earlier this month. Today’s Fulton County Daily Report has an article about it here. The Kilpatrick move is old news — it was actually announced before Labor Day — but Meredith Hobbs’s piece does contain a helpful summary of where the big Atlanta firms stand: […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.14.07
* A look at the ’08 spouses, many of whom are lawyers or former lawyers. [Time] * More about hate crimes and the torture case. [CNN] * Starbury scoffs at sexual harassment trial. [ESPN] * Google Street View may violate Canadian privacy law. [MSNBC] * Speaking of spying, NFL punishes Patriots for taping opposing teams’ […]