September 2007
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.07.07
* Patriot Act struck down in part. [New York Times] * Bush announces two nominations to the Fourth Circuit. [How Appealing; WSJ Law Blog] * Jury has Spector case. [BBC] * Georgians will need photo ID to vote; no word on whether ID will be required to service the Diebold machines. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * God’s […]
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Books, David Souter, Election Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Bush v. Gore: Enough to Make a Grown Justice Cry?
Another day, another controversy involving New Yorker scribe Jeffrey Toobin and his eagerly anticipated book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (to be published on September 18). Yesterday we wrote about Toobin weighing in on who deserved the blame for Harriet Miers. Today we bring you a new drama (first noted […] - Sponsored
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Health Care / Medicine
Smile If You Work at Wilson Sonsini
Here’s an amusing anecdote from a West Coast reader: Went to visit a dentist in Palo Alto for a routine cleaning the other day. When I told him I was an attorney, he quipped: “So, do you grind your teeth? Lawyers are notorious for grinding teeth.” And then, unprompted and somewhat gratuitously, he added, “Especially […]
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Advertising, Blog Wars, Blogging, Crime, Intellectual Property, Larry Craig, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.06.07
* News you can use: “Latin phrases law students should know, but likely don’t.” [Volokh Conspiracy] * Two angry pharmacists walk into a bar. [Concurring Opinions; NY Personal Injury Law Blog] * Methinks Senator Craig doth protest too much. [Blogonaut] * And what about his daughter? She may have been a bad girl too. [Washington […] -
Email Scandals, Feminism, Gender, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Vicious Infighting
And No, She Doesn't Do Windows
This email exchange, between two law students at Washington University Law, took place late last month. It’s reminiscent of that Greenberg Traurig email exchange from the other day — which, in our book, is high praise. Some background, from our tipster: I’m an avid reader of ATL. Although I don’t see much law school coverage […] -
Biglaw, Rudeness, Summer Associates, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Forget About the Summer Associate Stories
Maybe we should feature stories about the full-time associates who mistreat summer associates. For one such story, involving a senior associate in New York who’s an a**hole of Ari Gold proportions, see here. Or maybe we should feature stories about partners who, despite being partners, comport themselves in a manner that would make Aquagirl blush. […] -
Fabulosity, Judicial Divas, Marjorie Rendell, Media and Journalism, Music, Nina Totenberg
It's Official: Nina Totenberg Is a Diva
Up until this point, we had perhaps shaky evidence that Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR, is a diva. There was the (now closed) ATL reader poll, in which 30 percent of you declared La Totenberg to be a true diva. There were various stories of diva-like behavior. There was her recent, diva-licious appearance […] -
Education / Schools, Law Schools, Television, War on Terror, Weirdness
Best Law School Course Ever?
We’re not being sarcastic. This course, to be offered at Georgetown Law in spring 2008, sounds awesome. To the average law student, it’s probably way more interesting than securities regulation (or even ERISA — one of our favorite law school classes). [FN1] From the GULC course catalog: The Law of “24”Professor W. SharpLL.M Course 853 […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: More News from Atlanta
The devoted readership of ATL down in ATL will appreciate this update. From an article by Meredith Hobbs in yesterday’s Fulton County Daily Report: More law firms have capitulated in Atlanta’s second round of pay raises this year. Jones Day will raise starting pay to $150,000, and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky […] -
Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Reader Polls, Rudeness, Technology
To Blackberry, or Not to Blackberry? That Is the Question
Recently submitted to Fortune magazine by “Bored in BlackBerryLand”: I am a recent law-school graduate and, though I’m not yet working at a law firm, I have friends who are. I understand that things in international firms happen 24/7, 365 days a year, and I want to be as supportive of my friends’ careers as […] -
Celebrities, Deaths, Iraq, Morning Docket, Politics
Morning Docket: 09.06.07
* Um, let me get this straight: a U.S. judge is holding a hearing about whether France will comply with the Geneva Conventions? [BBC] * Don’t be fooled by the arbitration award that she got; she’s still Jenny from the block. [AP via Fulton County Daily Report] * Haditha officers sanctioned, but not criminals. [CNN] […]
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Harriet Miers, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Jeffrey Toobin, John Roberts, Judicial Nominations, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Harriet Miers: Who Deserves the Blame?
Sigh. Too much to write about, not enough time (or energy). We should have written about this on Tuesday. But since we didn’t, we now have the luxury of assembling a post by commenting on what other people have already written — and snarkily noting that they all say the same thing. It all started […] -
Blogging, Education / Schools, Money, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Sonnenschein
Non-Sequiturs: 09.05.07
* Sadly, the Nixon Peabody theme song didn’t make the cut. [TechnoLawyer] * “Sonnenschein sued for millions by former partner.” [Legal Times] * News you can use: “How much income can parents have before losing all financial aid for their kids’ college?” [TaxProf Blog] * We’re late in linking to this, but here’s Blawg Review […]
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American Constitution Society (ACS), Brett Kavanaugh, Clerkships, Federalist Society, Hotties, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, John Roberts, Kids, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, UVA Law, You Go Girl
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #5)
Not too long ago, we said we had a “gut feeling” that some Supreme Court clerk hiring was going on (despite the Court being in recess). We were right. Meet Porter Wilkinson. And don’t hate her because she’s beautiful. Or brilliant. Or rich. Or the daughter of a top feeder judge and frequent Supreme Court […] -
Law Schools, Weirdness
And You Thought Your Classmates Were Freak Shows
Well, this guy — Eduardo Arrocha, who just started as a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley Law School — really IS a freak. Quite literally. Here’s why Arrocha is leaving the Coney Island Circus Sideshow to go into law: “I know it sounds weird, but I want to be a freak lawyer. I hope to […] -
Benchslaps, Herman Thomas, Judge of the Day, Perverts, Prisons, Sentencing Law, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Violence
Judge of the Day: Herman Thomas
Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas is ATL’s Judge of the Day. He takes the prize for his innovative approach to sentencing. From the Mobile Press-Register: Authorities are investigating allegations that now-suspended Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas periodically removed prisoners from Mobile County Metro Jail and spanked them in a room at the courthouse, […] -
Drinking, Music, Rudeness, Summer Associates, Violence, You Go Girl
The Bruised Booze Cruiser: An Alternate Account
For those of you who might be interested, here’s another version of yesterday’s story about the Bruised Booze Cruiser — a Kirkland & Ellis summer associate who got slugged by a local lass in Chicago (after getting drunk on the firm-sponsored booze cruise and calling said woman a “fat bitch”). We actually received many accounts […] -
Craigslist, Feminism, Gender, Job Searches, Pregnancy / Paternity
But What About the Dads?
A tipster drew our attention to this Craigslist posting, to which he appended a single line of commentary: “Discriminatory? Ha Ha.” It seems that only the title of the posting implicates motherhood. The main body of the listing refers to the candidate as “he or she,” and the job responsibilities do not require a maternal […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 50 UK Law Firms
Lately we’ve been talking to a lot of 2Ls about the law firm recruiting process. From these conversations, we’ve learned that (1) a fair number are interested in working abroad, especially in the fabulous (and fabulously expensive) city of London, and (2) many law students treat the Vault law firm rankings as the Gospel. In […] -
Biglaw, Law Schools, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Distribution of 2006 Starting Salaries for Lawyers
We’ve made this point before in these pages, and we’ll make it again: not every recent law school graduate is on the $160K (or even $145K) scale. Many newly minted lawyers are pulling down salaries that fall well short of the six-figure mark. Check out this interesting graphic, which shows the distribution of full-time salaries […]