Biglaw Perk Watch: Librarians (Especially Cool Ones)
In case you haven’t noticed, we have thing for law librarians around here. We’ve given them their own category tag, and we previously held a law librarian hotties contest (male nominees here, female nominees here, and winners here).
In our recent New York Observer column about Cadwalader, we also tried to include a shout-out to their super-cool library staff, based on this New York Times article. It ended up getting cut in the editing process, but we thought we’d mention it here. From a tipster:
The “librarian at a law firm” who was profiled [in the Times] works at Cadwalader. I’d be curious to hear from the ATL posters which other Vault firms feature these alleged “hipster librarians.”
So, any takers? Having a team of crack librarians, ready to go to the ends of the earth to find some obscure treatise or track down elusive legislative history, is one of the nice perks of Biglaw life — as well as life as a law professor or government lawyer, too.
And you might end up getting more than just USCCAN volumes — you could end up finding love. Justice Samuel A. Alito, you may recall, ended up marrying his office’s law librarian. How neat is that?
If you’d like to praise (or complain about) the library staff where you work, please feel free to do so in the comments. Thanks.
A Hipper Crowd of Shushers [New York Times]
Jeffrey Howard Buckley [jehobu.com]
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I am number one...he he he jackass
librarians are hot
That's why I agree with Scalia about not looking at legislative history. It's such a pain in the ass to find...
The librarians at Ropes & Gray's Boston office are outstanding. They respond to research requests promptly and efficiently. Most importantly, one of the librarians maintains a large stash of teas and dark chocolates, which she makes available to all (at least, she made them available to all of us summers - no idea if thats a standing offer to the entire firm).
The librarian at my firm is helpful... but she cannot seem to string words together into a meaningful sentence. She's a native English speaker, but I swear I can never understand a single thing she says.
The librarians at Ropes & Gray's Boston office are outstanding. They respond to research requests promptly and efficiently. Most importantly, one of the librarians maintains a large stash of teas and dark chocolates, which she makes available to all (at least, she made them available to all of us summers - no idea if thats a standing offer to the entire firm).
How are the librarians at Ropes & Gray's Boston office? Anyone know?
The librarians at Ropes & Gray's Boston office are outstanding. They respond to research requests promptly and efficiently. Most importantly, one of the librarians maintains a large stash of teas and dark chocolates, which she makes available to all (at least, she made them available to all of us summers - no idea if thats a standing offer to the entire firm).
I haven't heard much about the librarians at Ropes & Gray's Boston office. Do they have librarians there? Are they any good?
Shearman's DC librarians are the best I've ever encountered. They're efficient, smart, and FAST. Oh, and they have a kick-ass candy dish if you remember to sign out the book you're taking...
The Ropes & Gray librarians attend a fabulous retreat at the Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena each year.
Last year they got into a brawl with some summer associates from O'Melveny. But the woman who decked the head librarian wasn't a summer, she was just a summer's friend.
I second the comment on Shearman's DC librarians. They are super-fast, very helpful, and very good at finding anything. Even if you are looking for some obscure hundred-year old document, they'll find a way to get it for you if you want it.
I work at Ropes & Gray, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.
Whoops... wrong thread.
/really, wrong thread.
//wrong website.
///Duke sucks.
Something I've been wondering about is whether Shearman's law librarians are as good as the ones in Ropes & Gray's Boston office. Anyone know?
Covington's are great
I work in a U.S. Attorney's Office. While our librarian is very knowledgeable, I am reluctant to ask her for help, because one you get her going, you can't stop her...
Our librarian is great but I am often distracted by her enourmous tits.
Miller & Chevalier has the best librarians, period. They make all other librarians look like dog crap.
Second that about M&C. The library ladies there are professionals.
The librarians at Stroock in NYC are absolutely fantastic. They are knowledgeable, will help you with pretty much anything short of actually writing your brief for you, and are personable. My job would be a lot tougher without them....
The real question: which single male SCOTUS clerks are trying to date the SC Law Librarian winner of the hottie contest? (Note that one of her nominating entries appeared to come from the SCOTUS law library staff and mentioned that she was single . . . maybe there's some matchmaking going along with those book requests?)
H&W DC has two competent and helpful librarians. One of them is in charge of getting really kick-ass beers for parties and has the most extensive knowledge of beer of any human being I have met.
I heard Ropes Boston uses the Dewey Decimal System ... what a scam that whole thing was.
Does Ropes even have librarians in its Boston office? I haven't heard much about their library staff....
The Sullivan & Cromwell librarians are great. I've asked for their help on numerous occasions, and have never been disappointed. Thanks, guys!
H&W Richmond has a fantastic library staff, too -- very pleasant, extremely knowledgeable and quick to respond to cries for help!
WilmerHale's New York Office has awesome librarians. If I give them a topic and tell them I need books on it, they'll send the books to my office through interoffice mail and even tab the relevant pages/sections! And they are super helpful and nice all the time.
The librarians at Kelley Drye & Warren are very knowledgeable, helpful, reliable, professional and pleasant. One can always count on them.
The IP librarians at Ropes & Gray's New York office are great. Fast, thorough, knowledgeable, and super nice.