Non-Sequiturs: 05.05.08
* “Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession.” Our favorite: “Forwarding E-mails: Theory and Practice.” [McSweeney’s]
* An $8 million windfall for WVU Law School, courtesy of unclaimed class-action settlement money. [Charleston Gazette]
* Jessica Utovich, the scheduler / paramour of Ohio attorney general Marc Dann, in an email to her boss: “I try my hardest to make sure you are taken care of.” Maybe she shouldn’t have tried so hard. [Daily Briefing / Columbus Dispatch]
* When you try to give your client basic grooming tips, and he responds by calling you “the Lucky Charms leprechaun,” it’s time to start looking for a new line of work. [Miami Herald]
* Did you know that today is International Midwives’ Day? [The Mommy Blawg via Blawg Review]
* And in other blog carnival developments, check out the May Carnival of Trust, hosted by DLA Piper’s David Donoghue. [Chicago IP Litigation Blog]
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"4 A.M. Word Processing and the Law"
So true...
/Would you like to be transferred to our off-site partner?
ATL should do a story on the really low associate morale at clifford chance in new york, and every associate wondering when the lay-offs will come.
Not to mention LLBL Chicago office, where over a dozen of the top partners and associates left to start their own insurance firm after LLS tried to get them to up their fees and push additional services on their clients.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue-law-otebook-lord-bisselapr29,0,4121147.story
Re WVU Law story: unclaimed class-action money going to judge's alma mater so school can recruit "star" faculty? Yeah, sounds like justice to me.
Clifford Chance NY has had bad morale since 2001 I think.
sweet news day Lat.. WE think WE are bored.
"Cutting and Pasting II: Plural to Singular"
Any transactional attorney knows all about this. Particularly in structured finance. Brilliant
As a female associate, I particularly appreciated "Crying Quietly:Clinic." Despite our tough, crusty (and in every way equal) exteriors, many of us have sobbed in the bathroom at one time or another.