May 2008
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Bar Exams, BARBRI, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Featured Job Survey: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Starting Bonuses But Were Afraid To Ask
Last week, we posted Part Four of the results from our ATL / Lateral Link survey on bar stipends and reimbursements, salary advances, and signing bonuses, covering the range of firms from Akin Gump to Young Conaway. We’ve also posted results from our surveys on relocation benefits and whether you have to pay it all […] -
DUI / DWI, Law Schools, Marc Dann, Politics, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Party Is Over in the Ohio AG 'Dannimal House'Amid Scandal, Dann Withdraws As Case Western Law's Commencement Speaker
Marc Dann is Ohio’s attorney general… for now. But he won’t be Case Western Reserve University’s law school commencement speaker, per an e-mail from the dean this morning. Dann was an ATL lawyer of the day honoree last month for running a dysfunctional office with staff accused of sexual harassment, DUIs, and ethics law violations. […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.05.08
* Yahoo rejects Microsoft bid… What now? [New York Times; New York Times] * FBI investigating weekend bombing at Federal Courthouse in San Diego; no injuries. [CNN] * Drawn-out primary comes down to 30 cents a day… When will it end? [Washington Post] * FBI and IRS to look deeper into the abyss that is […]
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Barack Obama, Education / Schools, Politics, Religion
More Northwestern Commencement Controversy: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright
This is slightly off the legal beat. But these days, everyone is talking about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright — including lots of law professors (like Ann Althouse and Glenn Reynolds). And we also know how much you enjoy controversy over commencement speakers, especially at Northwestern University (where Jerry Springer is speaking at the law school’s […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.02.08
* Judge Richard Posner (one of the world’s top 100 public intellectuals) has co-authored a paper concluding that “politics is a particularly good predictor of judicial voting.” Download it while it’s hot, recommends Professor David Zaring. [Conglomerate; SSRN] * Keker & Van Nest want out of “teledildonics” litigation. Wonder why? [The Prior Art] * In […] -
Sex
Lying to get into someone's pants: Not just skeezy, but tortious, too.
Professor Deana Pollard Sacks writes, over at Feminist Law Professors: Since 2005, four states have finally recognized that fraudulent inducement of sex is rape. Not just immoral, not just “boys being boys” behavior, but misappropriation of a woman’s personal right to choose who invades her body. Perhaps surprisingly, the first state to recognize fraudulent inducement […] -
Cass Sunstein, Law Professors, Law Schools, Martha Nussbaum, Richard Posner, Romance and Dating, Samantha Power
Wanna Be A Public Intellectual? Date Cass Sunstein!
In the current issue of Foreign Policy magazine, you’ll find their list of the world’s top 100 public intellectuals. The list appears here (and you can vote for your top five). Bios of the honorees — and we must confess, some of these names didn’t ring a bell — appear here. The public intellectuals explicitly […] -
Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Monica Conyers
Monica Conyers is a University of District of Columbia School of Law grad, the wife of U.S. Congressman John Conyers, and the pro-tem president of the Detroit City Council. Maybe tem stands for temper, because she’s got a nasty one. She went ballistic on the council’s president earlier this year. From the Detroit Free-Press: Conyers […] - Sponsored
How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
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Job of the Week
Job(s) of the Week: Calling All Patent Attorneys
This week we’re focusing on a particular practice area for Job of the Week. Here are four in-house opportunities for patent attorneys, all in locations starting with “S”: Silicon Valley, Seattle, San Diego and St. Joseph, MO. They’re brought to you by Lateral Link: * A Fortune 100 company that provides enterprise storage and data […] -
Higher Education and Higher Law: Planned Parenthood Is a No-No for Pro Bono at St. Thomas
Catholic law schools uphold two legal regimes: the laws of the U.S. legal system, and the laws from the big guy upstairs. Some students are just there for the former, and discomforted by the influence of the latter. A tipster writes to us about a debate at Minnesota’s St. Thomas School of Law. We notice […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.02.08
* Uma Thurman gives dramatic testimony at the trial of her alleged stalker. [City Room / NYT] * The latest on delays in judicial confirmations. [How Appealing (linkwrap)] * Wilson Sonsini accused of malpractice in new shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against Brocade directors and officers. [The Recorder] * More information about the apparent suicide of […]