Naming a magazine for female attorneys: Chill out, Trial Mama?
The makers of KNOW: The Magazine for Paralegals have another legal publication in the works. A tipster forwarded us an e-mail about a "new magazine for women professionals in litigation."
Imagining the love child of Glamour and the American Lawyer, we expected to see planned articles on hot courtroom studs and legal fashion faux pas. But it sounds like this publication will be more strait-laced. The email announcement claims the magazine will "be chock full of work style and life style balance articles; address women's issues in the law firm and in-house legal environment and offer informative pieces on current topics in technology, litigation and e-discovery."
They're in the naming phase, and are considering the following. Which two are not like the others?
* Women in Litigation
* Chill
* Woman Litigator
* Trial Mama
* American Litigator
* Spirit, The Magazine for Women in e-Discovery
* Equality, The Magazine for Women Litigators
* Legal Women, A Workstyle & Life Balance Magazine
We're not excited by the bland "Women in Litigation" options, or anything with "e-Discovery" in the title. But "Chill" and "Trial Mama" are truly ridonculous. ATL Idol Exley's "Clitigator", or Lat's beloved "Litigatrix", would blow all the other entries away. We welcome better title suggestions in the comments.
Among the options offered, we can't decide which is the worst. What do you think?
Earlier: We Don't KNOW How This Magazine for Paralegals Will Do
(97) Comments
firsty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my favorite politician has always been bill FRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIISTTT
"How To Survive Having Your Front Destroyed By Babies While Having Your Rear Destroyed By Your Boss"
Too long for a magazine title?
for Women in e-Discovery??
Because we need a separate magazine for women dealing with traditional discovery.
Why do we need such a magazine at all. I think the market is flooded. First, check out the magazine Pink that pretty much covers all the issues. Then ,check out the numerous blogs for women lawyers, the best of which is www.ms-jd.org. Also, NAWL does a great job of publishing a decent newsletter and there are so many reports and such related to women lawyers that there is no need for this.
Magazines for women litigators just perpetuates the stereotypes that women aren't meant to be litigators. It all boils down to trying to make a buck.
"Legal Labia"
Glass Ceiling Monthly
Please Take Me Seriously
I think the women in e-discovery (i.e. TTT back office document production hell-holes) have plenty of unique issues to discuss. For example, is it more efficient to screw on top of your desk while clicking through documents online, or on top of the printer while you're making sure no paper jams cause gaps in the production?
It's annoying that "work/life balance" is something that usually only comes up with regard to women. I'm a guy and, no, the thought of spending all my time at work does not appeal to me. Sometimes I like to go home and play with my kids and have sex with my wife. So I'll take some of that work/life balance as well, thanks.
"I'm Not Wearing F*ck-Me Pumps Because I Plan On Working My Way To The Top"
I was on Law Review, My Opinion Matters! Weekly
7 wins the interwebz
7 wins the interwebz
Yeast Infections, Female Litigators and Other Annoying C*nts Monthly
what litigator, male or female, has time (or inclination) to read a fucking magazine?!?!?!
"Expiring eggs"
as a woman soon-to-be-litigator who is never having kids, i find the idea of naming a woman litigator magazine "trial mama" to be presumptuous and exclusive.
Journal of the American Bra Association
"Firm Nipples"
19: If this isn't flame, you're preaching to the wrong crowd. cf. posts 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 & 18.
Just for #19 --
Feminazigators Monthly
Firms need to hire more attractive female lawyers. You can teach them to type, but you can't teach them to have great tits.
Dear #19,
C-Sections and Surrogates, the Magazine for Family-Oriented Lady Litigators
"Checks Dig the Trial Call"
"Trial Mama" is sublime. Its so awful and inappropriate that its good, in an ironic way.
" Spirit, The Magazine for Women in e-Discovery" is bizarre and off-topic, and not in a funny or ironic way.
"Chicks Dig the Trial Call"
In the first issue, they should cover:
a- Cats
b- Pantsuits
c- Menopause
d- Vacations/Dining for One.
29 - Excellent start, but you left out:
e - Crying at the office
We started this magazine, 'American Bitch'. It's a focus on the issues of the lesbian pure bred dog owner.
" Spirit, The Magazine for Women in e-Discovery"
That's actually kind of funny. Sort of like, "Fervor, the Magazine for Women who use Intralinks.com for due diligence."
Wait, what?
Sue.
f- Finding mid-level to obtain gossip from
g- Crying when confronted about being a gossip
h- Staying friends with mid-level who got fired after you dimed him out for giving you fodder for gossip
#11, guys in my high school used to have sex with your wife all the time. She was no big deal.
#11, guys in my high school used to have sex with your wife all the time. She was no big deal.
f- Finding mid-level to obtain gossip from
g- Crying when confronted about being a gossip
h- Staying friends with mid-level who got fired after you dimed him out for giving you fodder for gossip
"We Ride Our Opponents As Hard As We Ride Our Dildos"
Nice, 31. I was just thinking that...
Titigation
Lengthy Dicta
VaJayJay JD
Trial Period (especially if it's a monthly)
42- top notch
Trial Mama is ridiculous and quite frankly not entirely true. First, not all litigators are trial lawyers. Second, not all women litigators are mothers. Ugh.
Absorbent Briefs
33 rocked it! "Sue" is perfect!
This space is filled in large part by Pink. If we have to have a magazine especially for female litigators, I agree with 33, Sue is perfect.
#45, good try, but actually there's a men's litigation magazine with a similar name -- Messy Briefs
Kash, if you're going to cite to urban dictionary, at least cite to a word that actually seems like it should appear in the lexicon, like this one: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=escaletiquette.
How about just, "The Paunch"
Trials & TFing
Obviously this magazine should be called Litigatrix.
#52, good thinking! I wonder why none of us thought of that!
Better try next time, genius.
Legal pad
Douchebag Lawyers
Trials and Titilations
Menstruating Circumstances
Period.
Assumption of the Tits
Alternate Castration
53,
Pardon me for not reading a blog post in great detail. Tres TTT of me, I know.
Litigatix is still the best. That Lat and I thought of it independently is only further evidence of that fact.
-52
"Counts"
Miscarriage of Justice
Blowhards
Legal Beavers Bi-Weekly
Chip on Your Shoulder Monthly?
LITIGATRICES
A magazine for female personal injury lawyers: Slippery When Wet.
We Spit a Load Queefer
Assume the Deposition
Nails of Justice
I, Like, Object
Tails of Justice
Eat Your Children To Make Partner Monthly
Big Butt Bad Attitude Biweekly
Muff 'n Stuff Magazine
The Hole Truth
77 -
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lip Service
Yummy Menses
Skirting the Issues
e-Discover my Snatch
Penis Envy
Barren Women Monthly
This thread shows are immature women really are. Look at all the stupid names they suggest for their own magazine. It's now wonder we can't take them seriously.
VADJUDICATED!
VADJUDICATED
"This thread shows are immature women really are."
How very eloquent.
boobies.law.mag
Litagatrix
First feature article: Complying with FIRPTA while decentuating your FUPA
Hey I got a new idea: "Litigatrix."
Are you guys kidding me? Can you not read?
Even though there are some really funny ones listed, the one that still gets me is "Clitigator."
42 and 77 win
I find it interesting that the makers of KNOW magazine are looking into another publication when I still haven't received my 2nd issue of their first publication...has anyone else received the August/September issue of KNOW?! Hmmm...by my calendar, it's October so will this be the August/September/October issue then....?
Oh my god, they really named it Sue. Great work guys!
Oh my god, they really named it Sue. Great work guys!