August 2008
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.07.08
* More on everyone’s favorite topic: OCI! How to bring up the pro bono question in your on-campus interview. [Lexis Hub / BBLP] * Some news from our ancestral homeland (we’re imagining Stifler’s mom, in a burqa): “Supreme Court stops homeland deal with MILF.” [Southern Appeal] * Law school faculty as free agents — good […] -
Sexism, Sexual Harassment
If there's no sexual harassment, we wouldn't breed!
Apparently, breeding doesn’t evolve from meeting a person you like, going out to dinner, having a drink or two, and letting nature take its course. It comes from a woman’s eyes signaling that she “desperately want[s] to be laid on the boardroom table as soon as [a man gives] the word.” Or so says a […] - Sponsored
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ATL Idol, Contests, Federal Judges, Judicial Divas, Reader Polls
America's Worst Legal Boss Strikes Back
[Ed. note: This post is by FROLIC & DETOUR, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Frolic & Detour’s avatar (at right).] Many thanks to those who wrote in about their creepy, sadistic, and otherwise entertaining legal bosses. Our first nominee, […]
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ATL Idol
Lionel Hutz Invitational: Round 2
[Ed. note: This post is by SOPHIST, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Sophist’s avatar (at right).] Looks like I seeded Jack McCoy all wrong. Maybe McCoy is a realistic approximation of what you get if you combine Stalin, bushy […] -
ATL Idol, Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches
OCI Open Thread Follow-Up
[Ed. note: This post is by ALEX, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Alex’s avatar (at right).] We received nearly 200 comments on the OCI Open Thread, and to my surprise, most of them were not directed solely at how […] -
ATL Idol, Lawsuit of the Day
Follow-up: Lawsuit of the Epoch
[Ed. note: This post is by FROLIC & DETOUR, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Frolic & Detour’s avatar (at right).] Last year, ATL brought you the story of Ernie Chambers, the Nebraska state legislator who sued God for terrorizing […] -
ATL Idol, Rudeness, Violence
Desk Rage: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
[Ed. note: This post is by MARIN, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Marin’s avatar (at right).] Does this sound like your supervising partner? [He] aggressively and rapidly advanced…with clenched fists, piercing eyes, beet-red face, popping veins, and screaming and […] -
ATL Idol, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Wachtell Associates Receive Money and Like It
[Ed. note: This post is by SOPHIST, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Sophist’s avatar (at right).] On Tuesday, American Lawyer published a follow-up report to their overall associate satisfaction survey, released last Friday. This report ranks midlevel associates’ satisfaction […] - Sponsored
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Cold Offers, Job Searches, Summer Associates
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Cold Offers
August marks the end of extravagant lunches and open bars, and the return to the starving-student lifestyle for this year’s batch of summer associates. This time of year also presents summers with a big, anxiety-inducing question: Am I getting The Offer — i.e., an offer to return to The Firm on a more permanent / […] -
AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Defamation, Free Speech, Technology
AutoAdmit Update: AK-47 A Defendant Named :D, Outed
See the links below for more details. Also note this, from Marc Randazza of the Legal Satyricon: For anyone who is curious, I have personally spoken to the University of Texas adjunct who happens to bear the [same name as the formerly anonymous defendant known as :D]. He IS NOT the person in question. I […] -
ATL Idol, Cars, Pets, Traffic Accidents, Weirdness
ATL Idol: Week 2, Head-to-Head Round (Part 2)
Here’s the second half of the “head-to-head” round of ATL Idol. If you’re not up to speed on what’s going on, background information is available in this prior post (or just scroll down the front page to the post immediately below this one). You can check out the second half of the head-to-head round, featuring […] -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Job Searches, Layoffs, Rudeness, Small Law Firms
No Cadwalader Lawyers Need Apply?(Actually, CWT lawyers are welcome at D&S. See the update.)
In case you missed the big news, last week Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft laid off 96 lawyers. This is, as far as we know, the largest lawyer layoff of the current economic cycle. When combined with the January layoffs, which hit around 35 lawyers, CWT has axed upwards of 130 attorneys. This makes it “America’s […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 08.06.08
[Ed. note: Apologies for this late posting. We’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties this morning.] * Texas executed a Mexican citizen yesterday after SCOTUS denied a last minute request for a reprieve. Neither the International Court of Justice nor the Bush administration is pleased. [New York Times] * Ninth Circuit to review an e-mail hacking […]
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Layoffs, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Nationwide International Layoff Watch: DLA Piper
And now, some layoff news from the other side of the pond, courtesy of TheLawyer.com: DLA Piper is conducting a firmwide review of staffing levels, resulting in five redundancies in the firm’s technology, media and communications (TMC) group. The layoffs, which were all in London, include three assistants, a legal director and an associate. The […] -
Gay, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Real Estate, Sexual Harassment, Tax Law, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 08.05.08
* Why does Wall Street get all the juicy scandals? We’re jealous of our DealBreaker colleagues. [Dealbreaker] * Larry Ribstein’s take: “it’s hard not to think that it’s really all about dispute a few weeks ago between [the NYT’s Andrew Ross] Sorkin and Dealbreaker’s John Carney.” [Ideoblog] * Are you in the top one percent […] -
ATL Idol, Contests, Federal Judges, Judicial Divas, Reader Polls
Star Search: Do You Work for America's Worst Legal Boss?
[Ed. note: This post is by FROLIC & DETOUR, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Frolic & Detour’s avatar (at right).] Demanding bosses come with the territory in our line of work. Several less-than-loving legal employers have been profiled here […] -
ATL Idol, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Which Legal Fiction Makes Your Life Worse?
[Ed. note: This post is by SOPHIST, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Sophist’s avatar (at right).] Why does my television constantly tell me that being an attorney is: glamorous, “fun,” and yet so easy that any idiot can do […] -
Job Searches
More on On-Campus Interview Cancellations
Last week, we gave you a post on on-campus interviewing (OCI) cancellations by law firms at three schools. We wondered whether it might be an emerging trend. The flood of e-mails and comments in response suggests that it is. We’ve compiled a long list for nervous law students. The firms or offices listed below have […] -
Aaron Charney, Alex Kozinski, Ann Althouse, ATL Idol, Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Halverson, H. Rodgin Cohen, Jeremy Pitcock, Pictures, Thomas Goldstein
What if They Mated: Legal All-Stars Edition
[Ed. note: This post is by MARIN, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Marin’s avatar (at right).] From ergonomic wrist supports to dual computer monitors, law firms wring every ounce of productivity from the attorneys they haven’t axed (yet). But […] -
ATL Idol, Job Searches
On-Campus Interviews: Open Thread
[Ed. note: This post is by ALEX, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Alex’s avatar (at right).] On-campus interviews are just around the corner. Biglaw firms are soldiering on with their recruiting efforts despite a crap economy. We can’t help […]