September 2008
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Job Searches, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Looking?
Now that the fall recruiting season is underway,OCI tips, horror stories, and heartbreaks are getting just a wee bit of attention. But while our law student readers are prepping for their interviews, what are the associates up to? In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we ponder whether the associates you meet in your callbacks […] -
Email Scandals, Job Searches, No Offers, Summer Associates
Foley & Lardner: Where the Wild Things Are
Full disclosure: we do not know exactly what is going on over at Foley & Lardner. But we are hearing a lot of chatter. By way of a quick summary: we posted information that Foley offered only 43% of their summers out the Chicago office. Then Foley issued a firm wide email saying that they […] - Sponsored
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Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer Solicitor of the Day: Peter Fitzpatrick
The folks across the pond were fodder for posts yesterday on judicial fashion and invention of the Ipod. We return to news from the Brits with our lawyer of the day: Peter Fitzpatrick, a former partner at Muirhead Buchanan in Stirling, England. Like disgraced Legal Aid attorney Peter Barta, Fitzpatrick wanted to catch a looksie […]
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Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, No Offers, Summer Associates
Nationwide No Offer Watch: Edwards Angell Doesn't Hide the Ball
We received a lot of reports about Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in Boston. Most of them contained a surprising tidbit: We were all told that we did really well and that “but for the economy,” we all would have received offers. When the no-offer phone calls came, we were told we had great reviews […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 09.10.08
[Ed. note: Sorry for the delay. We were experiencing some technical difficulties but now everything is under control. Wait, … what? Even Nedry knew enough to not mess with the raptor fences. Dr. Arnold? Ahhhhhhh.] * The investment bank Lehman Brothers fights to survive. [Washington Post] * SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas says the Constitution is […]
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Law Firm Mergers, Summer Associates, Thelen Reid & Priest
Breaking: Thelen Cancels 2009 Summer Associate Program
Too many tipsters to count have alerted us that Thelen appears to have canceled their 2009 summer associate program. People who had scheduled call backs with Thelen were informed this afternoon. As we understand it, this is a firm-wide decision affecting every office. We also believe Thelen has canceled all remaining OCI interviews. A few […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.09.08
* Some sage interviewing advice for women that doesn’t involve cleavage, but sadly does involve proper ring placement. [Lexis Hub / BBPL] * Can fighting anti-trust lawyers be sexy? Or are they just the Klingons at a Star Trek Convention? [Antitrust Review] * Nicolas Cage settled his tax troubles for $666K. But he owes the […] -
Blank Rome, No Offers, Pepper Hamilton
Nationwide No Offer Watch: Rocky Balboa Division Blank Rome and Pepper Hamilton
Our continuing coverage of no offers suggests that a 90% offer rate is actually outstanding. Today we have news from two more firms that fell short of 90% but still made offers to the majority of their 2008 summer associates. Our tipsters were right on the money with the information that Blank Rome no offered […] - Sponsored
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Law Schools
Advice Round-up: The law school saga begins
Last week, we welcomed a new group of 1Ls to the law school fold. As part of the initiation, we asked for tips from readers on how to best tackle the first year of law school. Readers provided lots and lots of good advice. And bad advice. And healthy debate about which outlines to use. […] -
Drugs, Marijuana
Potheads Are The New Protected Class
Everybody wants to be a part of a protected class. Trust me, it’s great fun (right up until the moment I try to get a cab home in the rain tonight). But unless you are a racial minority, a woman, or have suffered some sort of horrible disability, the joys of having to go through […] -
Midsize Firms / Regional Firms
Law Firm Merger Mania: The Fate of Tyler Cooper
As we previously reported, the fate of Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, one of Connecticut’s most venerable law firms, was up in the air for a while. There were rumors of dissolution, but managing partner William Fish told ATL that the firm was merely in merger talks. It seems that those talks have borne fruit. Over […] -
Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Rudeness
OCI Bloopers By Students: Share Your Horror Stories
We’ve done a few posts on screw-ups and rudeness on the part of lawyers conducting on-campus interviews (see here and here). But what about the interviewees? They’re not perfect either — even if some of them think they are. What are some ways that law students have torpedoed their chances of getting callbacks or summer […] -
No Offers
Update: Foley & Lardner Sets the Record Straight.And They're Still Looking For 3Ls
Last week, we reported that Foley & Lardner no offered 43% of their 2008 summer class from their Chicago office. The firm has still not contacted us directly, but multiple tipsters passed along a clarification email sent to all Foley associates late last night. Straight from the horse’s mouth (CEO Ralf Boer): Many of you […]
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Intellectual Property, Patents
iPod Inventor Receives Credit, No Cash
Steve Jobs did not invent the iPod. Neither did Bibble. No, the inventor of the iPod is Kane Kramer, a British guy who stored three and a half minutes of music on a microchip in 1979. In fairness to Apple, they did not “steal” Kramer’s idea. According to the Daily Mail, Kramer set up a […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 09.09.08
* The DOJ is prepping for its antitrust showdown with Google. It has hired Hogan and Hartson partner (and former legal Mouseketeer) Sandy Litvack for the case. [Information Week] * Berkeley tree-sitters refuse to comply with court ruling and come down for the sake of a new athletic center. Even after getting immunity for throwing […]
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Fabulosity, Fashion, Federal Judges, State Judges
Do Robes Make the Judge?
Over the weekend, the New York Times had an interesting article about New York judges and their robes. It begins: In Britain, judges are wedded to a tradition of elegant attire: scarlet and ermine robes, tippets over the shoulders, black girdles and, of course, the crimped, gray horsehair wig. Minor correction: British judges have dispensed […] -
Bar Exams, Legal Ethics, Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)
MPRE Results Are Out: Open Thread
As we’ve previously observed, “we’re not really sure how much there is to say about the MPRE. It’s not a super-difficult test, and it hasn’t exactly achieved the mythical status of the bar exam as a rite of passage for aspiring lawyers.” But it seems, judging from all the emails we’ve received, that some of […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.08.08
* The new Dean of Texas Tech school of law will be …? Well it should be Bobby Knight shouldn’t it? [Res Ipsa Blog] * Yale Law Women announced their top ten family friendly firms. [Yale Law School] * Mike Cernovich tries the end this meme that associates should pay their law firms. He uses […] -
No Offers, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Summer Associates
Update: Squire Sanders Now Claims Only One Staff Attorney Offer
Earlier today we reported that Squire, Sanders & Dempsey extended offers to 76% of their summer class, but that an untold number of those summers received staff attorney offers. Well, after an initial “no comment” on the staff attorney question, Squire Sanders decided to clarify their statement: The firm made one staff attorney offer. The […] -
Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase, Layoffs
International Layoff Watch: JPMorgan Chases Out Bear Stearns Lawyers
Lawyer layoffs: they’re not just an American phenomenon. Last month, for example, DLA Piper laid off lawyers in London. Here’s more layoff news from that fair city, from TheLawyer.com: More than half of the UK lawyers at US investment bank Bear Stearns have been axed since the collapsed bank was taken over by JPMorgan. Out of 23 lawyers […]