October 29th, 2008
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Gay, Gay Marriage
Countdown to California's Prop. 8 Showdown
Unless something very strange happens, California’s electoral votes are already spoken for. In fact, we might know the next President long before the California polls close. But regardless of the national election, there are many reasons why Californians should go vote on November, 4th. For many, Proposition 8 (the initiative to ban gay marriage) will […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.29.08
* A head-to-head comparison suggests that Northwestern has a better J.D. program than Penn. But if Northwestern students ever meet a Penn kid with an épée, they’d better run. [Prawfs Blawg] * Boston lawyer hottie interacts with her adoring stalkers fans. [f/k/a] * Ex-Thelen Chairman Richard Gary seems to lay the blame squarely at the […] - Sponsored
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7th Circuit, Richard Posner, Women's Issues
Check Your Sexist Cracks Before Entering Posner's Domain
You never know where you’ll find sexism in our society and our profession. It knows no party or ideology. But it has no place in court. In a decision yesterday, 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner took a shot at a plaintiff’s attorney who thought this was still 1950. The case, Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck, was […]
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Advertising
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Hollywood Shorts?
Chicago firm Freeborn and Peters has upped the stakes in the crazy, fun website competition. Their career site promises associates the opportunity to “thrive in an open, supportive, collegial culture.” A series of recruitment videos have firm attorneys and partners in starring roles and are a testament to the firm’s unorthodox culture. Check them out […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Summer Associates
Accept Your Offers Episode VI: A New Hope
Over the weekend I suggested that Harvard Law students were not taking the fall recruiting “crisis” seriously enough. The school’s comments suggested to me that HLS saw itself as above the fray. But whatever public face HLS is putting on the recruiting season, behind the scenes HLS OCS seems to be working harder than ever. […] -
Google / Search Engines
Thank God For Good Lawyers: Google Destroys Libraries, Not The Law
As we mentioned in Morning Docket, Google reached a settlement with publishers and authors to finally bring the Dewey Decimal System into the digital age. Most lay people think that lawyers serve an annoying, anti-common sense role in society. But every now and again lawyers perform the important function of keeping “the law” safe from […] -
Dissolution, Thelen Reid & Priest
Buoy oh buoy! Five Things Hellerites Wished They Knew At The Start
[Ed Note: This post was written for ATL by “Heller Drone,” who created the blog Heller Highwater in response to a lack of information concerning Heller Ehrman’s dissolution. We asked Heller Drone for helpful advice to offer Thelen associates and staff. Good luck to everybody dealing with these difficult circumstances.] Being capsized is often something […] -
Job Survey, Politics, Pro Bono
Associate Life Survey: Poll Positions
We received 836 responses to Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on whether you’ll be volunteering your services on Election Day, and the results are pretty remarkable. Over 40% of practicing attorneys who took the survey said that they would be helping out: * 23% will be working as election monitors. * 11% […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Holidays and Seasons, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx:Nightmare on Main Street
[Ed Note: Do you have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com] ATL – I’m new at my firm (small firm in Midwest, not BigLaw), and apparently people here dress up for Halloween. The head partner has sent a bunch of emails reminding everyone to wear their costumes on Friday, Oct. 31 […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 10.29.08
* Google Book Search is now on the path to officially kill the public library. Google will pay $125 million to settle two copyright lawsuits, and will move forward with making millions of books available online. [Bloomberg] * A Nevada judicial candidate has sued the Las Vegas Review-Journal, claiming the newspaper defamed him and cost […]
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