October 2008

  • Politics

    Lawyers Poised To Rule The World

    The ABA Journal has sounded the starting gun on speculation about the lawyers ready to take prominent roles in the new administration. Depending on the presidential victor, names you know will become names that everybody knows. Let’s jump into the ABA speculation on an Obama Administration. For U.S.A.G: Eric Holder: Partner, Covington & Burling. Holder […]
  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 10.24.08

    * The media talk about Obama and the expected clean sweep of the government has pumped up Democratic tires so much that they think they can do the impossible: appoint two Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court. [Dallas Morning News] * The McCain-Palin efforts to recreate Florida 2000 in every state failed in Wisconsin. It’s […]

  • Law Schools

    Open Thread: Free Law School in California

    At UC-Irvine, you get what you pay for: The new law school at the University of California, Irvine has dropped its original name, the Donald Bren School of Law, and plans to offer full tuition scholarships to students who enroll in the school’s first semester in fall 2009. This is excellent, because what we need […]

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  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 10.22.08

    * The RNC has spent $150K on clothes for caribou barbie Sarah Palin. Is that a legal use of campaign cash? [Marc Ambinder] * It’s been a while since we had a good, old fashioned, tax revolt in this country. Since it’s probably politically incorrect to dress up like Native Americans this time around, I […]
  • Law Schools

    Lost but never Found

    I just couldn’t resist posting this email from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law listserv: I found a pearl necklace on the floor of the law school basement near the hallway with the microwaves. Please e-mail me if you think it’s yours, so I can arrange to get it back to you. Sorry about […]
  • A Happy Letter From Simpson Thacher

    Given all the horrible news yesterday, we wanted to post something positive about the legal job market. Luckily, last week Simpson Thacher & Bartlett felt the exact same way. Taking a cue from Cleary, STB decided to send around an “aren’t you glad you received an offer from Simpson Thacher” email to last summer’s offerees: […]
  • Biglaw, Job Searches, Summer Associates

    Accept Your Offers: A Brief Follow Up

    After our post on the importance of accepting your offers, we figured that most students sitting on offers would do the right thing — for themselves and their colleagues — and make a decision. But maybe some students are just a little more indecisive than others. Last night, Northwestern students received this email: Dear Second-Year […]
  • Breaking: Powder Scare at the New York Times Building

    We’ve received reports that the New York Times building has received some sort of terrorist threat. Apparently a white powder has been sent to somebody at the Time’s editorial desk. The building houses the firms of Covington & Burling and Goodwin Procter, among others. One tipster reports that the place is crawling with police officers. […]
  • Layoffs

    Dechert: Inside The Black Box

    Readers have demanded more information about the so-called “stealth layoffs” at Dechert. Finally, we have additional information to report. Readers, commenters, tipsters, recruiters, employees, and the Virgin Mary who appeared to me in a breakfast grapefruit are all reporting that a number of associates will be laid off at the end of this month. These […]