Non-Sequiturs: 02.25.09

* Former Covington & Burling staff attorney Yolanda Young is suing Covington & Burling for racial discrimination. [On Being a Black Lawyer]

* If you don’t want to deal with racism at a law firm, maybe you should just go clerk for a couple of years…. oh, wait. Scratch that. [The Root]

* Unless you have money. [What About Clients?]

* Heller Ehrman paid out $7 million to departing or retired partners in 2008. Heller Ehrman dissolved in 2008. You know what’s cool? Ownership. I’m going to go home and deny my television Windex, because I can. [The Recorder]

* It’s nice to see Roxana St. Thomas is catching on. [The Onion]

* Former Cadwalader associates have had more time to figure out what to do with their new found freedom. One option is to start a website where you get to review all the partners you used to work for. Let’s hope this takes off. [Rate A Partner]

* SHELDRAKE: I only wish I could help, there’s no spare s*** at the moment. Remember the greatest writers starved … JOE: Are you trying to be funny? SHELDRAKE: I believe in self-denial, gives a man some moral backbone. JOE: Can you loan me three hundred bucks? [Mama Law]

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