Maybe the recruiting people at Paul Weiss read all of the comments from Massholes about Massholes on Thursday’s Suffolk Law thread, and decided to change their recruiting strategy? Or maybe the legal economy really isn’t getting any better? Despite the firm’s generally strong showing during the recession, Paul Weiss has decided to pull out of […]
Can social networking benefit Biglaw firms? On the one hand, any way for firms to directly reach prospective clients and new hires sounds like something that should garner Biglaw interest. On the other hand, sites like Twitter have yet to prove themselves as a business generation tool. But regardless of whether you think Biglaw firms […]
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
While firms seem to be focused on dealing with their summer associates and future summer associates over the past couple of weeks, there are still regular full time associates working at Biglaw firms. They’re not extinct. And they still get paid. It’s just that they are getting paid less. Foley & Lardner has become the […]
* A look at the Dreier detective work performed by Mark F. Pomerantz of Paul Weiss (with a little human resources consulting thrown in). [New York Times] * Neil Armstrong Dial dreamed of going to space, but instead he went to Foster Pepper in Seattle. [Seattle Times] * Ex-SEC head Christopher Cox is heading to […]
Could the credit rating agencies who are now being sued for their alleged role in the financial meltdown have a valid First Amendment defense? Floyd Abrams, god of First Amendment law and longtime partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, thinks so. Abrams is the subject of a lengthy, interesting article in Sunday’s New York Times, […]
The confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.) took place this past week. Here’s a special weekend linkwrap dedicated to the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. * “Wise Latina Woman. Bronx Housing Project. Wise Latina Woman. We’re counting cards. Counting cards. Gotta watch Jeopardy at five!” [Underneath Their Robes] * […]
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[Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] Fortunately, this week’s law-firm layoffs didn’t follow last week’s surprise return to March form. In fact, there were fewer layoffs this week than any […]
The Dallas office of Fish & Richardson has won the contest for best summer associate event of 2009, capturing almost two-thirds of the 1757 votes in the runoff with the Carlton Fields fishing trip. Fish & Richardson’s winning event was called “Harpdygal IV.” It is part of a series of “Biglaw counter-culture” events started four […]
* Ramadan may be coming to America — and we’re not talking about the holiday. The Second Circuit just reversed a trial court ruling that barred a prominent Muslim scholar, Tariq Ramadan (pictured), from entering the United States. [City Room] * Is work-life balance “still a dumb-ass issue”? Especially given the economic climate, in which […]
There are times when Biglaw seems to speak with one voice. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them This week appears to be one of those times. Current summer associates all across the land are learning that any cherished […]
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Rejoice, wedding fans! We have some compelling mid-summer material for you this week: Wachtell, SCOTUS, lesbians, French nobility — read on for the details on all of that and more, as reported in the New York Times and filtered by us. Our finalist couples: 1. Rebecca Gutner and Rodman Forter Jr. 2. Laura Hammond and […]
If you are a current Duke Law student who applied to one of the school’s journals, you have probably emailed Above the Law in the past two hours. You can stop now, we’ve heard you, please step back from the ledge. The system for notifying students of whether they had been accepted to journals was […]
We previously covered the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Mark Cuban. Today brings some good news on that front for the billionaire businessman. From Mark Cuban’s brother, lawyer / blogger Brian Cuban: Chief Judge Sidney Fitzwater said in a 35-page ruling released Friday that the SEC had failed to prove that Cuban, who owns […]
Since the recession began hitting the legal industry, we at Above the Law have received various reports alleging gender or racial discrimination when it comes time for firms to fire associates. Some of our sources have claimed that the rounds of layoffs have disproportionately affect women or racial minorities. Usually, these sources have sparse statistical […]
Big news from Weil Gotshal today. The firm previously deferred its incoming associates to January 2010, with the option of deferring until January 2011 (with a $75,000 stipend). In recognition of the fact that it will have some of the class of 2009 starting in January 2011, the firm is offering current summers — i.e., […]