August 2009
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Canceled Summer Programs - 2010, Loeb & Loeb
Canceled Summer Program Watch: Loeb & Loeb New York Doesn't Want Summers
Sure, firms can try to dump their bad news on a summer Friday, but Above the Law is open 24/7. Today, emails started going around to rising 2Ls who were seeking interviews with Loeb & Loeb’s New York office. They were not happy emails: Thank you for your letter and resume inquiring about the possibility […] -
Law Schools, Vioxx
Law Library Staffer of the Year Averts Disaster at Brandeis School of Law.
What could have been a tragic story looks to have been resolved in a peaceful manner. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: A former University of Louisville student and contract employee was apprehended by University of Louisville Police Friday morning after a law library staff member recognized that he was barred from campus. According to police, Thomas […] - Sponsored
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Student Loans
UC Irvine Law Doesn't Need U.S. News To Get Prestige
In a world where there are already too many law degrees flooding the market and allowing firms to handle their associates like fungible assets, the new law school at UC Irvine continues to rake in positive press. We’ve previously noted that the new law school is already one of the most selective in the country. […]
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Law Schools, Rape
JD Withheld From Alleged Rapist at University of San Diego
UPDATE (3/12/11): Douglas Wacker was acquitted of the charges discussed below — please see the update at the end of this post. One University of San Diego Law School student isn’t worrying about deferrals. He’s worrying about defense strategies. From the San Diego Union-Tribune: A 30-year-old Marine Corps captain will face a court-martial Feb. 8 […] -
Clerkships, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List
We’ve previously reported on the hiring of Supreme Court law clerks for October Term 2009. Their names appear here (everyone but Justice Sotomayor’s clerks) and here (Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s clerks). As we mentioned, we weren’t 100 percent certain on the Sotomayor clerks. Happily, as it turns out, our intelligence was correct. Thanks to everyone who […] -
Canceled Summer Programs - 2010, Summer Associates
Canceled Summer Program Watch: Howard Rice & Eckert Seamans Join the Party
The firms might not be particularly well known, but every time a firm cancels its summer associate program, a 2L angel loses his wings. Tipsters report that the Pittsburgh-based firm Eckert Seamans let people know it was canceling its 2010 summer program on its website: The firm is not actively recruiting law students at this […] -
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Pls Hndle Thx: Poker Face
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL- I have been invited to a poker party a junior partner’s house. I am very good at poker, and I assume the partner is not as good as I. Should I play to win so I look impressive and intelligent? Or […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.21.09
* Terminally ill Lockerbie Bomber was released from a Scottish prison yesterday, on grounds of compassion. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton aren’t feeling it. [CNN] * Attorneys at the Office of Special Investigations begin to prosecute a new generation of war criminals. [Washington Post] * I suppose that I should know the answer to this […]
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Vault 100 Open Threads: 2010
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 6-10 (2010)
Moving right along with our Vault open threads, it’s time to take a look at the firms ranked #6 – #10. 6. Weil Gotshal 7. Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett 8. Cleary 9. Covington & Burling 10. Kirkland & Ellis Weil’s strong move up the Vault charts — the firm was ranked #9 last year — […] -
Admin, Advertising, Announcements, Fabulosity, Parties, This Is an Ad
An ATL Event: Rooftop Gathering with Applied Discovery
If you’ll be in New York on Monday, August 24, you might be interested in this event, brought to you by Above the Law and our friends at Applied Discovery: SPACE IS LIMITED. To request an invitation, please email InviteRequest@breakingmedia.com. Please include your name, employer, and job title in your response. If we can accommodate […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs 08.20.09
* Would the Mad Men working environment be illegal today? [Miss Trials] * There are so many ways for the current administration to help students tackle their debt that one of them will eventually catch on. [The Stimulist] * We’re getting to the point in the recession where tips for laid off lawyers need to […] -
Crime, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Richard Posner, Violence
Hal Turner: Did He Threaten Federal Judges?
We’ve written before about Hal Turner, the infamous internet radio host who has been charged with threatening three federal judges. This week brings new information about him, from Wired: A notorious New Jersey hate blogger charged in June with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers was secretly an FBI “agent provocateur” paid to disseminate right-wing […] -
Gender
Yale Law Women Anoint Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms
If you side with those who think baby-making is a good option these days, you’ll read this post with special interest. The Bulldogs have named the top ten pup-friendly Biglaw firms. Here are the best firms for the family-minded according to the Yale Law Women: Arnold & Porter Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Covington & […]
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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Curtis Mallet Cuts Corporate Associates
Despite last week’s welcome reprieve from Biglaw layoffs, it looks like some firms didn’t get the memo. Above the Law has learned that Curtis Mallet conducted layoffs early this week. We believe that 10% – 15% of its corporate associates have been let go. Multiple class years were affected, but it appears that first years […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Michael Lukehart
A California defense attorney has earned a spot in the ATL Lawyer of the Day hall of fame. Michael Lukehart didn’t let a weak heart stop him from defending his client. From KERO-TV: Lukehart said he woke up at 5 a.m. on Monday with massive chest pains. A normal non-ATL-Lawyer-of-the-Day would head to the hospital […] -
Law Schools, Money, Ohio State - Moritz College of Law
Moritz College of Law Student Investigated For Embezzlement
Above the Law has learned that officials at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law are investigating the actions of the school’s 2008-2009 Student Bar Association President. As we understand it, the investigation remains internal and has not resulted in any law enforcement action; accordingly, we will not be printing the student’s name. Word around […] -
Drugs, Marijuana
The Ungrateful Tattletale
Can you imagine rolling on your parents in an attempt to get out of a drug conviction? What if your parents were both attorneys? According to the Boston Globe, one kid attempted to throw his cool sounding parents right under the bus: Two prominent attorneys are under police scrutiny after their son, arrested on charges […] -
Career Alternatives, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Baby Maker?
A female associate at a large law firm recently sent us a message along these lines (we’ve tweaked and paraphrased her original email in places): In these tough economic times, people are (1) having trouble finding jobs as they come out of law school, (2) recently laid-off, or (3) miserable in the jobs they still […] -
Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Lawyer Advertising, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism, Weirdness
Trial Lawyers For Justice Defends Family Photo Request
Yesterday we told you about the firm Trial Lawyers For Justice asking job applicants to send in some non-standard information. Among other things, the firm asked potential employees to send in a family photograph. We asked Nick Rowley — who wrote the ad asking for applicants to send in their personal story and political beliefs […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 08.20.09
* Texas judge Sharon Keller (a.k.a. Sharon ‘Killer’) faces possible removal from office for denying a death sentence appeal because she needed to go home early. She has testified though that she would not do anything differently if faced again with a similar situation. That must have been a life-or-death repair job. [New American] * […]