August 2009
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.14.09
* Courtesy of Marin, news you can use: Top Five Ergonomic Problems at Large Law Firms. [Technolawyer] * Will the next White House beer summit bring together Justice Scalia and Judge Reinhardt? [Litination] * The 19-year-old law student, Kate McLaughlin, doesn’t need your crappy advice, thank you very much. [WSJ Law Blog] * Breaking up […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Politics
Musical Chairs: Dick Armey Out at DLA Piper
A Friday afternoon in August — the perfect time for a resignation. As first reported by Politico: Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings […] - Sponsored
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Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rudeness
Additional Perspectives on Fordham Law v. Reed Smith
From two distinguished commentators: lawyer and law firm consultant Bruce MacEwen, of Adam Smith Esq., and Professor Daniel Filler, over at the Faculty Lounge. Above the Law reader sentiment generally supported Fordham Law School and Dean William Michael Treanor. Interestingly enough, both MacEwen and Filler side with Reed Smith. MacEwen confesses to being mystified by […]
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Caption Contests
ATL Caption Contest Winner: Shame on You
On Monday, we brought you this photo, then asked you to suggest captions for it. Over 4000 votes were cast, and one caption won by the narrowest of margins… “Firms run a risk of bad publicity when they lay off both labor lawyers and the print shop staff at the same time.” The runner-up, and […] -
Fashion
Dress for Success: What Should You Wear to Fall Recruiting Interviews?
With the arrival on-campus interviewing (OCI), inquiring minds want to know: How should I dress for my interviews? Men have it easy. A dark suit, a white shirt, and a non-obnoxious necktie should fit the bill. If you have confidence in your fashion sense, you can be more adventurous. E.g., tastefully striped shirts; ties in […] -
AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.10: Seoulmates
LEWW loves summertime. We’re shining the spotlight on four law school graduates this week (well, three and an almost-graduate), and all four are from Yale or Harvard. All that prestige is perfect for a steamy Friday afternoon in August (and if it’s too elitist for you, here’s a cool lesbian-lawyer wedding). Even better: One of […] -
Canceled Summer Programs - 2010, McCarter & English, Start Dates, Summer Associates
Canceled Summer Program Watch - The 'Mc' Edition:McCarter & English, McGuire Woods (selected offices)
The number of law firms canceling their 2010 summer associate programs continues to climb. Here are the latest additions to the growing list: 1. McCarter & English: Managing partner Eric Wiechmann confirmed to ATL that the firm will not be holding a summer associate program in 2010. In addition, he confirmed that incoming associates won’t […] -
Blind Item, Layoffs, White & Case
Blind Item Follow-Up: Morgan Lewis Also Denies Layoffs(Plus a look at the Five O'Clock Club's law firm clients.)
Based on a Washington Post article profiling the Five O’Clock Club, an outplacement and career coaching company, we constructed a Biglaw blind item: Which New York law firm, having already completed two rounds of layoffs, has hired the Five O’Clock Club to help it carry out additional layoffs (in August, October, and November)? After we […] - Sponsored
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Fabulosity, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Pictures, Sonia Sotomayor, Weirdness
A SCOTUS-Inspired Outfit
If an institution as stodgy as Harvard University can give rise to a fashion line, why can’t the Supreme Court of the United States? What we’re wearing today, after the jump. -
Labor / Employment, Legal Ethics
Seyfarth Lays Off a First-Year Associate -- Then Gets Her New Firm Kicked Off a Case
Ed. note: This post has been revised in a number of important respects after it was published. As a result, many reader comments have been superseded, because they refer to parts of the post that have been edited or deleted. Please refresh your browser to read the latest version. Thank you. Sarah Getchell is having […] -
Celebrities, Law Schools
Jerry O'Connell, Esq.?
With royalties from Camp Wilder not the cash machine they once were, Jerry O’Connell has traded in the glamor of Samantha Who? cameos and a Crossing Jordan recurring role for something even less glamorous. Reports Us Magazine: “Jerry O’Connell has gone back to [law] school, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.” O’Connell’s new career path comes […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.14.09
* Dissents on the rise in capital cases. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Controversy erupts over renaming a Dallas school for President Obama; renaming another Dallas school for Justice Sotomayor generates little debate. [CBS 11 via Drudge] * Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, who attempted to assassinate President Ford 34 years ago, has been released […]
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Canceled Summer Programs - 2010, Summer Associates
Canceled Summer Program Watch: Pillsbury Winthrop (West Coast)
No, readers, we didn’t learn this on the Caltrain. From Sara Randazzo of the Daily Journal (subscription): It’s going to be California dreaming for second-year law students hoping to work in the Golden State next summer. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman became the latest firm to curtail summer hiring, confirming Thursday it likely won’t host any […]
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Admin, Announcements, Fabulosity, Parties
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: 08.13.09
Ed. note: These non-sequiturs are brought to you by Karen, one of our awesome interns. * The MPRE proves that you can, in fact, learn ethics from signing a paper and maybe filling in some bubbles. [Huffington Post] * If U. Miami’s encouraged deferrals get pushed a bit further, deferring law school might not be […] -
Entertainment Law, Gay, Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Florida Television Judges?
Back in October 2007, we wondered: Why does Florida produce so many TV judges? It is because of their penchant, noted by PD Howard Finkelstein, for being rude and abusive? The following are former Floridian jurists who left the state bench for the boob tube: Marilyn Milian, of the People’s Court (previously discussed here); Alex […] -
Bad Ideas, Paralegals, Sex Scandals, Violence
Legal Love Triangle We Wish We Hadn't Heard About
Stalking, cat fights, cheating, assault, and a secret marriage. This is the scandalous news out of Vinton, Virginia (pop: 7,782) this week, thanks to a lawyer-lawyer-paralegal love triangle. If you surf over to WDBJ to check out the tale, we advise watching the video and skipping the transcribed broadcast. It hurt our head to translate […] -
Basketball, Law Schools, Sports
Rick Pitino Not Coming to Samford Law
We don’t know who Rick Pitino is — his Wikipedia entry suggests he’s a college basketball coach — or why he’s important. We don’t know anything about sports. Elie, come back from vacation; we need you! What we do know, and what makes Rick Pitino relevant for these pages, is that he was supposed to […] -
Hotties, Reality TV, Television, UVA Law
Gibson Dunn Associate Turned Reality TV Star Wants To Have Her Cake and Eat It Too
We’ve written about numerous lawyers turned reality TV stars here at ATL. When we’ve done so, we’ve identified them and/or their employers by name. E.g., Jeremy Anderson (Hunton & Williams / The Bachelorette), Charlie Herschel (Weil Gotshal / Survivor), Victor and Tammy Jih (O’Melveny / Quinn Emanuel / Amazing Race), Yul Kwon (McKinsey / Survivor), […] -
Blind Item, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Shucks, Layoffs, White & Case
Blind Item Follow-Up: Denials of Upcoming Layoffs from Dewey, Schulte, and White & Case
On Monday, we tossed out a blind item about future layoffs at a Manhattan law firm, mentioned in the Washington Post as a client of the Five O’Clock Club, an outplacement firm. On Tuesday, with the help of Law Shucks, we narrowed down the list of suspects. We’re happy to report that we can advance […]