Last week, news broke about layoffs at Kirkland & Ellis. The firm has not released an official statement about the layoffs. A Kirkland source says that associates not on track to make partner were let go. Since the firm won’t say, we’ve been trying to cobble together the full extent of Kirkland’s layoffs. We’ve already […]
* Free speech goes head to head with campaign finance laws at the Supreme Court today. [Washington Independent] * The 9th Circuit ruled that John Ashcroft can be sued by a Muslim man who suffered under the former AG’s anti-terrorism strategies. [Washington Post] * An Ohio judge makes his scarlet letter neon yellow. [New York […]
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Happy Labor Day! Hopefully you are enjoying a well-deserved day off. But to those of you who are at work, or who aren’t at work but still checking Above the Law today, welcome to Off the Record — our look back on the week that was.
This is it. The final round of ATL Douche Madness. Harvard Law School and Duke Law School have risen through the U.S. News ranks to fight for the Douchiest Law School crown. There can be only one. (See their respective paths to the top, and vote, after the jump. Polls close Tuesday at midnight.)
* If you’ve had your Biglaw dream deferred, dream bigger. [Legal Blog Watch] * I would have thought specific intent to escape from prison would be implied in any prison escapee situation. But I would have been wrong. I wonder if resisting arrest requires specific intent to not go to prison, or if I could […]
This week’s Vows column is a jaw-dropper. Twelve-year-old girl has crush on doorman (“‘He looked like the guy from Tiger Beat,’ she recalled”), stalks doorman for over a decade, and finally marries him. And he’s still the doorman! Also, don’t miss this Skadden associate’s unorthodox proposal: He had his girlfriend served with a “complaint” while […]
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
This morning, we reminded you about judicial clerkships as one career option to explore. Now we’d like to remind you of another: the Attorney General’s Honors Program, at the U.S. Department of Justice. The application deadline is this coming Tuesday, September 8. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the DOJ Honors Program, here’s […]
Gawker reports that Incisive Media — the legal media giant behind the American Lawyer magazine, Law.com, and many other excellent and influential print and online publications — is taking back its old name: American Lawyer Media (ALM). ALM adopted the Incisive moniker back in 2007, after being acquired by Incisive Media for $630 million. Incisive […]
Let’s be honest. Whether it was that gunner in your 1L section, some douche from UVA Law, or Elie in his True/Slant race rants, we have all wanted to bind and gag someone at some point. But most of us understand that this practice is best left to consenting adults. In the bedroom. With a […]
Once everyone gets back from Labor Day weekend, the craziness known as the clerkship application process will begin. This coming Tuesday is the first date when applications may be received, according to the 2009 Law Clerk Hiring Plan (followed by many but not all federal judges). It’s become pretty standard to advise law students and […]
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
* NALP is forming a commission to review law firm hiring practices, including the current timetable for 2L OCI recruiting. [Am Law Daily] * Bankruptcy judges are chastising mortgage servicers for their sloppy business practices and their poor communications. [New York Times] * Associates who went to lower-ranked law schools tend to be happier and […]
Finally, we have a law firm partner who has looked in the face of the so-called “hybrid tough love” strategy, and found it wanting. His name is Byrd “Biff” Marshall Jr., and he is the president of GrayRobinson — an Am Law 200 firm that is giving associate raises in the middle of the recession. […]
* I know it’s hard to close down a law school. But as Che once sang: “If normal methods of persuasion fail to win them applause, there are other ways of establishing authority.” [Professor Bainbridge] * You know, I also miss the heady days of last August. [Adam Smith Esq.] * More pee stories. [Anonymous […]
Just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s discussion of whether Justice John Paul Stevens’s failure to hire a full complement of law clerks for October Term 2010 might shed light upon his retirement plans. In today’s New York Times, Adam Liptak has an excellent article on the subject. It begins: A Supreme Court clerkship is a […]
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – My fiancée submitted our upcoming wedding announcement to the NY Times. I’m an attorney, she’s not. In your opinion, what makes a good wedding announcement? How can we improve our chances of appearing in LEWW [Legal Eagle Wedding Watch]? NY […]