September 2009
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No Offers
No Offer Open Thread: Who Is Still Waiting to Hear About Offers
We’re heading into the weekend and the autumnal equinox is not far off. It got us to thinking, who is still waiting on news about their offers from the summer? We know that some firms have already indicated that they would be making late decisions, but it occurred to us that some summers are honestly […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.18.09
* It’s Carolyn Elefant’s last day at Legal Blog Watch. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors. [Legal Blog Watch] * Does America need more Congresspeople? Given the low approval ratings of Congress, this is probably the kind of thing that can only happen through the courts. Apparently, somebody is trying. [WSJ […] - Sponsored
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Caption Contests
ATL Caption Contest Winner: American Pie
Last week, we offered you this photo of Vice President Joe Biden at Syracuse University School of Law and asked you to give us your funniest caption suggestions. We then asked you to vote among ten finalists, noting that one of the finalists was not our pick. Guess which finalist won. “Oh, no, I’m sorry […]
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Holidays and Seasons, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Party Like It's 5770
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL, What are your thoughts on whether I should take off for the Friday of Rosh Hashanah and/or the Monday of Yom Kippur? I probably wouldn’t go to synagogue (yes, I’m Jewish), but I’d like to just take the day off […] -
Lawyer of the Day
Law Student of the Day: He Says He's Not Dating Rihanna, But Everybody Thinks He Is
From what we can tell, Janero Marchand was just your normal everyday law student. Well, a normal everyday law student who allegedly dated this woman. Hey, the man likes fine clothes and fine women; there’s nothing wrong with that. But the gossip blog Bossip blew up his world this morning, when it made Marchand front […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Sex
Lawsuit of the Day: Getting Off on Knock-off Virtual Sex Toys
Second Life is a virtual world where people can create avatars and live “second lives” online. Started in 2003, it claims to be the largest such virtual community. The appeal seems to be that it’s just like real life — people “have jobs, purchase land, commit crimes, build homes and careers, make friends, fall in […] -
Gay, Gay Marriage
Not All BC Law Professors Believe in Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
We’ve been waiting for this. We’ve been covering Boston College Law Professor Scott Fitzgibbon and his commercial against gay-marriage. That commercial is now being shown on national television (I caught it being discussed on Dylan Ratigan’s show this morning). I can’t imagine how proud the BC Law community is to have their law school prominently […] -
Law Schools, UVA Law, Vicious Infighting
UVA 3Ls Threaten to Eat Their Young
I’ll admit, I did not participate in any kind of fake court moot court competitions during law school. It just wasn’t my thing. But for other students, moot court can be a really exciting way to pass the time while you are waiting for law school to stop charging you money. I totally respect that. […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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NALP
Harvard Law School to the Rescue
[Speaking in the voice of the late, great Don LaFontaine] In a world where 2Ls are terrified. In a time when Biglaw openly flouts NALP rules. There was one man who would not take it anymore. [Cue sweeping and inspiring theme song] That man was Harvard Law School’s Assistant Dean for Career Services, Mark Weber. […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.18.09
* Happy Rosh Hashanah. [ABC] * Mayer Brown and Reed Smith could be trying to kill the billable hour too. [Legal Week] * When it comes to executing prisoners, should we allow mulligans? [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * A Maryland police officer who t-boned a car and killed the driver could not be charged with vehicular […]
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Email Scandals, listserv
New York State Bar Association Listserv Madness
A couple of days ago, an attorney sent in an email to the New York State Bar Association listserv. Like many people, the attorney was looking for a job. He decided to ask the listserv for some helpful tips: Subject: [nysba-nonres] (somewhat) new attorney still seeking first FT position From: [Redacted] To: nysba-nonres@lists.nysba.org Its a […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.17.09
* Yesterday’s O’Melveny news is still rippling through the blogosphere. Will the firm now be known as the Martin Luther of Biglaw? [Law and More] * Remember, if you are in Washington, D.C. next Wednesday September 23rd, head down to Georgetown to meet David Lat and talk about new media and the law. [Georgetown Federalist […] -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches
Clerkship Application Season: D-Day
It’s the afternoon of Thursday, September 17. Do you know where your clerkship is? Today is the first day, pursuant to the Law Clerk Hiring Plan for 2009 — which some judges follow, and some don’t — when interviews may be held and offers made. The plan even specifies a time of day for interviews […]
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Monica Goodling
Monica Goodling, Vindicated
Oh happy day! It brings us news of a beloved figure who has been long absent from these pages: Monica Goodling, our favorite DOJ diva. And the news for Goodling, a high-ranking and influential official in the Bush Administration’s Justice Department, is good. Remember the case of Gerlich v. U.S. Department of Justice, the putative […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Searches, This Is an Ad
Career Center: How Is Your Career Looking?
Over the last month, we’ve seen a significant spike in the number of ATL readers making use of the information on the Career Center. With hundreds of thousands of visitors to the law firm snapshots and tens of thousands of law firm comparisons generated on the Career Center, we want to know what is on […] -
Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Money
Judge Stephen G. Larson Resigns Because Judges are Underpaid (But Are They Really?)
Federal judges have been complaining about their salaries for years now, but all they’ve managed to get recently is a small cost of living increase. Federal judge Stephen Larson of the Central District of California is taking a stand on the issue — by quitting. From the National Law Journal: U.S. District Judge Stephen G. […] -
Fabulosity, Fashion, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Clifford Chance's Lingerie Allowance?
Like most days, I started my morning with a Red Bull and the best morning man in the business, Pat Kiernan. Everything was proceeding normally, until I received this tip in the ATL inbox: Women lawyers at City firm Clifford Chance have been given a £90 lingerie allowance. Now, as you can well imagine, I […] -
Barack Obama, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Peering Into The Crystal Ball for Obama's Judicial Picks(Plus a live chat with the New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin)
The current New Yorker has an interesting piece by Jeffrey Toobin on President Obama’s judicial picks. Toobin took part in a live chat about the piece at NewYorker.com right now earlier today if you’re interested. (Try not to crash their website.). UPDATE: The chat’s quite interesting. Toobin reveals why he likes Justice Souter best and […] -
Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law Schools
Boston College Defends Anti-Gay Marriage Professor
Yesterday, we talked about a Boston College Law professor, Scott Fitzgibbon, who went up to Maine to shoot an anti-gay-marriage commercial. John Garvey, Dean of Boston College Law, didn’t respond to us, but he did send around an email to the BC Law community. As many predicted, Dean Garvey defended Professor Fitzgibbon. Here is the […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 09.17.09
* Happy Constitution Day. [Concurring Opinions] * Georgia judge Clay Land reprimanded an attorney and threw out an Army captain’s “birther movement” lawsuit, which opposed Iraq deployment based on Barack Obama’s supposed illegitimacy to be president. [Ledger-Enquirer] * What else could Congress do to Joe Wilson? [Slate] * Pace Law is offering an accelerated degree […]