* There’s one thing that every lawyer thought when they first heard about Balloon Boy. [Law and More] * Rush Limbaugh was dumped by the group of people looking to purchase the St. Louis Rams. Would the NFL have had a problem with antitrust laws if Dave Checketts hadn’t cashiered him? [Blackbook Legal] * It […]
Like most people, I’m having trouble focusing on my duties given the perils of Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene. According to my television, the balloon is down, there is no boy in it, and as of now we don’t know where the boy is. And the parents were on Wife Swap. Here’s a write-up of the […]
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Last Friday, we reported on stealth layoffs at Nixon Peabody. We’ve previously discussed the difficulty of reporting stealth layoffs. If a firm lays people off slowly, over a long period of time, and refuses to admit it, sometimes the firm can keep the information from becoming public. In the Nixon Peabody case, the firm has […]
GQ has released its list of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C. The list is topped by White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. But Chief Justice John Roberts makes the top ten. CJ Roberts ranks #10, just behind Dick Cheney. Since Dick Cheney doesn’t have a job, I’m going to go out […]
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, After busting my ass this summer, I received an offer from my firm which was later rescinded because my firm rescinded everyone’s offer. How should I note this on my resume, if it all? Resume Roadkill Dear Resume Roadkill, Picture it: […]
Last month, we asked you to share your stories of summer associate craziness. Based on the responses we received, I feel very sorry for the 2009 summer associates. Obviously the days of summers peeing off the side of a Duck Boat are long gone. This story we received from summers at Weil Gotshal in New […]
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
Last month, we wrote about a five-year strategic plan created by O’Melveny & Myers. In our initial post, we focused on O’Melveny’s expectations for partners and associates in the future. We skipped over this piece of the plan, focused on summer associates. From a section of the plan entitled “Talent Development”: Identify future junior associates […]
The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Health Watch continues. This just in, from the AP: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was briefly hospitalized overnight after having a bad reaction to some medicine. A statement from the court says Ginsburg was taken to the Washington Hospital Center Wednesday night and released […]
Southern New England School of Law (which is not accredited by the American Bar Association) is trying to sell itself to the University of Massachusetts. The Boston Globe reports: UMass President Jack Wilson received a letter last week from trustees chairwoman at the 235-student school offering to enter into discussions that could lead to the […]
* The Justice Department is implementing reforms to avoid another Ted Stevens-style snafu. [Washington Post] * Foley & Lardner officially confirms the 39 lawyer layoffs that we previously reported. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via ABA Journal] * Chief Judge Vaughn Walker (N.D. Cal.) denies a motion to dismiss the gay marriage case brought by David Boies 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.
If you have a job these days, especially a job at a high-paying law firm, you should be grateful, right? Right. But that doesn’t mean work is all sunshine and lollipops. Many attorneys continue to experience a high amount of stress, which often manifests itself in the form of illness. A friend who works at […]
* Here’s all you need to know about this link: Elizabeth Wurtzel, curtains, no rug, “vaginal hegemony.” [Jezebel] * Never take sex photos you don’t want everybody to see after you break up with the guy. [True/Slant] * On-campus interviewers are very interested in your answers to “behavioral questions.” I guess they are trying to […]
Ed. note: Welcome to the latest installment of Notes from the Breadline, a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here. You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email (at [email protected]), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. Last week, we brought you Scenes from the Breadline, in […]
Puerto Rico You lovely island Island of tropical breezes Always the pineapples growing Always the coffee blossoms blowing And no law school going. According to tipsters, Puerto Rico School of Law is being shut down: The University of Puerto Rico School of Law has been unexpectedly shut down for a week. Law students protested today […]
Tuition at Columbia Law School this year is $48,004 (which doesn’t include $1,638 for health insurance and a $95 “transcript fee”). The estimated living cost for an academic year is $21,263. Putting it all together, students are looking at more than $70,000 for a year of legal education, during the worst recession in the legal […]