November 2009

Eliot Spitzer

Client #9 to Speak at Harvard’s Center for Ethics

Fact: Eliot Spitzer had sex with prostitutes. Fact: Eliot Spitzer is a hypocrite. Fact: David Paterson has been a horrible Governor. Conclusion: Having sex with prostitutes and being a total hypocrite isn’t the worst thing in the world? And so, the rehabilitation of Eliot Spitzer continues. He’s on T.V., he’s writing, he’s teaching a class. […]

Biglaw

Depression Makes You A Better Lawyer

A little while ago, we asked our readers to tell us if their jobs are making them sick. Over 51% of our respondents reported feeling some kind of depression. I guess that means we have some fantastic attorneys reading Above the Law. A new study from Australia says that general unhappiness has a positive correlation […]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket 11.12.09

* Special report: What a first-year law student looks like to an outsider. “It might surprise some students to learn that talking to a real-life law student is not actually all that scary,” writes the reporter. [Oregon Daily Emerald] * The paralyzed still have the right to bear arms. [Associated Press] * The ex-communications director […]

Fabulosity

ATL Field Trip: The Heller Ehrman Art Auction

Last month, we reported that bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman would be selling some of its art to raise money for its creditors. Heller hopes to raise $1 million (or more) through a series of sales, in New York and California. The first of several Heller art auctions took place yesterday at Bonhams & Butterfields, […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.11.09

* Happy Veteran’s Day. Thanks to all who serve. [Army JAG; Navy JAG] * If you think law school looks like a terrible financial investment, you are correct. [Tax Prof Blog] * Punching women isn’t the best way to make a point about racial injustice. [The Legal Satyricon] * A pro-wrestler fell down, but not […]

Litigators

My Job Is Murder: Of Solstice and Summer Associates

Ed. note: Welcome to ATL’s first foray into serial fiction. “My Job Is Murder,” a mystery set in a D.C. appellate boutique firm, will appear one chapter at a time, M-W-F, over the next few weeks. The first chapter appears here; please read it first. The author, a former appellate lawyer, wishes to emphasize that […]

Law Schools

The ABA Has a Plan for Law School Loans

The American Bar Association has a plan to help out unemployed lawyers with their student loans. Seriously. An actual plan. The National Law Journal reports: The ABA wants the government to let unemployed graduates convert private loans into federal ones. The change could allow them to defer repaying those loans for as long as three […]

Deaths

John O’Connor, Justice Sandra Day’s Husband, Died Today

The Associated Press reports that John J. O’Connor III died today at 79 of complications arising from Alzheimer’s disease. John and Sandra Day O’Connor met as law students at Stanford. The O’Connors were married in 1952 and became a leading couple on Washington’s social scene when they moved from Arizona in 1981 following her confirmation […]

Advertising

Thanks to This Week’s Advertisers

A quick word of thanks to this week’s advertisers on Above the Law: Assara Laser The Atlantic Harvard Business School Kinney Recruiting Lateral Link LexisNexis The Tikvah Center at NYU School of Law The Red Cross University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Isenberg School of Management If you’re interested in advertising on Above the Law or any […]