During the past year, pro bono programs got an unexpected boost from the recession when firms like Skadden offered stipends to their deferred associates who took public interest jobs. On the flip side, associates who escaped layoffs at their firm probably felt some pressure to devote themselves to billable work to the exclusion of pro […]
Too bad this Temple Law School 3L isn’t at a southern school where students aren’t just “law school hot.” See Adrielle Churchill of the University of Arkansas. From Craigslist Philadelphia Missed Connections: But will he be a lawyer with a job? Temple University Beasley School of Law came in at #42 on the National Law […]
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Okay, the legal economy is in the tank. Recent law graduates are having a tough time finding jobs. Graduates from lower tier law schools are getting squeezed as top tier law students and deferred associates compete for jobs and opportunities. You get the picture. Now enter Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The school that’s ranked […]
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* Would ash sway a jury? A judge in Iowa thought so. [Beliefnet via ABA Journal] * Spanking judge Herman Thomas was acquitted on charges of sexually abusing inmates, but yesterday he was disbarred. [Associated Press] * CHECK YOU EMAIL SCAMS. [ABA Journal] * Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski laments the death of the Fourth […]
Today is the first day of the February bar exam. If you’re sitting for the test today, good luck. Celebrity authoress Elizabeth Wurtzel, a repeat taker, is freaking out. As Wurtzel said last night on Twitter, “I guess I’m taking the bar exam on Tuesday & Wednesday. Anyone with magical, mystical powers who wants to […]
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I have a number of large projects with different people. I would have said no, but it didn’t seem like that was an option here. — Jennifer Hardy (née Koester), now a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis, complaining to a friend via email that she was working 12 hour days without breaks at the […]
* When Supreme Court justices decide not to help you, they do it in a very classy way. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * The business types are calling the class of 2009 “The Class of the Damned.” I suppose that is a little more accurate than our term “The Lost Generation.” Unemployed 2009 […]
Christopher Austin spent sixteen years at Ropes & Gray, the crème de la crème of Boston law firms. He was the co-head of the Technology Company and Venture Capital Practice group. So it was with some fanfare that Cooley Godward announced earlier this month that the Yale Law grad was leaving Ropes to join Cooley’s […]
What is Baltimore known for? We think of The Wire, John Waters movies, a world-class aquarium, and crabs (the seafood, not the parasites). The city is also known for high crime. And some folks think Maryland taxpayers got robbed, by the former law school dean at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. From the Baltimore […]
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
We reported this morning that a victim of a Jersey Shore beatdown was trying to prevent the Tuesday DVD release of the popular MTV reality series. Stephen Izzo, Jr., 26, was attacked by Ronnie “Don’t fall in love at Jersey Shore” Ortiz-Magro during the show’s first season. In the episode, Ronnie bragged that he knocked […]
What should you do if you want to get a Biglaw job? Have sex with a partner? I wish it was that inexpensive. Most people will come to the conclusion that going to law school is a more reliable long-term career strategy than latching onto a partner stuck in a loveless marriage. But which law […]
Friday brought good news and bad news for Winston & Strawn associates. The good news is that the double salary freeze, which has apparently resulted in first- through third-year associates at Winston all earning $160,000, may be thawing. Managing partner Thomas Fitzgerald sent a memo — this time to its intended recipients — indicating that […]
Finally. The brilliant but prickly Judge Rakoff has (reluctantly) signed off on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s $150 million settlement with Bank of America. The saga, which has consumed Wall Street (and stressed out many Wall Street lawyers) for over half a year now, has come to an end. For more detailed coverage, see the […]
It’s difficult trying to figure out what to write about when you’ve been away for a week and return to hundreds of unread emails. But, luckily for me, UVA’s Lile Moot Court Board has a way of making itself really, really obvious. I trust you all remember the Lile Moot Court Board. Back in September, […]