June 2010
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Feminism, Gender, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
K&L Gates: Closed to Associate Mothers?
From time to time, we’ve tried to track whether or not the Biglaw layoffs have had a disparate impact on women or minorities. There hasn’t been a lot of hard evidence. We did a story last year on layoffs at Squire Sanders that seemed to disproportionately affect women. And this year we ran a report […] -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups, Summer Associates
Welcome, Summer Associates! We're Glad You're Here, But Clients Aren't.
It’s summer time! A lucky few are being paid to warm seats in law firms across the land. (Very few — thanks to the minimal numbers of offers extended to law students in Recession Land.) Some firms are very excited about their summer associates, to the point of issuing press releases about them. Firms are […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Craigslist, Job Searches
Pro Se Litigants Also Want Cheap Legal Advice
We’ve done a number of posts on terrible job offers. You can pretty much go onto Craigslist once a week and find some firm trying to get legal services on the cheap. Usually, it’s a firm or a solo practitioner that’s trying to take advantage of the legal recession by lowballing prospective associates. Yesterday, an […]
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Kenneth Starr, Musical Chairs, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Winston & Strawn Tries To Rewrite History By Editing Out a Problematic Partner
It’s clear that Winston & Strawn isn’t happy about all the publicity it’s getting over Jonathan Bristol, the Winston partner — or former partner? — who has gotten entangled with Kenneth Starr In case you haven’t been following the case of Kenneth Starr — not the one who brought us the delectable Starr Report, but […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.08.10
* The lawyer who helped bring us Smurfs is broke and charged with a Gargamel-ish blackmail plot. [New York Daily News] * This may make it harder to challenge your next speeding ticket. [Columbus Dispatch via Yale Law Tech] * It may be time to revise Google’s motto: Do no evil… and if you do, […]
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Biglaw, Paralegals
One Way to Pad Your Hours: Picking Up Dry Cleaning
I take the 4/5/6 to work every morning. Usually the trip is uneventful by New York City standards — just a collection of mariachi bands and homeless people who loudly state their intention not to bother me. Occasionally, people break the cardinal rule of subway etiquette and make direct eye contact: but I can’t tell […] -
Feminism, Gay, Gay Marriage, Gender, Lesbians, Non-Sequiturs, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 06.07.10
* Elie previously declared that Debrahlee Lorenzana, the too hot for Citigroup plaintiff, was “pretty,” but not “‘blood has stopped flowing to my brain’ pretty.” This video is proof that Elie underestimated her. [Dealbreaker] * Ugly people get fired on Wall Street too. How many of these 1,200 Morgan Stanley layoffs are in the legal […] -
Asians, Celebrities, Law Schools, Music
An Interview With Northwestern's Resident Pop Star
Would you trade in being a pop star to be a legal rockstar? Last week, we wrote about So-eun Lee, a South Korean pop star who left behind her music career to attend Northwestern Law. We emailed with the now-2L to find out how she achieved pop stardom back in Seoul and whether it seems […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Layoffs, Movies, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Latham Layoffs in a Movie Review?
I wasn’t the only viewer taken aback by Miranda’s impulsive decision to quit her law firm in a climate in which a powerhouse like Latham & Watkins lays off hundreds. — New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis, writing about reviewers’ reactions to Sex and the City 2. -
Free Speech, Law Professors
Law Professor Peter Erlinder Is Denied Bail in Rwanda
Law professor Peter Erlinder’s summer break continues to suck. Last week, we told you about the William Mitchell College of Law professor, who traveled to Rwanda to help with the defense of a political leader running against the incumbent president. He was arrested soon after his arrival because of his “genocidal ideology.” He allegedly violated […] -
Bad Ideas, Law Professors, Law Schools, LSAT, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
Law Profs Want Schools to Stop Reporting LSAT Scores to U.S. News
From the files of “things that will never freaking happen,” the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) is telling law schools to discontinue divulging LSAT scores to U.S. News for the publication’s annual rankings. SALT should duck before that flying pig smacks it upside its head. The National Law Journal reports: [SALT] has urged law […] -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, General Counsel, In-House Counsel
In-House Counsel v. 'Outhouse' Attorneys
If the professional world were a zoo, Biglaw attorneys and in-house counsel would be kept in separate cages. They live in distinct environments and, according to a group of general counsel at the InsideCounsel SuperConference, have very different characteristics. GCs from Kaplan Higher Education, Navistar, and Johnson Controls got together for a panel about building […] -
Bankruptcy, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Could Law School Loans Become More Easily Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?
Last month, New York Times columnist Ron Lieber wrote an interesting piece analyzing whom to blame when students wind up in over their heads in educational debt. This past weekend, he wrote a somewhat more optimistic article, raising the possibility that student loans might become more easy to discharge in bankruptcy. The status quo in […]
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Caption Contests, Cars, Contests, Pictures
ATL Caption Contest: Legal Lexus-Nexus Winner
There are two occasions that inspire people to scrawl messages on their cars’ windows: sporting events and graduations. With either one, white paint on the back windshield lets the world know you’re a winner. An ATL reader spotted a writing-festooned Lexus parked outside of the Boston Harbor Hotel and sent us the photo below, which […] -
Job Searches
Legal Sector Adds Jobs: Let's Not Lick Each Other's Popsicles Just Yet
This morning, you might have heard the great news that the legal sector added jobs in May. Jobs, yay, woohoo! It sounds like great news, until you look at how tepid the jobs bump was in May. Am Law Daily reports: The legal sector gained 300 jobs in May after experiencing losses in the hundreds […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.07.10
* Final Fantasy XIII takes the “final” part too far? [San Francisco Weekly] * L.A. judge didn’t inhale marijuana dispensaries’ arguments. [Los Angeles Times] * The too-hot-for-Citibank plaintiff is now in hot water at JP Morgan Chase. [New York Daily News] * Facebook groups and student-created websites can work administrative magic. Seton Hall extends loan […]
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Law Shucks
This Week in Biglaw: 06.06.10
Ed. note: Law Shucks focuses on life in, and after, BigLaw, including by tracking layoffs, bonuses, and laterals. Above the Law is pleased to bring you this weekly column, which analyzes news at the world’s top law firms. Most summer programs have kicked off by now, but ATL pointed out a problem waiting in the […] -
Citigroup, Fashion, Hotties, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day Last Week: And so would Helen Thomas....
Debrahlee Lorenzana would be very attractive in a burka. — Jack Tuckner, the lawyer representing the woman who claims she was too sexy for Citibank, speaking about his comely client. -
Crime, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rank Stupidity, Violence
Misadventures in Contract Law
Some of you apparently feel that your law degrees aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. But there’s no denying that what you learned in first-year contracts class comes in handy — and not just for understanding the gobbledygook in your apartment lease. Check out what happens when laypeople try to do contract law…. Charge: […] -
Akin Gump, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.04.10
* How would you react to a Biglaw intern walking around with a $9,000 handbag? [Corporette] * A young attorney’s review of the new iPad app, iAnnotate PDF (Version 1.1.1). [Young Lawyers Blog] * Personally, I like my bar exams with a full bust and nice curves, but I suppose it is time for a […]