June 2010
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Hotties, Law Schools, Reality TV, Television
Reality TV On Mission To Destroy Reputation of Law School Students Everywhere
This is not a good month for legal types in reality television. Albie Manzo of The Real Housewives of New Jersey failed out of Seton Hall Law School. Brooklyn Law School grad Victoria Eisner of Downtown Girls failed the New York bar exam. And now all of the law school classmates of Erica Rose have […]
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Crime, Murder, Robert Wone, Trials
Verdict in the Robert Wone Trial is Not Guilty
In August 2006, Robert Wone, a promising young Asian-American attorney, was murdered while staying at a friend’s house in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. Wone, then general counsel for Radio Free Asia and a former Covington & Burling associate, was stabbed to death. The housemates claimed that Wone had been attacked by an intruder, but […]
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3 Big Student Loan Myths Demystified
When was the last time you took a second look at your student loans? If you’re like most borrowers, you probably try hard not to think about them. After all, dwelling on your debt isn’t going to make it go away any faster. Or is it?
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Elena Kagan, Politics, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
Liveblogging the Kagan Confirmation Hearings: Day 2 (Afternoon)
Welcome back from lunch. We will now begin the afternoon session of day 2 of Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Your Above the Law editors are taking turns at liveblogging. Elie has handed the controls over to Lat…
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Quote of the Day: Mr. Kalis, Your Hair Looks Great
Well, I don’t mean you should go make fun of the managing partner’s hair line. But you should ask searching questions. – Peter Kalis, global managing partner of K&L Gates, explaining his comment that he’s looking to hire “sassy” and “edgy” lawyers.
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Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Weirdness
Caption Contest: Who Wants A Hug?
Submit possible captions for this photo in the comments. We’ll choose our favorites — with preference given to those with a legal bent — and then let you vote for the best one. Please submit your entries by WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, at 11:59 PM. Thanks! P.S. Consistent with our caption contest practice, we’re not providing […]
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Contract Attorneys, Craigslist, Pornography, Sex, Weirdness
Professor, Pin-Up Girl, Porn, Projects? The Life of an Anonymous Contract Lawyer
“How is this guy working and not me?” As the economy was tanking at the end of 2008, I, like many contract attorneys, found myself scrambling for work. One night, while frustratedly clicking around the internet for leads, I happened to come across this post from the blog Anonymous Contract Lawyer: I almost forgot I […]
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Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Mayer Brown and Simmons Call Off Their Courtship
Earlier this month, we mentioned the possibility of a merger between Mayer Brown and the U.K.-headquartered firm of Simmons & Simmons. Today we learn that the merger won’t be happening. Legal Week reports: Simmons & Simmons and Mayer Brown have called off merger talks, the two firms have confirmed in a joint press statement sent […]
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Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Searches, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Firms With Benefits
Welcome to the next in our series on the results of the 2010 ATL/Career Center Associate Satisfaction survey. We’ve used the survey results to revamp the Career Center, powered by Lateral Link, with completely updated profiles and each week, we are highlighting insider information that Members shared about their firms in the eight key areas of associate satisfaction covered by the Career Center. […]
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Elena Kagan, Politics, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
Liveblogging the Kagan Confirmation Hearings: Day 2 (Morning)
Welcome to day 2 of the confirmation hearings of Elena Kagan, currently the U.S. Solicitor General, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Your Above the Law editors will be taking turns at liveblogging the proceedings…
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INNOVATION IN ENTRY LEVEL RECRUITING
We’ve all heard how dysfunctional entry-level legal recruiting is: Inordinate expense, decisions made on the briefest of subjective impressions with opacity all around, and what do firms reap for all their efforts? Shocking attrition rates among junior associates. It’s time for a conference on what could work better, and this is it.
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* Yesterday was a big day at the Supreme Court. Who were the Biglaw winners and losers at One First Street? [Am Law Daily] * Of the four opinions from yesterday, McDonald v. Chicago, aka “the guns case,” seems to have generated the most headlines. [How Appealing (linkwrap)] * And Solicitor General Elena Kagan wants […]
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Elena Kagan, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Elena Kagan v. Sonia Sotomayor: Who Wore It Better?
As I noted in my liveblogging of Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings, Solicitor General Kagan decided to wear the same outfit that then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor wore to day one of her confirmation hearings: an electric blue blazer over a black blouse. A reader who was also struck by this sartorial similarity sent us a photographic comparison. […]
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Bar Exams, Hotties, Reality TV, Skaddenfreude, Television
Reality TV Star Victoria, of Downtown Girls, Fails the Bar Exam
MTV has sunk low. Really low. Its newest program, Downtown Girls — a reality TV show about a group of hot girls living in TriBeCa — is using the New York bar exam as a dramatic narrative hook. We wrote before about the law grad on the show in our post: Why Unemployed Lawyers Shouldn’t […]
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* If you weren’t involved with the Supreme Court or recently deceased, you didn’t make news today. But don’t overlook the growing annoyance from people who are finding out that their new iPhones suck. [Gawker] * There’s a verdict in the “I was evicted because of my peeps diorama” trial. [Lowering the Bar] * Debunking […]
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David Boies, Gay, Gay Marriage, Litigators, Quote of the Day, Ted Olson, Trials
Quote of the Day: Even Better Than He Was in Bush v. Gore?
I thought that the last 30 minutes of Ted’s rebuttal was the best 30 minutes I’ve seen in five decades of practicing law. – David Boies, discussing the closing argument of his adversary-turned-ally, Ted Olson, in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (aka the Proposition 8 case).
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Citigroup, Gloria Allred, Hotties
Too-Hot-For-Citibank Banker Files New Papers — With the Help of Gloria Allred
When last we checked in on Debrahlee Lorenzana (pictured), she was switching lawyers to bring on a fellow media hog, Gloria Allred (recently the subject of a lengthy NYT profile). Over the weekend, Lorenzana filed her first papers under Allred’s stewardship. Apparently we need to make a call to Geneva or something, and have them […]
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Liveblogging the Kagan Confirmation Hearings: Opening Statements Session II
To check in to this morning’s coverage, please check in here. The second part of today’s festivities — including the introductory statements from Kagan, after the jump…
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Judge of the Day: Joseph R. Carico Gives Up ‘His Honor’ for Halo
Virginia is for lovers (of video games). A judge in Wise, Virginia was so enamored of the shooting game Halo that he may have crossed ethical lines to play it. The not-so Wise judge struck up a friendship with a defendant he’d previously sent to jail. Their gaming relationship came to light when Judge Joseph […]
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Former Latham & Watkins Lawyers Hang Out a Shingle, Err… Timeshare
People are always telling laid off or unemployed lawyer to “hang out a shingle” and start their own firm. They say this like it is comparatively easy for young lawyers to just go out there and drum up enough business to support themselves. It’s not, but some people are at least trying. Today, the Washington […]
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KINNEY’S EVAN JOWERS IN HONG KONG TODAY THROUGH MARCH 4
Kinney’s head of Asia recruiting, Evan Jowers, is in Hong Kong today through March 4 and has some slots still available for meetings on this trip. Please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com if you would like to set up a meeting with Evan. His next trip to Hong Kong will be in late March.
