June 2010
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Facebook, Lawyer Advertising, Legal Ethics, Social Networking Websites, Weirdness
A Juris 'Doctors' Facebook Movement
Upon graduation, some degrees grant graduates more than a few extra letters at the end of their name. Some degrees are transformative. An MD turns an anal, highlighter-happy med student into a “doctor.” A PhD does the same thing for disheveled grad students. A JD makes you an “esquire.” (Other degrees are not transformative: MBA […] -
Drugs, Lovells, Sex, Sex Scandals, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: A Hogan Lovells Ex-Partner Who Likes It Rough
Why are British lawyers always getting caught with their pants down? We all remember the classic scene in A Fish Called Wanda, in which an unsuspecting family walks in on a naked barrister, Archie Leach (John Cleese), as he’s getting ready for a roll in the hay with Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis). But this kind […] - Sponsored
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Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
New Poll Reveals America's Ongoing Stupidity About the Judicial Branch
Here at Above the Law, we’re getting very excited for the upcoming Kagan confirmation hearings. We’ll be liveblogging Lady Kaga’s big show next week. In the lead-up to the confirmation hearings, C-SPAN conducted a poll on what the people think about the Supreme Court. There are a bunch of interesting findings. As usual, the Supreme […]
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Dewey & LeBoeuf, Immigration, Pro Bono
Dewey Crosses Border Into Arizona Mess
Have you been waiting for a megafirm to take a stand in the Arizona immigration law mess? Biglaw has already been all up in the BP oil spill disaster. Why not weigh in on behalf of Arizona, or take the side of racially-profiled, dark-skinned people? One Biglaw firm is ready to get into this. Dewey […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Litigatrix, Public Interest
Update: Is Brooklyn ADA Ama Dwimoh Getting a Bum Rap?
Last Friday, we named Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Ama Dwimoh our Lawyer of the Day. As a prosecutor, Dwimoh goes after child abusers. And yet, according to the New York Daily News — irony alert! — she herself abuses the kiddies, i.e., legal interns in her office. One reader with firsthand knowledge protested this portrayal […] -
Facebook, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weirdness
The Truth Will Set You Free? A Broke, Adulterous, Disgraced Georgetown Law Marine Issues a Public Confession on Facebook
It’s a Scarlet Letter tale for the digital age. A Georgetown law student’s life has completely unraveled. His way of dealing with losing his wife, his mistress, his supposed baby, his military assignment, and good standing at Georgetown Law School? A public confession on Facebook. He posted the note with the details of his sad, […] -
Al Gore, Andrew Cuomo, Morning Docket, YouTube
Morning Docket: 06.24.10
* An inconvenient truth? A massage therapist in Oregon previously accused Al Gore, once thought to be a robot eunuch, of unwanted sexual advances. Is this why the Gores’ marriage didn’t have a happy ending? [Associated Press] * YouTube scores a “decisive win” over Viacom in their long-running litigation over copyright infringement, thanks to the […]
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Alex Kozinski, Antitrust, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Media and Journalism, Parties, Pictures, Politics
An Evening With Judge Kozinski: At the CEI Annual Dinner
Last Thursday, June 17, I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 annual dinner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in Washington, D.C. In case you’re not familiar with it, CEI is “a public interest group dedicated to free enterprise and limited government” — i.e., a libertarian think tank. At this year’s dinner, the honoree was […] - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.23.10
* The Naked Cowboy has a competitor, and now he has a lawyer. [Legal Blog Watch] * Just remember, General McChrystal: George McClellan really almost won the election of 1864. [MSNBC] * Spitzer. Won’t. Go. Away. [Dealbreaker] * Now that the New York Times is on the case, maybe schools will actually do something about […] -
Contract Attorneys, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches
Are Contract Attorneys Getting Blacklisted?
During this recession, there have been a lot of would-be Biglaw associates that have been forced into taking temporary contract work. People have to do what they can to pay the bills. But in so doing, are they harming their chances of ever getting a full-time job? One recruiting firm thinks they are. A tipster […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Pro Bono, Public Interest, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Who Prioritizes Pro Bono?
Welcome to the next post 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 we are highlighting insider information that Members shared about their firms in the eight key areas of […] -
ACLU, Exercise, Hotties, Sports
Three Cheers for Designating Cheerleading a Sport?
It’s one of life’s great unanswered questions: Is cheerleading a sport? Soon a federal judge in Connecticut will make a ruling in a Title IX case that may help solve this age-old mystery. From the New Haven Register: It is unclear whether federal judge Stefan R. Underhill will offer an opinion on whether competitive cheerleading […] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest: Firm Chairs Finalists
Last week, we gave you this photo from a D.C. law firm — click on the image to enlarge — and asked you to propose funny captions: One popular submission with readers, though not with us, was this one: The caption contest reaches a new low with a picture of chairs in an elevator. Well, […]
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Banking Law, Boutique Law Firms, BuckleySandler, Litigators, Musical Chairs, White-Collar Crime
Musical Chairs: BuckleySandler Snags Talent from Mayer Brown
The financial services boutique of BuckleySandler, which launched just a little over a year ago, is expanding at a rapid clip. At the time of launch, it had about 50 attorneys (most of them from the firm formerly known as BuckleyKolar); now it’s approaching 100. The two latest hires are noteworthy. From the BLT: BuckleySandler […] -
Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Staff Layoff Watch: Jones Day Also Cuts in Cleveland
Earlier this month, we reported on staff layoffs in the Los Angeles and Dallas offices of Jones Day. Now we’re hearing about additional layoffs at the firm, which raise the question: Could staff layoffs at JD perhaps be a firm-wide phenomenon, even if the firm only confesses to what it’s confronted with? Yesterday the Cleveland […] -
Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week’s Advertisers
A quick word of thanks to this week’s advertisers on Above the Law: Conrad Hotels France Tourism Kaplan Kinney Recruiting Lateral Link Lexis Nexis – Case Map Lexis Nexis – Discovery Solutions Lexis Nexis – Law Firm Marketing Products Lexis Nexis – Martindale Lexis Nexis – RLS Specialized Law Lexis Nexis – Search Advantage & […] -
Associate Advice, In-House Counsel
In-House Counseling: I ♥ Law!
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled. A former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. I feel self-conscious sometimes about the pessimism of this column with […] -
Antitrust, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Judicial Divas
Judge of the Day: Judge Mark Bennett of Iowa Is 'Underwhelmed' By East Coast Law Firms
U.S. District Judge Mark W. Bennett won’t get the publicity of Judge Martin Feldman. Obviously, blocking President Obama’s deep-water drilling moratorium — having already disclosed investments in Transocean and Halliburton — is big news. But Judge Bennett is making waves of his own in his Iowa courtroom. He’s decided that he wants lawyers to participate […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.23.10
* Judge Martin Feldman, who put the kibosh on Obama’s deep-water drilling ban, previously disclosed investments in Transocean, Halliburton, and other energy companies. [Associated Press] * All former solicitors general have endorsed current solicitor general Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, with one exception: Bork, J., dissenting. [WSJ Law Blog and The BLT: The Blog […]
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Fashion, Federal Judges, Feminism, Gender, Judicial Divas, Women's Issues
Career Advice for Women Lawyers: Fake It.
Warning to the female readers of Above the Law: the reading of this post may lead to the rending of your inappropriate clothing and pulling out of your questionably-styled hair. Earlier this month, lady lawyers gathered in Philadelphia for the ABA’s Women in Law Leadership Academy. Gina Passarella of the Legal Intelligencer was in attendance […]