July 2010
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.22.10
HELP WANTED: We are looking for a writer to take over Morning Docket duties from the three of us. To learn more and apply, please see this post (a prior solicitation for MD writer applications). The only difference is that now the post comes with a modest monthly stipend. * No criminal charges will be […]
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American Constitution Society (ACS), Federalist Society, Law Schools, Politics
Liberal Bias in Legal Education: Does it Exist? Does it Matter? An ATL Debate
As we mentioned this morning, a report from researchers at Berkeley Law suggests that legal education is a field dominated by white, male, elite liberals. The National Law Journal reports: Law schools hire more openly liberal professors than openly conservative ones, but the plum jobs at the most prestigious schools don’t appear to be going […] - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.21.10
* Last month, we asked if cheerleading is a sport. A judge has answered, “no.” [CT Post] * Two words that should never be in the same sentence: “botched” and “circumcision.” [Bad Lawyer] * Now that the FCC has been stopped in its anti-speech tracks, can the rest of television become as good as HBO? […]
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Bar Exams, Quote of the Day, Television
Quote of the Day: More Bar Exam Advice
Come on, it’s easy! You just shove all that stuff in your head, you write down your answers, and forget it the next day. Learn on the job like everybody else. — Sheriff Andy Bellefleur of True Blood, trying to allay Jason Stackhouse’s fears of taking the written exam to become a sheriff’s deputy. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law School Transparency Group Seeks Data from Law Schools
Back in April, we reported on an admirable organization called Law School Transparency. The goal of LST: “encouraging and facilitating the transparent flow of law school employment information.” Given what’s typically at stake — three years of your life, and six figures of cash (or student loans) — the decision to attend law school is […] -
Bar Exams, Rape, Sex
Bar Exam Question of the Day: Sex By Trick?
An Israeli court has convicted an Arab man of rape on very interesting grounds. Haaretz reports: Sabbar Kashur, 30, had consensual sex with a woman after he posed as a Jewish bachelor interested in a long-term relationship. When the woman found Kashur was not a Jew but an Arab, she filed a police complaint that […] -
Comment of the Day, Quote of the Day
Comment of the Day: The ATL Operator
From Morning Docket: Welcome to Above the Law’s telephone message service. This service is for people who do not have internet access from their cellular phones. Comments made through this system will be placed randomly in each thread, because really, who gives a s**t anymore? To make a “TTT” accusation, press 1. To make a […] -
Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Former Clifford Chance Attorney in the Cast for This Season's 'Apprentice': Laid-off Edition
Donald Trump knows what it is to be down but not out. We’ve lost track of how many times he’s filed for bankruptcy. But he is a phoenix, who always arises from the Chapter 11 ashes, his flaming reddish hair unruffled. Now Trump wants to offer the same opportunity to other high-flyers who were knocked […] - Sponsored
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Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week’s Advertisers
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Career Alternatives, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Weirdness
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Fart Fighting?
No, that’s not a typo; we’re not talking about firefighting. We’re talking about fart fighting. From our sister site, the fabulous Fashionista: There’s no graceful way to introduce this product, so we’ll just cut to the chase: “Subtle Butt” is a disposable patch of fabric with an “activated carbon layer… to which stench adheres and […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Travel / Vacation
In-House Counseling: Vacation Memo
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled. A former Sullivan & Cromwell attorney, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. As some of you have noticed, his weekly Wednesday column has […] -
Partner Issues
Latham & Watkins: New Managing Partner for the New York Office
As multiple tipsters have been telling us, Dave Gordon, managing partner of Latham & Watkins’s New York office is putting down the mantle of leadership. But Gordon will be staying at the firm, continuing his private practice. James Brandt will be taking over at the Lipstick Building. And of course Robert Dell remains in place […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.21.10
* There’s a fine line between flirting and stalking. [ABA Journal] * The summer associate hiring numbers. [AmLaw Daily] * In the case of “the man who may share ownership of Facebook with Zuckerberg,” Facebook got out of state court, but things aren’t looking great in federal court. Mark Zuckerberg is “unsure” whether he signed […]
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Family Law, Porn Names, Pornography
More Kimberly Kourt News for Evening Readers
Yesterday we wrote about a family lawyer who posed nude for Playboy. She’s the mag’s “Employee of the Month.” Here’s the Not Safe for Work (NSFW) link. There were some questions as to whether this woman was actually a lawyer. Why would people think that? Getting naked in Playboy casting doubt on one’s legal credentials? […] -
Faegre & Benson, Lavi Soloway, Lindsay Lohan, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.20.10
* Century Regional Detention Facility is sentenced to Lindsay Lohan. Watch out, she looks a little menacing in her mug shot. [People] * Fellow legal blogger and prominent immigration lawyer Lavi Soloway opines on the intersection of immigration reform, evangelicals, and same-sex marriage. [Politico] * Why BP oil leak victims might want to look to […] -
Elena Kagan, Miguel Estrada, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Lady Kaga Goes Gaga for Miguel Estrada
[U]nderneath a sometimes gruff exterior, he has the proverbial heart of gold: no one I know is a more faithful friend or a more fundamentally decent person. — Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about appellate litigator Miguel Estrada, a Gibson Dunn partner and possible […] -
Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Law Firm Mergers, Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Law Firm Merger Mania: Townsend and Kilpatrick Kill Talks
Back in May, we reported on merger rumors involving Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew. As it turns out, the firms were in talks — but now those talks have fallen apart. As the two firms told the Daily Journal, the talks were called off because of a familiar reason: potential client conflicts. […] -
Biglaw, Deaths, Suicide
Reed Smith Partner Commits Suicide in Chicago
There was unhappy news out of Chicago last week. Stewart Dolin, an M&A partner at Reed Smith, was struck and killed by a train on Thursday. According to the Chicago Tribune, the coroner has ruled the death a suicide. Dolin was the co-chair of Reed Smith’s corporate and securities practice. He lived in Glencoe, north […] -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money
Nationwide Salary Thaw: Happy Happenings at Hogan?
Last Wednesday, the firm of Hogan Lovells — formerly known as Hogan & Hartson, before its recent merger with U.K.-based Lovells — made an announcement about associate salaries. So what went down? -
Law Firm Names, Television
Jay Leno Drops a MoFo
Lawyers have been all up in The Tonight Show’s grill this year, thanks to the Jay Leno – Conan O’Brien smackdown. But the lawyers were relegated to an off-screen role. Jay Leno never name-checked Gibson Dunn (that we know of) for repping NBC and helping to put him back on his throne. Another Biglaw firm […]