DealBreaker, Harvard, Romance and Dating

Date Harvard Men Without Streetwalking Down Mass Ave.

By Elie Mystal

You know the old joke: How many Harvard men does it take to screw in a light bulb? Just one; he holds the bulb in place while the world revolves around him. Many a Harvard man takes that approach to household maintenance, professional endeavors, and even dating. You’re not going to believe this, but some […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.31.10

By David Lat

* Dahlia Lithwick wonders: Is Justice Ginsburg “The Mother of All Grizzlies”? [Slate] * Five ways to write like David Boies and Ted Olson. [Legal Writing Pro (PDF)] * Speaking of legal writing, do you share our love of corny Bluebook jokes? If so, read this. [Laws for Attorneys] * And speaking of gays, and […]

Career Alternatives, Cars, Food

Ex-Lawyer of the Day: Cupcake Queen Is Not Above the Law

By David Lat

Meet Kate Carrara. Like a surprising number of other attorneys — e.g., Lev Ekster and Mia Bauer, of New York Law School, and Sam Whitfield, of GW Law — Carrara left the law to start a cupcake business. Alas, it appears that Carrara, a 35-year-old graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, […]

Alt Transport, Cars, Police, Privacy

Traffic Cameras Play Bad Cop In Civil Liberties Versus Safety Battle

By AltTransport

Every good story needs a villain, which is why people love to hate traffic cameras. Cold and unblinking, they stalk us like prey, hitting drivers hard in the wallet when they blow through red lights, make rolling stops or, as is sometimes the case, let someone else drive their car. Frederick County, MD recently began […]

Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Money, Old People, Partner Issues, Perks / Fringe Benefits

Retirement Benefits for Partners: How Does Your Firm Handle Them?

By David Lat

It’s important to think about — and not just think about, but save for — your retirement. This is especially true now that Social Security is looking less than alluring. (When I see that money taken out of my paycheck, I just kiss it goodbye, forever.) When it comes to providing for associates and other […]

Education / Schools, Job Searches, Law Schools

Welcome 1Ls: You Decided to go to Law School, Now What?

By Elie Mystal

The class of 2013 probably won’t return to Above the Law in full force until after Labor Day. But a couple of comments on last night’s LeBron James post alerted us to the fact that some of the new 1Ls are here with us now: Maybe I’m missing something, but on what basis does the […]

Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad

Career Center: A Useful Resource for On-Campus Interviewing

By Above the Law

With OCI in full swing, you should check out the firms below to see if it is one of the firms you have a callback interview with. Wondering how summer associates rated their summer experience at the firms you may be interviewing with? Check out the Career Center for valuable insight on summer programs, as […]

ACLU, Murder, Violence, War on Terror

The ACLU, Suspected Terrorists and American Policy on Killing Them — A Wedding Crashers Screenplay

By Above the Law

Ed. note: This post is by “The Gobbler,” one of the two writers under consideration to join Morning Dockette as a Morning Docket writer. As always, we welcome your thoughts in the comments. I was asked to cover the lawsuit filed yesterday by the ACLU against the Obama administration regarding its policy of keeping a […]

Environment / Environmental Law, Politics, Sex

Virginia State Judge Screws the Cooch

By Above the Law

Ed. note: This post is by “Juggalo Law,” one of the two writers under consideration to join Morning Dockette as a Morning Docket writer. As always, we welcome your thoughts in the comments. I have a confession to make. I don’t care at all about the environment. It’s true. Since I was in short pants, […]

Admin, Announcements, Morning Docket

Morning Docket 08.31.10

By Morning Dockette

My name is redacted, but you can call me Morning Dockette. I’m one of the winners of the Morning Docket writer competition. Some of you may know me better as the Tuesday and Thursday finalist from last week’s trial run. In real life, I’m a law school graduate awaiting the results of the July 2010 […]

Basketball, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sports

After the Way He Treated Cleveland, Why Would Anyone Want To Be LeBron James’s Father?

By Elie Mystal

LeBron James is taking his talents to Washington. Well, at least his lawyers are. Lawyers for King James have filed their motion to dismiss the suit filed by Leicester Bryce Stovell, a D.C.-based lawyer. Stovell claims that he is LeBron’s father and that LeBron’s mother, Gloria James, tampered with the paternity test that would have […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.30.10

By David Lat

* Roger Clemens pleads not guilty. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * Are you a victim of the “law school scam”? If so, maybe you should have gone into accounting. [Going Concern] * Speaking of legal education, here’s a podcast about law school rankings, featuring Bob Morse of U.S. News, Indiana University law […]

Crime, Trendspotting

Always a Trendsetter, Cadwalader Now Experiencing Thievery

By Elie Mystal

Here at Above the Law, we like to know what’s going to happen, before it happens. We therefore pay special attention to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The firm is a trendsetter of sorts — at least for things that are bad. Few remember, but Cadwalader faced down a bed bug epidemic back in 2007, long […]

Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, New Jersey, Quote of the Day, Student Loans

Quote of the Day: They may take our jobs, but they’ll never take… our freedom!

By David Lat

[S]tudents should embark upon a legal education with their eyes open; the job market is difficult, and likely to remain so. Legal education is not, as the comments of some would suggest, an entitlement program…. [T]he real value of legal education is not, and never has been, primarily economic. It’s not about money; it’s about […]

Blogging, Food, Law Schools, Student Loans

A Sit-Down with the Law School Transparency Hunger Striker, Zenovia Evans

By Above the Law

Ed. note: When Zenovia Evans (a.k.a. Ethan Haines) outed herself as the law school graduate going on a hunger strike for the cause of law school transparency, she revealed that she lives in Denver. Also living in Denver: Caleb Newquist, lead editor of Going Concern, Above the Law’s sister site for the accounting profession. Zenovia […]

Admin, Announcements, Birthdays, Fashion, Shameless Plugs, Shopping

A Happy Fourth Birthday to Above the Law!
And: ATL’s Gilt Sale Extended Through Thursday

By Above the Law

Think back, if you can, to August 30, 2006. It was a very different time: George W. Bush was still president, the economy was still booming (even if some of that prosperity was illusory), and the starting salary for most associates in large New York law firms stood at $145,000. It was on this date […]

Football, Sports

Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football?

By Elie Mystal

You know fantasy football has taken over the American consciousness when a fake lawyer threatening fake sanctions in an ad campaign makes the news. This morning the ABA Journal ran a profile of Norman Tugwater, a fantasy sports lawyer played by Gary Busey: “I’m getting ready to clean up with the mop of justice,” Tugwater […]

Bar Exams

FIRST? North Carolina Bar Exam Results Are Out
Is NC the fastest state when it comes to grading bar exams?

By David Lat

Over the weekend, we received several messages about results for the North Carolina bar exam, which went out by snail mail on Friday. Here’s one email a Carolinian reader sent us: NC Bar Results were mailed out on Friday… thought you might want to start an open thread or something? I don’t know. Hmm, we […]