August 2010

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Career Center: WilmerHale’s Summer Associates, For the Win

In anticipation of the release of the summer associate survey results, last week we highlighted the firm with the highest response rate among summer associates, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman.  Today we want to congratulate and feature WilmerHale, for having the highest overall number of respondents to the summer associate survey. In a time when […]

Bad Ideas

A Law School Is Coming to Shreveport — Hallelujah!

Some people — such as the many anti-law-school bloggers, or my colleague here at Above the Law, Elie Mystal — think there are too many law schools. I’m not as much of a pessimist; I take a more measured view. Although I share the concern that perhaps too many schools are cranking out too many […]

Biglaw

The Best Firms To Work For, When It Comes To ‘Quality of Life’

Forget about prestige (momentarily). Which firms have the best quality of life? Vault has compiled its annual Law Firm Quality of Life Rankings, based on associate surveys. Associates were asked to rate their firms on “overall satisfaction, associate/partner relations, firm culture, hours, compensation, office space, training, and pro bono and green initiatives.” Williams & Connolly […]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.11.10

* Aw. This is quaint: “Why lawyers should work no more than 40 hours a week.” [ABA Journal] * Judge Carl J. Barbier will oversee the BP litigation clean-up. [New York Times; Huffington Post] * Seventh Circuit forgives ERISA “scrivener’s error.” [Reuters via ABA Journal] * The heat is on Google in South Korea. [New […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.10.10

* Judge John Walter (C.D. Cal.) has rejected Bill Lerach’s proposal to rack up community service hours by teaching law at UC Irvine. [National Law Journal via WSJ Law Blog] * The American Bar Association (ABA) has come out in favor of marriage equality (i.e., same-sex marriage). [Poliglot / Metro Weekly] * Former Senator Ted […]

Crime

Plea Deal of the Day: Poker Payback for Securities Fraud

Samuel McMaster, Jr. didn’t play his cards right before, but hopefully he can now. The former stockbroker admitted to 26 felony charges of securities fraud, after having sold half a million dollars of worthless promissory notes to his victims. He faces up to 12 years in the clinker. But, apparently, McMaster is a skilled poker […]

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A Special Offer for ATL Readers

Lawyers enjoy fine dining. And they enjoy striking a good deal. So here’s an offer that we think will appeal to many of our New York readers. The restaurant Compass has a special package for purchase; this week, you can guarantee up to 50 percent off on its fine New American dining. If you want […]