September 2010
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Hotties, Law Schools, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Meet Miss England -- She's a Law Student!
Another day, another law student turned beauty queen. If you can’t get a legal job in this economy, you might as well settle for a free car and a year’s supply of make-up, right? It’s certainly better to get the cosmetics for free than to steal them — just ask Caroline Giuliani (Rudy Giuliani’s attractive […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad
Career Center: A Resource for Researching Large Law Firms
Just a reminder that the 2010 summer associate survey results have been incorporated into the Summer Associate Program sections within each of the Firm Snapshots. So be sure to visit the Career Center, where you’ll find inside information about the summer programs at all the major law firms. Here are some examples: Lunches at this […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Gender, Partner Issues, Rankings, Sexism, Women's Issues
Hard Stats About Female Equity Partners
Today Am Law released an exhaustive report about female equity partners at major law firms — equity partners, not to be confused with non-equity partners (who are really glorified associates that firms slap with the “partner” label in order to look good when folks like BBLP or Jezebel come calling). The numbers aren’t going to […]
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Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls, Weirdness
Caption Contest Finalists: 'Linen Closet Associates'
Last week, we asked for possible captions for this strange photo: Vote for your favorite from the eight funny finalists, after the jump. -
Biglaw, Blog Wars, Federal Government, Job Searches, Public Interest, Summer Associates
The World Hates Lawyers: Mainstream Media Manages to Criticize Biglaw Summers AND Public Sector Lawyers in the Same Breath
Earlier this week, Conor Friedersdorf, writing for The Atlantic, poured a big bottle of haterade all over the legal profession. More specifically, he criticized the way “Ivy League” lawyers are recruited, and the “palpable sense of entitlement” they exhibit even when they don’t take Biglaw bucks and instead work for the government. Here’s the set […] -
Dewey & LeBoeuf, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Badgered
Before we go hard-core with the lawyerly nuptials, we must mention a couple of recent Vows columns that are worth a look. First, this offbeat pair had three children together before finally deciding, at the ages of 63 and 39, to tie the knot. And the geriatric groom sounds way too horny: “I lusted after […] -
Canada, Judge of the Day, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Porn-Posing Canadian Judge Puts Away the Gavel -- For Now
Yesterday we wrote about Madam Justice Lori Douglas, a Canadian judge in Manitoba who, in her pre-robescent days, apparently posed for nude pictures — while engaged in such activities as bondage, sex toy play, and oral sex. These photographs apparently made their way on to an interracial porn website called DarkCavern.com (without Douglas’s knowledge or […] -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Give Your Legal Writing Nine Lives
“If you build it, he will come.” — Voice heard by Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams Writing a book, blog, article or white paper are all great ways to get noticed and build relationships in the legal industry. Unfortunately, practicing lawyers confront great demands on their time, and even though they have good intentions, […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.02.10
* In honor of 90210 day, here’s a law-related story about a high school teacher who made beautiful music with his female students. Too bad this didn’t happen on the show — he’d be a lot hotter. [Belleville News Democrat] * The worst hangover ever: realizing that you lost a $1.3M painting while you were […]
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Biglaw, Dorsey & Whitney, Rankings
The Am Law Mid-Level Survey Is Out: And (Surprise) Mid-Levels Are Still Unhappy
If you are a current midlevel associate at a top firm, that means you survived the worst of the Biglaw layoffs. In fact, it probably means you survived while friends and colleagues were having their careers ruined. That should make you happy, right? Not according to the American Lawyer’s annual midlevel associate survey. The results, […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.01.10
* If your Westlaw database isn’t working right, this might explain why. [3 Geeks and a Law Blog] * Kashmir Hill examines the case of a Maryland woman who was banned from Facebook — and is now suing the company over it. [Forbes] * Immigration lawyer Lavi Soloway rates the White House and Congress’s efforts […] -
Cardozo Law School, Jews, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Religion
Anti-Semitism and the Sun God Ra Afflict New York Area Law Schools
The new school year is off to a rocky start at Cardozo and NYU Law. One school is dealing with a rash of anti-Semitism, while the other can’t seem to execute basic building maintenance. If you had to guess which school was dealing with hate speech against Jews, you’d guess Cardozo, right? Since Cardozo is […] -
Canada, Judge of the Day, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Judge of the Day: Oh, Oh, Oh... Canada!
Up in Canada, judges have no problem with cameras in the courtroom. As Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin explained in a recent discussion with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Canada’s high court has had cameras in the courtroom for over 20 years, and they haven’t caused any problems. [FN1] Some Canadian judges don’t have a problem […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Law Schools, pls hndle thx, Romance and Dating
Pls Hndle Thx: Upgrade U
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com Dear ATL, I am just starting law school and I have a boyfriend from college who’s in a different state now going for a degree in architecture. I like him a lot, but now that I’m here I’m wondering if I should […] -
Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week’s Advertisers
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Lawsuit of the Day, Legal Ethics, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Lawsuit of the Day: Why is This Guy So Angry with Avvo?
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. Lawyers tend to define their careers by numbers (school rank, class rank, firm rank) – at least when the numbers are to […] -
Crime, Rudy Giuliani
All Made Up and Nowhere to Go -- Except for Community Service
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. You might remember that a month ago, Caroline Giuliani was busted for stealing $100 worth of cosmetics from a Sephora store on […] -
Sentencing Law, Suicide, Texas, Violence
Man Takes Razor to Throat Instead of Sentence From Judge
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the decision by Philip Markoff, aka the Craigslist Killer, to take his own life. Today we’re seeing another version of that kind of thinking — less high-profile, less fatal, but still pretty harrowing. The Dallas Morning News reports that a Texas man slashed his own throat — […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.01.10
* The DOJ seeks justice for all, even community college job applicants who don’t have greencards. [Washington Post] * The Seneca and Cayuga Indians won the right to sell New Yorkers cancer, tax-free of course, for at least two weeks. [New York Daily News] * DOJ seeks stem cell stay. Now say that three times […]