September 2010
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, NALP
The Salary Scale: Never Has Stagnant Looked So Sweet
On January 22, 2007, Above the Law reported that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett raised starting associate salaries in New York to $160,000. That was almost four years ago — 1,326 days ago, to be exact (2008 was a leap year). But here we are, in the fourth quarter of 2010, and a new NALP report […] -
Advertising, Associate Advice, Career Center, Holland & Knight, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Taking Control of Your Career
From time to time, we “go live” with the Career Center resources, to give you access to firsthand advice from the hiring partners and in-house counsel at major law firms and companies. Our next opportunity for this type of professional development will be Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Miami, Florida. If you are in the […] - Sponsored
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Canada, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Accuser of Porn-Posing Canadian Judge Gets Fired
We don’t normally cross international borders to find judges to write about; there are enough colorful characters in the U.S. judiciary. But when the jurist in question has appeared in pornography that made its way on to the interwebs, we make an exception. There are some updates in the tale of Madam Justice Lori Douglas, […]
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Craigslist, Free Speech, Prostitution, Sex, Technology
Craigslist Loses Its Eroticism
The “censored” box that Craigslist put over the “Adult Services” section of its website may have been a last hurrah before capitulating to demands from attorneys general that the section be eliminated. Today, the censored box disappeared from the site. The “adult services” section is gone, but two new services sections appeared: “cycle” and “marine.” […] -
3rd Circuit, Immigration
The Third Circuit Respects Supremacy -- A Lesson Arizona Will Soon Learn.
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, is a lovely little town (or so Lat tells me — his aunt used to live there). But it’s not bigger than the federal government or the Constitution of the United States of America. That’s the lesson the Third Circuit handed down today with its decision in the Lozano v. Hazleton case. At […] -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Group Blog v. The Personal Blog
Are you a superstar or a team player? When it comes to law blogs, the question is: do you have your own blog, or are you part of a team that writes a group blog? With over 45% of the Am Law 200 now using blogs, amid mounting evidence that blogs bring both publicity and […] -
Law Schools, LSAT
Admissions Officers Expect Even More Law School Applicants
Kaplan, the prominent test prep company, conducts an annual survey of law school admissions officers. This year, those admissions people expect to be swamped by even more people clamoring to get into law school. Here’s the stat from Kaplan’s press release: Law School Applications Continue to Climb: 56% predict an increase in applications this year, […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.09.10
* The 9th Circuit ruled yesterday that prisoners held by the C.I.A. in overseas prisons could not sue over alleged torture because the lawsuit might expose government secrets. Secrets like, how the government tortures prisoners. [Associated Press] * Does punishable mean “able to be punished” and is Miguel Tejada the proper precedent? The answers to […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Bar Exams, Legal Ethics, Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)
MPRE Results Are Out: Open Thread
It’s that time of the year again: the results for the August administration of the MPRE have been released! No emails have been sent out yet, but you can log on to the MPRE Services website and check your score. How future lawyers can be tested on their ethics in a multiple choice format is […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.08.10
* Which four firms do in-house counsel fear the most? [Law 360] * Professor Orin Kerr offers a more concise version of my analysis from yesterday of politics and Supreme Court clerk hiring, viewing the issue as a principal-agent problem. [Volokh Conspiracy via Instapundit] * Speaking of the principal-agent problem, Ted Frank explores it in […] -
Alt Transport
Burning Man 2010 Was Not a Police State, Not Even Close
To be arrested with drugs at Burning Man means you’re either hideously stupid, or just extremely unlucky. Either way it sucks to be you. For the uninitiated, the Burning Man Festival is an annual gathering that happens in the Northern Nevada desert the week before Labor Day, culminating with the cremation of a giant wooden […] -
Outsourcing
Protectionism Finds a Home in Ohio
Lawyers are terrified of outsourcing, and there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of movement in the legal industry towards keeping entry level legal jobs in America. But outsourcing didn’t start with low level legal work, and so maybe the reaction against it won’t start in the legal field either. Maybe the counter movement […] -
Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
A New Approach to Fall Recruiting
Back in February of this year, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) announced a minor change to its recruiting guidelines. I was underwhelmed. New associates are graduating law school in a terrible job market, firms are sick of being forced to hire people two years before they know their staffing needs, and NALP is […]
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Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week’s Advertisers
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Feminism, Gender, Romance and Dating, Sweet Hot Justice, Women's Issues
Does This Law Degree Make My Ass Look Fat?
Ed. note: The following piece was authored by The Legal Tease, of Sweet Hot Justice fame. Check out her other musings from Sweet Hot Justice here. Quick question: You’re a single guy, let’s say in your late twenties to mid-thirties, with a decent job. Given the choice between the following two single women to date, […] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls, Weirdness
Caption Contest Winner: ‘Linen Closet Associates’
It’s time to announce the winner of our most recent caption contest…. -
In-House Counsel, Law Schools
The Cart and the Horse
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. One of my clients told me last week he went to […] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Partner Issues
Billable Rates Have Little to Do With Attorney Experience
If you are a client looking for a lawyer, what will be the biggest influence on how much you pay that lawyer per hour? The excellence of the lawyer you hire? Please; pull yourself up off the ground and get back on your turnip truck. Doesn’t it make more sense to pay more for lawyers […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.08.10
* Those big phonies on the parole board denied Mark David Chapman again. [New York Post] * Mayor Bloomberg does not believe consistency with regard to the First Amendment is the hobgoblin of little men minds. [Wall Street Journal] * BP magnanimously shares blame for oil spill. Apparently, greed is not always good. [Business Week] […]
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New York State Attorney General Debate: The Liveblog
The last two New York Attorneys General have become wildly famous. Everybody knows who Eliot Spitzer is, mostly for the wrong reasons. Before he became Governor Client Number 9, Eliot Spitzer attained the title “Sheriff of Wall Street.” Meanwhile, the current NYAG Andrew Cuomo was already famous because of his father. As AG, Cuomo has […]