October 2010
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Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: Is Ted Freedman Out at Kirkland?Plus a request for updates on ex-DPW and S&C partners.
Theodore Freedman is — or was — a prominent bankruptcy and restructuring partner at Kirkland & Ellis, based out of the firm’s New York office. Freedman has been practicing law for almost 40 years; he graduated from Northwestern Law in 1972 and is admitted to the bars of D.C. (1973), Illinois (1976), and New York […] -
Law Schools
Yes, We've Seen the Slate Article on Law Schools
It’s a very thorough compilation, for a general-interest audience, of developments that we’ve already covered in these pages. The subtitle sums up the piece quite well: “Law schools are manufacturing more lawyers than America needs, and law students aren’t happy about it.” We’re not sure what else to say about it, since we’ve opined at […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Blogging, Non-Sequiturs, Sandra Day O'Connor
Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.10
* GlaxoSmithKline will pay $750 million — yup, that’s right, three-quarters of a billion — to settle charges of adulterated drugs. [WSJ Law Blog] * Sure, Citizens United lets corporations get more active in politics — but it lets unions in, too. [ChamberPost] * Reading between the lines: an annotated law firm departure memo. [Last […]
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
13% Tuition Increase + 1% Faculty Salary Cut = 100% Screwing of Minnesota Law Students
CORRECTION: This post has been revised since it was first published to reflect the fact that the 13.5% tuition hike for in-state students occurred this summer and applies to the current academic year (2010-2011). Last year, the University of Minnesota contemplated imposing a significant tuition hike on its law students, while trying to keep college […] -
Quote of the Day, Texas, Weirdness
Legal Citation of the Day: Pointy Ears Under a Ten-Gallon Hat?
Appropriately weighty principles guide our course. First, we recognize that police power draws from the credo that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Second, while this maxim rings utilitarian and Dickensian (not to mention Vulcan21), it is cabined by something contrarian and Texan: distrust of intrusive government and a belief […] -
Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
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Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Politics
Joe Miller: Now an Admitted Liar
When we included Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller in our gallery of most disgraceful Yale Law School graduates, we admitted that his scandals were trivial in comparison to some other people on the list. But now maybe Miller will be a worthy contender. Newly released documents contain an email where Miller admits to lying about […] -
John Edwards, Musical Chairs, Plaintiffs Firms, Washington Post
Musical Chairs: Cate Edwards Follows in Her Father's Footsteps
No, she didn’t cheat on a cancer-stricken spouse through an affair with a trashy “videographer”; Cate Edwards, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Edwards, isn’t married. Rather, the 28-year-old Harvard Law graduate has become a plaintiffs’ lawyer, like her father before her. As reported today in the Washington Post’s Reliable Source column, Edwards recently became […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Baseball, Lawsuit of the Day, Sports
Lawyers Who Follow the Texas Rangers Are Crazy
We’ve seen lawyers request continuances because of major sporting events before. There was a great continuance motion last year, when the Alabama Crimson Tide played in the BCS Championship game. Obviously, the entire state of Louisiana lost its collective mind during the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Run. Notice how we’re talking about football? Football […] -
Education / Schools, Gay, Kids, Lesbians
Constance McMillen Will At Least Get Attorney Fees
Constance McMillen, the gay teen who was barred from taking her girlfriend to prom and then invited to a sham prom, will get her attorney fees. It’s not a huge amount of money, but maybe the message is more important? U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson ordered McMillen’s Mississippi school district to pay about $81,000. […] -
Morning Docket, Sacha Baron Cohen
Morning Docket: 10.27.10
* Let’s just be honest… if your boobs have been on Girls Gone Wild, no one really cares about your good name — apparently not even you. [Washington Post] * The Supreme Court is more pro-business than it used to be. Did I just step out of a DeLorean? We knew this last January (or […]
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Drinking, Food
New From the Nanny State: Lawmakers Try to Protect Kids/Bros From Four Loko
At the demand of the commenters, I’ve spent most of my afternoon becoming familiar with Four Loko, the caffeinated, alcoholic beverage. Apparently I’m way too old-school. When I want a “high-octane” energy drink, I pour some Absolute Poverty out of my flask, mix it with a Red Bull, and get back to the craps tables. […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.26.10
* Prostitutes in Spain are being forced to wear reflective clothing. [Telegraph] * You think you understand what drug dealers are saying, but actually you may have no clue. [Underdog] * In other drug-related news, George Soros is a fan of Prop 19. [Sentencing Law and Policy] * Big malpractice verdict against Baker & McKenzie. […]
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Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Survey, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey: Who's the best partner to work for?
We hear lots of stories about screamers — the abusive partners that all associates dread getting assignments from. But what about those partners that associates seek out — the ones who are good mentors, who give younger lawyers pointers about how to become better lawyers? This week our ATL / Lateral Link survey asks you […] -
Craigslist, Law Schools, Pranks, Romance and Dating, Sex
Horny Seton Hall Law Girl Takes to Craigslist
This is probably a joke. In fact, I’m almost sure this is a joke. Law school women don’t really talk like this, not on Craigslist. And law school guys are more than capable of satisfying their female classmates. Wait a minute, that last line is false — almost entirely false. Crap, does that make this […] -
Career Alternatives, Dahlia Lithwick, Law Schools, Student Loans
In Defense of Going to Law School: A Prudential Perspective
A prudential perspective, because it appeared in Slate’s advice column, Dear Prudence (alongside an inquiry from a woman dating a wonderful man who unfortunately has a “micropenis”): Dear Prudence, I am just a little over a year away from becoming a lawyer, and I’m miserable because I hate it. I wasn’t forced into the profession. […] -
Deferral Stipend, Student Loans
Georgetown Extends Post-Graduate Stipends: But Is It On the Backs of Part-Time Students?
A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the public interest stipend Georgetown Law offered its recent graduates. Georgetown University Law Center gave a three month stipend of $4,000 to its recent graduates who are working for a public interest organization. Today, we have news that GULC is extending the fellowship for an additional three […] -
Outsourcing
We Love It When Peter Kalis Tells Us How the World Works
Outsourcing; you might have heard of it. It’s the trend whereby law firms send high man hours/low brain effort work overseas to workers who can complete the tasks at a fraction of the cost. Clients love it, consultants are pushing it, and law firms are struggling to add this new efficiency opportunity into their overall […] -
Books, Clarence Thomas, Drinking, Pornography, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
After Her Larry King Interview, We See Why Lillian McEwen Can't Sell Her Memoirs About Clarence Thomas
I wasn’t able to catch Larry King’s interview with Clarence Thomas’s ex-girlfriend, Lillian McEwen. I had prior commitments (how ’bout them Cowboys). But after reading reports all morning, I can see why her memoirs are stuck in the “manuscript” stage. There doesn’t seem to be any “there” there. Perhaps the most interesting thing we learned […] -
Politics
Trial of Tom 'The Hammer' DeLay Starts Today
Think back to the long gone days of 2006. In the pleasing sepia-tones of your memories, you can see a booming job market, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, and a time when Barack Obama was a random black dude who made a good speech that one time. This is the world of Tom “The Hammer” […]