October 2010
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Gender, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shoes, Women's Issues
When Your Firm's Secretaries Could Be Cast in Mad Men, Your Firm Has Some Problems
Don’t worry, I’m not going to ruin the season finale of Mad Men for those who still have it sitting in their DVRs. Instead, I’m here to remind people that Mad Men is a television show set in a time long since past. Much to the disappointment of white males everywhere, those days are gone […] -
Crime, Cyberlaw, Kids, Pornography, Reader Polls, Sentencing Law, Technology
Are We Going Too Hard On Kiddie Porn Possessors?
Few are going to stand up in support of kiddie porn, even when it’s art. Last year, the Tate Modern proposed displaying a nude portrait of Brooke Shields at age 10. It caved on those plans after objections from the “obscene publications unit” of the London Metropolitan Police, according to Caveat Viator. Caveat Viator offers […] - Sponsored
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Associate Advice, Biglaw, Books, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Partner Issues
Law & Reorder: An Interview with Deborah Epstein Henry
Today is the official release date of Law & Reorder, a new book by Deborah Epstein Henry, a leading consultant to the legal profession. Henry, whom we’ve interviewed and written about before, is an expert on such topics as workplace restructuring, talent management, work/life balance, and the retention and promotion of lawyers — all topics […]
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Elena Kagan, Eyes of the Law, Federal Judges, Food, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: Justices Eat Pizza Too
Here’s a fun little judicial sight-ation from the weekend. On Saturday night, at around 9 p.m., Justice Elena Kagan was spotted in the elevator of the luxury apartment building in downtown D.C. that she calls home. According to our tipster, Justice Kagan was wearing “mom jeans.” And carrying a pizza. The 112th justice of the […] -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Boston College 3L Asks for His Money Back; Hilarity Ensues
A third-year student at Boston College Law School made a very reasonable request of the law school’s interim dean, George D. Brown: Give me my money back. I say it’s a reasonable request, because it is customary in this country to get a refund when you buy something that is defective in some fundamental way. […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.18.10
* Defending horn dog senators is not unlike the banana stand. There’s always money in both. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] * The trial of the man alleged to have killed Chandra Levy is starting today. I hope they throw the book at Condit. [Washington Post] * Justin Bieber. Laser Tag. Allegations of assault. News. [New York […]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.15.10
* Here’s a nice write-up of Justice Samuel Alito’s Wriston Lecture (which we were lucky enough to attend on Wednesday night). [Newsmax] * You can listen to the Wriston Lecture yourself; video is now online. [Manhattan Institute via Point of Law] * The SEC is no friend of Angelo. [Going Concern] * An hourly rate […] -
Biglaw, Fast Food, Food
Burger Business Busted By Biglaw Will Keep On Truckin' Cookin'
As previously covered in these pages, earlier this week a D.C. Superior Court judge ordered Rogue States Burgers to cease grilling operations at its Dupont Circle location. This news was met with sadness by burger lovers in the nation’s capital, but by relief from the employees of Steptoe & Johnson. Steptoe had sued Rogue States, […] - Sponsored
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Education / Schools, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Arizona State Law School Moving Towards Private Funding Model: Prepare to be Gouged, ASU Law Students
Earlier this week, a story in the National Law Journal (subscription) reported that the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is weaning itself off of public funding and trying to become self-sufficient on private dollars. Towards that end, ASU will be raising tuition and admitting more law students. I wanted to wait […] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Lawyer Advertising, Pictures, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weirdness
Caption Contest Winner: Best Law Firm Website Photo
It’s time to crown the winner of our most recent caption contest, which featured what might very well be the best law firm website photo of all time…. -
Deferral Stipend, Tax Law
Taxes Eat Away at Georgetown's Public Interest Stipend for Some Students
We’ve done a lot of coverage about deferral stipends, public interest stipends, and other direct payments to graduates who are not able to secure prime, private practice employment. If you think about it, these programs have popped up with shocking speed. In 2007, there was no such thing as a “deferral stipend” from firms, and […] -
Law Schools, Lunacy, Politics
The Crazy Carl Chronicles: Was Paladino a Law School Paladin?
Carl Paladino’s had a bad week. A no duh. It began with a bizarrely homophobic speech to Orthodox Jewish leaders last Sunday. It continued with a sad attempt to apologize for those remarks. And Carl’s crazy exploits threaten to become The Neverending Story (sans flying dog-thing with floppy ears), as yesterday the twitterverse, blogosphere and […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 10.15.10
This week, in between eating as many burgers with extra onions as I could at Rogue States, and lobbying heavily for my law school to be more like Harvard and hide their GPAs (in my case, I was really hoping they could implement that retroactively), I managed to collect lots of good material for this […]
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Romance and Dating, Sweet Hot Justice
Does a J.D. Turn You Into a Cougar?
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. If you’re the kind of person who has eyes, you’ve probably noticed that you can’t throw a vial full of Botox down an airshaft lately without hitting a cougar […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.15.10
* Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can’t get fooled again. Well, apparently ICE can, because they tried to deport a U.S. citizen to Mexico… twice. [Associated Press] * This attorney probably needed a stiff drink after the Second Circuit affirmed an even stiffer $95,000 fine against him. [New York Law […]
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Bill Clinton, Celebrities, Clarence Thomas, Contests, Elizabeth Wurtzel, John Yoo, Law Schools, Politics, Reader Polls
Who Is Yale Law School's Most Disgraceful Graduate?A gallery of seven rogues and a poll.
According to the all-powerful ranking gods of U.S. News, Yale Law School is the nation’s #1 law school. In fact, Yale has been the top law school ever since the magazine started ranking law schools. Recently, however, controversy has arisen over possible damage to the school’s reputation. As first reported in today’s New York Daily […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Scott Black, Securities and Exchange Commission
Non-Sequiturs: 10.14.10
* A federal judge allows state challenges to Obamacare go forward. Whatever, wake me up in 15 years when we have to have the single-payer debate again. [Wall Street Journal] * The purpose of teaching lawyers how to act isn’t to help them become better liars. [End Scene, Exit Right]. [Underdog] * “It’s okay in […] -
Conspiracy Theories, Election Law, Politics, Screw-Ups, White People
Election Snafu Hurts 'Whitey'
Sometimes, typos matter — a lot. We’ve seen typos get law firms into all kinds of trouble. And now a typo might ruin the already slim gubernatorial chances of a Green Party candidate. Running on the Green Party line, Rich Whitney wasn’t likely to become the next Governor of Illinois anyway. But an error at […] -
Alt Transport, Cars, Technology
When Google Cars Kill, Who Is to Blame?
The Google Car has been heralded as the future of automobiles: an autonomous, driver-less car that combines our love of technology with our endless desire for mobility. The so-called “Google Car” is a Toyota Prius outfitted with data-recording cameras that has already traveled more than 140,000 miles, in a variety of real-world conditions without an […] -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites
The Key to a Good Law Blog? Try Listening.
This past week, bestselling author Seth Godin pointed out that most bloggers and users of social media are failing miserably: There are millions of songs on iTunes that have sold zero copies. Millions of blog posts that get zero visitors each day. The long tail is real… given the ability, people create more variety. Given […]