November 2010
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Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, U.S. News
Non-Sequiturs: 11.05.10
* U.S. News will be shutting down its print magazine. But the rankings should be safe. [Mediabistro] * The ABA is coming for your internets. [Avvo] * Prince Jefri of Brunei is a wild and crazy guy. [Law Shucks] * Justice Stevens pontificates on Ground Zero Mosque. [BLT: Blog of the Legal Times] * Prop […] -
Bar Exams
The UNOFFICIAL New York Bar Exam Results Accidentally Posted on the Web Briefly Today.
I cannot confirm ANYTHING that you are about to see. As a journalist, all I can tell you that two people confirm that this following names were cut and pasted from the New York Board of Law Examiners website earlier today when names were accidentally posted to the BOLE website. As we’ve mentioned in prior […] - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology
NY Bar Exam Results Up Briefly on NY BOLE Website
Okay, July New York Bar Exam takers, we don’t know much — but here’s what we know. For about an hour, the results of the New York Bar Exam appeared on the official site of the New York Board of Law Examiners (NY BOLE). This was a surprise. Results aren’t expected to be released until […]
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Kiwi Camara, Music
Sorry File Sharing Lady, Looks Like You Just Have to Take One for the Team
The crappy thing about being a martyr is that you have to die. Just ask Obama how the whole “savior” thing is working out for him. The recording industry has set out to make an example out of Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a woman guilty of illegally downloading 24 songs. We mentioned her third trial this week […] -
Biglaw, Drinking, Job Searches, No Offers, Recovery, Summer Associates
Anatomy of a No Offer
Ed. Note: Will the Lost Generation ever find its way back into Biglaw? This new column is written by a member of the Lost Generation who initially was thrown off of the Biglaw bandwagon but was able to get back on, and is now trying to hang on to his Biglaw second chance. When I […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.05.10
* David J. Stern continues being awesome. [Reuters] * What the legal landscape looks like for the Rutgers Two. [NPR] * Statistics suggest that the economic downturn has led to less diversity in law firms. Because looking carefully over your shoulder before you tell a racist joke at lunch is a luxury that few firms […]
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Contests, Holidays and Seasons
Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest
On Monday, I shared my Halloween costume with all of you. Now, after days of cajoling and pleading, we’ve finally come up with a few people brave enough to enter our legally themed Halloween costume contest. I’m not throwing myself into the ring, but if you recall the lady nice enough to pose with me […] -
Bar Exams, Texas
Texas Bar Results Are Out Now
It has been a tough month for Dallas. The Cowboys are embarrassing, Cliff Lee spit the bit, and the Rangers couldn’t win the World Series. Hopefully today’s bar results will give some Dallas-area would-be lawyers a big boost. And if they failed the bar, they can always work for Jerry Jones: he seems to like […] - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.04.10
* CPAs and lawyers should make love not war. [Going Concern] * The problem with work/life balance is all the people happily willing to spend all of their time working while having no life. [The Careerist] * Being the last lawyer in means you risk being the first lawyer out. [The Lawyerist] * For a […] -
Money, Small Law Firms
But Atticus Finch Never Had to Repay Student Loans
Any person who ever thought it would be noble to be a lawyer remembers the classic scene from To Kill A Mockingbird where poor Mr. Cunningham goes to pay Atticus Finch for his legal services: Mr. Cunningham: Mr. Finch, I don’t know when I’ll ever be able to pay you. Atticus: Let that be the […] -
Killing Lockstep
Morgan Lewis: Anticipates Large Bonus Pool and Not Moving Towards Merit-Based Compensation
Morgan Lewis & Bockius associates: your long nightmare might be at an end. All the way back in July of 2009, MLB became one of the first firms to announce its intention to do away with lockstep compensation. Back then, the firm was still in the teeth of the recession, it had canceled its 2010 […] -
Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Kings County D.A.'s Office Lays Off 13 Attorneys, 2 Staff
It’s a bad news day in Brooklyn. This morning, the class of 2010 made Brooklyn Law look foolish. Now we’ve received reports that the Brooklyn DA’s Office has laid off 13 attorneys and two staffers in the past week. It’s big news, especially for law students and private practice attorneys who think that working for […] -
Craigslist, Crime
A Reminder That Craigslist Casual Encounters Pranks Can Be Criminal Activity
The people whose stories wind up in ATL’s pages aren’t always psyched to be here. Long-time readers may remember my getting punk’d by a Boston law school student upset about his email flame war with a female lawyer going viral. The law student placed my photo and cell phone number in a Craigslist Casual Encounters […]
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Law Schools
Brooklyn Law 2010 Class Gift is More Like a Terrible High-School Yearbook Quote
The class of 2010 at Brooklyn Law School decided to give themselves a plaque in the library for their class gift. Given the state of the legal job market, I’m impressed that this class gift phenomenon still exists, it’s a testaments to man’s ability to look on the bright side of getting screwed with your […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Lawyer Advertising, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Shameless Plugs, Small Law Firms, Technology
50,000 Reasons to Consider Revamping Your Small Firm Website
To borrow a line from Sharon Nichols, I judge you when you have a poor website. Like it or not, we live in a superficial world where your website is judged on a daily basis — and not just by me. Friends, colleagues, potential employees and most importantly potentially paying clients are all looking at […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.04.10
* The Republicans’ strategy to roll back Obamacare will resemble “death by a thousand cuts.” Sounds painful, but it’s much gentler than the other strategy they considered, “death by uninsured syphilis.” [BusinessWeek] * An assistant general counsel at the CIA asserts in a new law review article that U.S. law does not forbid rendition. I […]
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Fashion, Job Searches, Law Schools
Will You Help Clothe a Law Student?
To steal a line from Sports Illustrated, I must bring you this week’s sign that the apocalypse is upon us. Law students are struggling to find jobs; this we know. But what I didn’t know until this very day was that law students are also struggling to find the basic professional necessities. Like clothes. That’s […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.10
* As I tweeted last night, the Congressional subpoena power just got interesting again. [Gawker] * Hey, Colorado, I think you and I might be able to work together. Interesting work on the “personhood” issue. [WSJ Law Blog] * A small victory for privacy in Houston. [Instapundit] * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought in […] -
pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: You Should Have Just Given Her a Foot Massage
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com ATL, Here’s one that you probably don’t hear every day: I’m an associate and I frequently work with a junior partner (early 40s) who is married to a considerably younger woman. She and I have friends in common and we occasionally see […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Survey, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey: How are the First-Year Associates Faring?
If you’re in Biglaw, chances are that not all of the first-year associates currently working at your firm are of the fresh-out-of-law-school-and-still-tan-from-post-bar-trip variety. With many firms just now welcoming back some Class of 2009 associates after a yearlong deferral, Class of 2010 associates have to wait their turn to start work in 2011 or 2012. […]