January 2011
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Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus (and Salary) Watch: Goodwin Procter
Last month, the Boston Globe reported on an arbitrator’s finding that Goodwin Procter overcharged a real estate client by more than $540,000. (We mentioned the Globe story here and here.) Alas, some claim that Goodwin isn’t letting that extra gravy trickle down to its associates…. - Sponsored
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Deaths, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Requiem for a Rival Attorney?
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL: I work in a fairly specialized litigation sub-field in a suburban market. The bar of attorneys who do what I do around where I am is therefore a pretty small and cutthroat group that hasn’t exactly emphasized “civility” in recent […]
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Subprime Documentation
The record in such cases, although voluminous, often fails to precisely reflect the relationships between the parties and to include the documents (particularly with respect to who owns the loan) that are necessary to evaluate the claims. Such failures are a disservice to both the parties and the court, and, in other circumstances, may undermine […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Your Dark Lord
Ed. note: This post is by Will Meyerhofer, a former Sullivan & Cromwell attorney turned psychotherapist. He holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work, and he blogs at The People’s Therapist. His new book, Life is a Brief Opportunity for Joy, is available on Amazon. I was chuckling […] -
Facebook, Law Schools, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Posting Your 1L Grades on Facebook Makes You A ...?
What kind of world are we living in where people post their 1L grades on Facebook? I guess that after years of status updates about your latest biological function, you can fool yourself into thinking that people actually care about your Civ Pro grade. The world is full of navel-gazers. Companion question: What kind of […] -
Crime, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Violence
Judge John Roll Died A Hero
Investigators looking at surveillance footage from the Tucson attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords say that Chief Judge John Roll died a hero. According to the New York Times, the video shows that Judge Roll apparently died while helping to save the life of Ronald Barber, a Giffords staffer. Barber, who was shot twice while standing […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.19.11
* Twenty six states hate health care Obama. This law might be more screwed than someone with a pre-existing condition. [Los Angeles Times] * Handcuffed, blindfolded, beaten, and begging to be deported. I think the Justice Department forgot the safe word. [Mother Jones] * Thomas Jefferson School of Law has a great connection to paleontology. […]
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7th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Old People
What Is To Be Done About Super-Old Judges?
When I clerked on the Ninth Circuit years ago, one of the judges on the court at the time was extremely old — and didn’t seem very “with it.” His law clerks seemed to take on a large amount of responsibility. One of his clerks that year, a law school classmate of mine I’ll call […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.18.11
* UVA Law grad Corwin Levi used his law school notes as his artistic canvas. I bet he has a really snazzy collar. [Ex-Lawyers Club] * Not all professors are lazy. Professor Ilya Somin hops on the “make new exam questions” bandwagon. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Professor Stephen Bainbridge has another theory on how “Tiger Mother” […] -
Crime, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Nude Dancing, Weirdness
Lawyer of the Day: A Peeping Trou-Dropping Tom
There’s a history of lawyers pulling down their pants to make a point. Some of you may recall former Covington & Burling partner David Remes, who dropped trou in Yemen a few years back. Remes, who was representing several detainees at Guantanamo Bay, explained that he stripped down to emphasize the humiliation inflicted upon detainees […] -
Exercise, Law Schools, Travel / Vacation
Columbia 3L Julia Neyman Brings Her 'Buns of Steal' to an End
Last time we checked in with Columbia law student Julia Neyman, she was sweating her way through a year-long exercise regimen. Her new year’s resolutions were similar to many: she resolved to exercise more and spend less money. Her unique inspiration, though, was to combine these two resolutions into one: she spent 2010 working out […] -
Crime, Drugs, Music, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Race Is Just a State of Mind
Don’t watch nothing say him white. Him blacker than me and you. — Buju Banton, the celebrated reggae musician, speaking about his lawyer, David Oscar Markus — whom he called up to the stage and hugged at a recent concert. (Markus, who is also a legal blogger as well as a prominent criminal defense lawyer, […]
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Job Searches, Law Schools
Forced Mentorship Is Latest Response to Broken Legal Education System
Given that law schools keep pumping out more graduates than the market can handle, the state of Oregon is trying an interesting approach to deal with the mass of lawyers being unleashed into the system. Following in the footsteps of Georgia and Utah, Oregon will now require new lawyers to enroll in a year-long mentoring […] -
Law Schools
Georgetown 1L's Awesome Section-Wide Response to Cheating Allegations
You know, one of the biggest problems with law school is that it’s too much like high school. In college, you have a sense that people were sick to death of high school (I didn’t go to a state school) and are invested in actually growing up. College kids don’t handle things like adults, but […] -
Education / Schools, Pranks, Privacy
Privacy Lawyer Aaron Titus Playing Robocop Was Possibly Illegal, But Definitely Funny
When Washington, D.C., was buried in snow last week, one suburban Maryland school alerted parents via robocall that they would be opening two hours late. The call, hypothetically letting parents know that they could sleep in that day, went out at 4:30 a.m. That angered privacy lawyer Aaron Titus. His well-told tale of revenge reverberated […] -
Hotties, Law Schools, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Miss America 2011 Wants a Law Degree, and Then an Appointment to SCOTUS, and Then Election to POTUS
This is why we shouldn’t let people under the age of 18 speak in public. Ever. The new Miss America, Teresa Scanlan, is just 17 years old. Why we live in a society that regularly parades minors out in public to be ogled (whether for their beauty or dunking prowess or whatever) is a subject […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.18.11
* Jared Lee Loughner’s trial may be moved to Whale’s Vagina. [CNN] * This article about the work of Ahmed Ghailani’s attorneys shows how the halal sausage is made. [New York Times] * Goldman’s sale of Facebook shares is not going smoothly. [BusinessWeek] * Civility will get its first test when Congress takes up the […]
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Federal Judges, Pictures
A Thank You from Chief Judge Alex Kozinski
Thanks to all the Above the Law readers who responded to the request from Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Chief Judge Kozinski sends his gratitude, along with an update…. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.17.11
* Watch out, Ivy League law schools: UC Irvine is coming after your faculty members (starting with the clinical professors). [National Law Journal] * White & Case hires Charlie Monteith, an expert in the U.K.’s new Bribery Act (discussed in Gabe Acevedo’s last column). [WSJ Law Blog] * How are employment prospects for Yale Law […]