June 2011
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.29.11
* Guys at my high school had the FBI install GPS tracking devices on their cars without warrants all the time, it was no big deal. [Washington Post] * Lady Gaga’s reps have said that the pending 1-800-LAWFIRM case against her is meritless. Still no statement on the merit of claims that Lady Gaga is […]
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Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Regional Finals, Part One
And now our Fictional Lawyers Tournament gets serious. We are into the regional finals. The Elite Eight. People have handicapped the tournament. I’ve bet on the tournament (at least I would have if gambling were legal). And now we are here. Powerhouse v. Powerhouse. As usual today we’ll vote on the left side, Thursday we’ll […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad
Career Center: I’ll Take the Pen is Mightier for $500, Alex
It’s inevitable, but at some point during your summer clerkship, you will have to write, and odds are, you will be writing a lot. Words are the currency of lawyers. Once you graduate from law school, you will be paid hundreds of dollars an hour to write brilliant briefs, ironclad contracts, and demand letters that […]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.28.11
* After all it was a great big world, with lots of tea parties to run to. But if she had to try, runnin’ hard… there was one little song she was gonna cease. Oh yeah, all right. Play something else baby. On your Bachmann nights (on your Bachmann nights). She’s no, American Girl. [Gawker] […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
UCLA Law's Job Placement Numbers Strain Credulity, But Did You Read The Fine Print?
We've busted UCLA Law in the past for blatantly trying to inflate its employment statistics. But the stats the school is publishing for the class of 2010 are frankly unbelievable. Want to see how insane they really are? -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Constitutional Law, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Media and Journalism, Privacy, Technology
Judge Alex Kozinski and his Famous Law Clerk, Stephanie Grace, Say The Fourth Amendment is Dead
The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and one of his law clerks have penned a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment. It’s been murdered, Judge Kozinski and Stephanie Grace write in an editorial for The Daily, and you all are the guilty culprits. You’ve put a […] -
Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools
New York Law School Helps At Least One Person Get A Job: The Dean!
New York Law School's long standing dean, Rick Matasar, is about to make his exit from NYLS. Matasar isn't telling people where he is going just yet, but he did tell the students that his stewardship of NYLS has left him with a great opportunity he didn't want to pass up. Well, at least one person from NYLS got a job. -
Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Do Small Firms All Hope To Grow Big?
Being a Chicagoan, I am serious about my deep-dish pizza. I am so serious, in fact, that I recently went on a pizza tour. Along with six other people (all tourists for some unknown reason) and our guide (a curiously skinny pizza aficionado), we sampled a slice from three famous pizzerias. One of the restaurants […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
Bar Review Diaries: The Bridge Is Out!
Thus far into the Bar Review Diaries, our intrepid columnists have been strangely in sync with each other. Last week, motivation was the hot topic. Another time, it was simply stress. But I’m not going to lie, this week Mariah, Mike, and Christopher are all over the map. And that’s OK. They don’t plan this […] -
Job Searches
Lawyer Needed For Intimidation Only
Here at Above the Law, we often see "interesting" job opportunities for young lawyers. And for this one, you don't even have to file a bunch of responses and answers. All you have to is use fancy legalese to scare the heck out of somebody. -
Movies, Politics, Tort Reform
Hot Coffee: Spilling Our Way to the 'Evils' of Tort Reform
Watch Hot Coffee and decide for yourself. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.28.11
* Judge Thrash lived up to his name and blocked the most controversial parts of Georgia’s new immigration law. Stay tuned for the state’s appeal. [CNN] * And we can also look forward to litigation on South Carolina’s new immigration law. Too bad; those IIEU uniforms might’ve been all cool and futuristic looking. [Reuters] * […]
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools
The Oversupply of Lawyers in America
We do not need any more lawyers. Law schools won't tell you that, they just want to get your money. Check out these stats from the Economix blog on the massive problem of lawyer oversupply in America.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.27.11
* Over the weekend, Bruce Carton weighed in on our Fictional Lawyer Madness Sweet Sixteen. Do you agree with his predictions? [Legal Blog Watch] * Apparently lawyers a very superstitious bunch. Trust me, I know from experience — every time I take the bar exam I wear my lucky t-shirt. Maybe I should stop doing […] -
Fabulosity, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Tuition Dollars Hard at Work: A Palatial Pad for NYU Law Profs
NYU Law students fell on hard times this year in the wake of the recession. Perhaps the administration could have assisted these poor and downtrodden students with their tuition dollars, but instead, NYU Law bought a $3.5 million condo in the West Village. -
Admin, Advertising, Shameless Plugs, Technology, This Is an Ad
The Legal Technology Leadership Summit: Do You Have The Slightest Idea Of What A Moral Or Ethical Principle Is?
Did you know that giving your computer to charity can run afoul of your ethical requirements as an attorney? Did you know you had an ethical duty to be technologically competent enough to handle all of the technological aspects of a basic discovery request? These are the kinds of questions we’ll be answering at the […] -
Crime, Politics, Rod Blagojevich, Trials
Breaking: Rod Blagojevich Guilty
The television guys are reporting that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty on 17 of 20 counts. He’s been found guilty of various counts of wire fraud and attempted extortion. He was found not guilty on one bribery count and there were two other counts the jury couldn’t reach a verdict on. […] -
Fashion, Small Law Firms
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: The Small-Firm Dress Code
The other day, Staci wrote about dress codes at some of the large firms. Specifically, Quinn Emanuel made some noise by putting out a minimalist dress code, requiring only shoes “because our insurance company requires them!” (Yes, it’s their exclamation point.) This was in stark contrast to other Biglaw dress codes, like the paternalistic one […] -
Privacy, Travel / Vacation
Honestly TSA, WTF Is Wrong With You?
We live in strange times. Unreasonable times. Times when the federal government has stopped rationally protecting people and started irrationally molesting people. What has the TSA done now? -
SCOTUS, Video games
Let's See How They Like It When We're Playing 'Grand Theft First Street'
The Supreme Court struck down a California law that prevented "violent" video games from being sold to children. But what was the reasoning behind this decision? The answers might surprise you.