July 2011
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Advertising, Lawyer Advertising, Weirdness
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Golden Showers Bring Big Dollars
We always appreciate when our readers send us tips about the seemingly endless supply of crazy lawyer websites and advertisements that are floating around in cyberspace. Just when we thought we’d seen it all, someone out there goes and raises the bar of craziness. When we received a tip pointing us to the website of […] -
Biglaw, Drinking, Football, Kramer Levin, Morning Docket, Privacy, Sports, Technology
Morning Docket: 07.20.11
* News Corp. has hired Paul Weiss attorney Mark Mendelsohn, a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act expert, to advise them. In related news, Chuck Norris has hired Wendi Deng Murdoch to advise him. [WSJ Law Blog] * Utah’s goofy liquor laws are examined in this New York Times article. The restrictive laws clearly came out of […]
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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… -
Feminism, Gender, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, J. Michael Luttig, Money, Rankings, Women's Issues
Who Are America's Best-Paid General Counsel?
Who are America's most well-paid general counsel? Corporate Counsel magazine has just released its annual list - and women have made some major strides forward.
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9th Circuit, Cocaine / Crack, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drugs, Free Speech, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.19.11
* Urging people to kill the president is protected speech, according to the Ninth Circuit. So if you are playing along at home, judges think that talking about killing judges is wrong, but they don’t care if you threaten the executive branch. [Wired] * Did anyone start Dewey & LeBoeuf in their Dodger lawyers fantasy […] -
Chuck Schumer, Federal Judges, Gay, Judicial Nominations, Politics, Quote of the Day, S.D.N.Y.
Quotes of the Day: Dueling Perspectives on Judge Paul Oetken
As the first openly gay man to be confirmed as a federal judge, he will be a symbol of how much we have achieved as a country in just the last few decades. And importantly, he will give hope to many talented young lawyers who until now thought their paths might be limited because of […] -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, New York Times, Student Loans
Law Schools Head To The Bunker To Avoid New York Times Fallout
In the wake of the latest New York Times exposé on law schools, deans and administrators are spinning, spinning, spinning. -
Billable Hours, Law Firm Mergers, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Small Firms Growing In This Economy
How are small law firms doing in a still-challenging economy? Better than you might expect, according to the results of a new survey. -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad
Summer Associate American Idol – Learning How to Handle Criticism
Last week we discussed the art of receiving feedback from your firm. The coin of feedback has two sides — praise and criticism. You learn more from the latter than from the former. If you are a solid citizen who is committed and enthusiastic, you can learn great deal from constructive criticism. You must understand […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Bar Exams, Gay
Bar Review Diaries: The Final Countdown
This is the Final Countdown. Exactly a week from now, many of you will be stuck at desks for upwards of two days, working to finish that little formality they call the Bar Exam. This is the last time we’ll hear from our Bar Review Diarists before they cross the threshold. They are leaving behind […] -
Food, Media and Journalism, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Violence
Somebody Always Brings Pie
We haven’t really been covering the News Corp. / News of the World scandal because I want to be invited on to Fox News again (j/k). Whether or not Rupert Murdoch or his company broke various U.K. laws is not something we’ve looked at in depth. And we’ll not look at it in depth here. […] -
Crime, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Lawyer of the Day, Screw-Ups, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Georgetown Law Grad Pulls Trigger, May Have Shot Career In The Foot
A prosecutor in Miami recently resigned from his job, amid controversy. What did he do to get himself in hot water? -
Allen & Overy, Books, BP, Magic Circle, Sex, Sex Scandals
An Update on Deidre Dare, Allen & Overy Associate Turned Aspiring Authoress
Remember former Allen & Overy associate Deidre Dare, and her effort to raise $25,000 online through Kickstarter, to publish her sex-soaked novel about expat escapades? Did she succeed? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.19.11
* Ja Rule, another resident of Lat’s hometown, was sentenced to 28 months in jail, for failing to pay taxes. Rather than making some joke about him not being Always On Time with his tax payments, let’s instead just celebrate the existence of this hilarious picture. [Associated Press] * J. Paul Oetken was confirmed to […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Celebrities, Hotties, India, Law Schools, LLMs
Feeling Hot Hot Hot: From NYU LLM Student to Beauty Queen
The holder of an LLM from NYU was just named Miss India. How beautiful must you be in order to rank #1 out of 600 million women? -
Birthdays, Gay, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Prostitution
Non-Sequiturs: 07.18.11
* To be clear, hiring a legal secretary who doubles as a personal prostitute is not okay. Yes, we finally have a punishment for Samir Zia Chowhan’s “adult gigs” legal secretary ad. [Legal Profession Blog] * Is it time to start getting civilly disobedient with the TSA? [WSJ Law Blog] * It’s possible that the […] -
Biglaw, Media and Journalism, Quote of the Day, Williams & Connolly
Quote of the Day: Rupert Murdoch Needs More Than a Potted Plant
[Brendan] Sullivan and his law firm certainly have their work cut out for them. [Rupert] Murdoch may have thought the damage was contained, but it appears this scandal will persist for quite a while. — Professor Peter J. Henning, commenting on the decision of News Corp. to hire renowned litigator Brendan Sullivan and his powerhouse […] -
Admin, Advertising, In-House Counsel, Shameless Plugs, Technology, This Is an Ad
Legal Technology Leadership Summit: In-House Counsel, Tell Us What You Really Think
A couple of days ago, we invited in-house counsel to join this group of interesting speakers at the Legal Technology Leadership Summit, taking place on September 6 -8 in Amelia Island, Florida. We received a bunch of responses from people who work with in-house counsel, which is nice. But that still leaves us looking for […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Crime, Kids, McKee Nelson, Nauseating Things, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Pornography, UVA Law
More About the Former Biglaw Partner Accused of Child Porn Distribution
A former colleague of Edward De Sear, the prominent law firm partner accused of child pornography distribution, reminisces about him. -
Bar Exams, listserv
You Have No Scars On Your Face, And You Cannot Handle Pressure
It’s two weeks before the bar, so you know what that means; total freaking panic. Ah yeah: dogs and cats living together, pants on the ground, don’t feed the one-man wolfpack after midnight kind of hysteria. For people who will eventually fail the bar, this is the time that they start choking hard enough to […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: In-House Career Paths
Career progression at a law firm is fairly straightforward. What about career paths in the in-house world? And what can corporations do for their lawyers when there's no natural spot to promote them into?