2012
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Game of Thrones
What can the legal world learn from HBO's hit series, Game of Thrones? -
Bar Exams, Quote of the Day
Fun Fact of the Day: That's Supposed to Be a Discount?
How much does it really cost to take the New York Bar Exam? - Sponsored
Gain An Instant Understanding Of New Complaints With LexisNexis Snapshot
AI-powered complaint summaries to help you spot new lawsuits, new challenges, and new business. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Unemployment
How Did the Class of 2011 Fare in the Legal Job Market?
Law school graduates from the class of 2010 fared poorly in terms of employment. The class of 2011 couldn't have done any worse. Right?
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Bar Exams, New Jersey, Screw-Ups
Is the New Jersey Board of Law Examiners Incredibly Incompetent or Willfully Negligent? You Make The Call.
The incompetence from the New Jersey Board of Law Examiners has gone from comedic to tragic... -
Boutique Law Firms, Cars, Crime, Intellectual Property, Kids, Pornography, Texas
Prominent IP Attorney's Wife Hit With Child Porn Charges in Texas
The wife of a prominent Texas intellectual property attorney stands accused of child pornography charges. Let's learn more about the couple... -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Inside Straight: Kvetching About Comp
Do lawyers at your corporation complain about their compensation compared to the compensation of their peers within the company? Or are law firm partnerships uniquely vicious in that regard? If so, why? -
Bad Ideas, Cardozo Law School, Federal Judges, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., Trials
Unemployed Cardozo Gunner Receives Public Lesson From Jed Rakoff
Wherein an unemployed Cardozo Law School student decides to give evidentiary advice to Judge Jed Rakoff.... -
Alan Dershowitz, Antitrust, Baseball, Biglaw, Bill Clinton, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Football, Heller Ehrman, Howrey LLP, Law Professors, Morning Docket, Paul Clement, S.D.N.Y., State Judges, Texas, Trials
Morning Docket: 06.07.12
* You know what’s really got to suck hard? Turning down a Supreme Court nomination to be governor, and then losing your gubernatorial re-election bid. Mario Cuomo is the Bad Luck Brian of our time. [New York Daily News]
* And speaking of bad luck, this prominent antitrust lawyer is like the harbinger of Biglaw doom. In the last four years, Marc Schildkraut has bounced from Heller to Howrey to Dewey. Good luck to his new firm, Cooley LLP. [Washingtonian]
* Another judge — this time from the S.D.N.Y. — has found that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Paul Clement, the patron saint of conservative causes, is probably facepalming right now. [Reuters]
* Judge Jed Rakoff “politely” benchslapped a Cardozo Law student for playing pen pal over his evidentiary rulings in the Rajat Gupta insider trading trial. Time to get a new hobby, girl. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “I don’t know how you all practice law in Texas.” It looks like the judge presiding over the Roger Clemens case hasn’t been keeping up with all of our crazy stories from the Lone Star state. [Wall Street Journal]
* “[T]he epitome of unprofessionalism”: State Attorney Angela Corey couldn’t take the heat from Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, so she threatened to sue the school and get him disbarred. [Orlando Sentinel]
* “What did you guys do to deserve me? How did you guys get stuck with this? Ay yi yi.” At least Jerry Sandusky’s got a sense of humor about a potential 500 year sentence. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* The election outlook for birthers may not be so bleak after all. Sure, Orly Taitz lost her bid to be a senator, but Gary Kreep might get to be a judge in San Diego County. We’ll find out later today. [North County Times]
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Diving Into Generative AI: A Practical Guide For Law Firms Starting From Scratch
NetDocuments’ Michelle Spencer on where to start, what to ask, and considerations for implementing generative AI tools in your organization. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Small Law Firms, Student Loans
Law School Success Stories: High Risk, High Reward
When it comes to law school, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sometimes you need to take a risk in order to reap the rewards. -
Election 2012, Federal Judges, Non-Sequiturs, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 06.06.12
* Some say we need judges, not doormats, but I say we need our doormats to be more judgmental. [The Atlantic] * I wonder if the voters will like how Romney surrogate Donald Trump is now threatening beauty pageant contestants. [Dealbreaker] * Sure, the headline seems crazy: “mother arrested for cheering too loudly at high school graduation.” But honestly, some parents need to shut the hell up. There are lots of kids graduating. Your child can figure out that you are proud of her achievement without you ruining the experience for everybody. [MSNBC] * This week’s bro safety announcement. [Reuters] * This week’s professional safety announcement. [Not So Private Parts / Forbes] * This article on ten things law schools won’t tell you should be titled, “100 things Above the Law has told you over and over again but you won’t listen to because you refuse to learn.” Though, in fairness, that is a bit long for a title. [Smart Money] * D-Day. You know, the reason why the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee wasn’t celebrated as a government in exile. [What About Clients?] -
Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks a Bunch to This Week’s Advertisers
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D.C. Circuit, Federal Judges, Laurence Silberman, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: WTF? Please STFU or GTFO
A D.C. Circuit judge asks litigants to kindly quit it with all the acronyms. -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism
House Rules: Some Public Relations Advice for Adam Kaiser
In-house columnist David Mowry offers some friendly public relations tips for former Dewey partner Adam Kaiser.
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Constitutional Law, Drinking, Free Speech, Lawsuit of the Day, Religion
Idaho Bans Specific Vodka For Being Offensive Towards Mormons
I thought vodka was supposed to make people loosen up... -
Police, Rank Stupidity, State Judges, Violence
Memo to NYPD: Please Don't Judo-Chop the Judge
A New York City police officer allegedly chose the wrong bystander to pick on during a street fight… -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Brown Rudnick, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Kasowitz Benson, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate
Dewey Have Stephen DiCarmine as a Bankruptcy Creditor?(Plus pictures of his former office.)
Can you say 'chutzpah'? Stephen DiCarmine, the former executive director of Dewey & LeBoeuf who some blame for driving the firm into the ground, wants money out of the failed firm's bankruptcy estate. -
Guns / Firearms, Job Searches, Law Schools, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Stories: What To Do When You Find The Office Gun
Pop quiz, hotshot: you've found a gun in the office... what do you do? -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Drinking, Litigators, Litigatrix
DLA Piper Partner Accused Of Lying Under Oath About How Much She Had To Drink
How much does it take to get a DLA Piper partner drunk? -
Jobs
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Unemployment
Who Is the Great Satan of the Legal Profession?
Who is to blame for all of the problems in the legal profession? The answer might surprise you.