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A Free ATL Event: Market Volatility & Your Finances(Or: Dude, Where's my 401(k)?)
You’d be surprised by how often we receive requests for financial advice around here (even though that’s really more the province of Dealbreaker). E.g., should I refinance my law school loans? How much should I be saving for retirement? I’ve just been laid off; what should I do with my 401(k)? These questions lie beyond […] -
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Career Center: Popular, You're Gonna Be Popular
Some people compare Biglaw to high school, but there wasn’t a lot of statistical evidence that proved popularity in high school. Thankfully, the Career Center can provide some hard data on the most popular firms in Biglaw. In the month and a half since its launch, the Firm Snapshots on the Career Center have been […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, Vault rankings
Getting Back in the Game: How to Restart Your Career in a Down Economy
We regularly receive tips about educational or charitable events that might interest our readers. Because we don’t have the ability to give shout-outs to all, and to ensure equal treatment, we direct everyone with events of a non-commercial nature to mention them in our Community section (which, by the way, is overflowing with openings for […]
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Admin, Announcements, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, Travel / Vacation
Career Center: How Safe Is Your Vacation Time?
Last week, we brought you information about which firms respect your weekends — and which don’t. This week, we tackle a related topic: vacation. As noted earlier today, it’s an area where firms have been making changes lately. At which firms are your vacations safe? And at which firms might vacation time be at risk […] -
Admin, Announcements, Deferral Stipend, Job Searches, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Paging Deferred Associates -- and the Organizations Who Love Them
We’ve received countless requests for shout-outs from worthy non-profit organizations that are seeking deferred associates and/or associates on leave from their law firms (pursuant to such programs as Skadden’s Sidebar program, Dewey’s DL Pursuits, etc.). Alas, due to the sheer number of these requests, we can’t mention them all on the main ATL homepage (which […] -
Admin, Advertising, Announcements, Career Center, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Shameless Plugs
Career Center: Partnership ProspectsWhich firms offer the best chance of making partner?
Our new Career Center, brought to you by ATL and Lateral Link, continues to gain momentum. Traffic to the center has been growing steadily since its launch last month. Recently we shared with you the top ten most-viewed profiles. We update that list after the jump. As you’ll see, there hasn’t been much movement in […] -
Admin, Advertising, Announcements, Career Center, Shameless Plugs
Career Center: Most Viewed ProfilesWhich firms are generating the greatest buzz?
A few weeks ago, we launched a new Career Center, brought to you by ATL and Lateral Link. Since then, the law firm profiles in the Center have been viewed tens of thousands of times. We thought it would be interesting to share with you the top ten most-viewed profiles. Here they are (click on […] -
Admin, Announcements, Career Center, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs
Welcome to the ATL Career Center!
Above the Law is a valuable resource for lawyers planning their careers. Faithful ATL readers know that the site contains important and useful information about the nation’s leading law firms, in terms of culture, compensation, and a whole host of other metrics. If you’d like to know about law firm layoffs, bonuses, or start dates, […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Admin, Announcements, Travel / Vacation
Out of Office Memo
We’re running late to the airport, so we’re keeping it short and sweet. If you’re looking for an entertaining vacation memo, try this one or this one instead. Your above-signed scribe — who has been writing more for these pages lately, as some of you have noticed — will be out of the office, from […] -
Admin, Announcements, Conferences / Symposia, Law Schools, Shameless Plugs, Technology
West Virginia, Take Me Home
We regularly receive tips about free events that might interest our readers. Because we don’t have the ability to give shout-outs to all, and to ensure equal treatment, we direct everyone with events to promote to mention them in our Community section. If your event is more commercial in nature, you can advertise it on […] -
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Enough With The Scare Tactics
Apparently, some of you have been receiving emails from your firm telling you not to communicate with “the media” about all the things going on around the office. Thanks, by the way, for sending us those emails. It seems like some firms want to keep their layoffs really, really quiet. Evidently, these firms believe that […] -
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An Interesting Event Down in D.C.
We regularly receive tips about free events, often educational or charitable in nature, that might interest our readers. Because we don’t have the ability to give shout-outs to all, and to ensure consistent treatment, we direct everyone with events to promote to mention them in our Community section. If your event is more commercial in […] -
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Hidey Ho, Winslows
Greetings! Marin here. Some of you may know me as Elie’s foil from the Pls Hndle Thx advice column. Others may know me from the ATL Idol competition. Still others may know me from Miss Michelle’s Dance Studio in New Jersey, where I excelled in jazz and tap dancing as a child. I’m a lawyer […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Admin, Announcements, Gambling / Gaming, Travel / Vacation
Vacation Memo
TO: ATL Readers, Commenters, Tipsters CC: The General Public, The Grammar Police, NYPD, LVPD FROM: Elie Mystal SUBJECT: Whereabouts and Other Sundries I will be out of the office from right about now until Monday, February 23rd. I have not been fired (so far as I am aware). My performance is not under review. I’m […] -
Admin, Announcements, Job Searches, This Is an Ad
DealBreaker Seeks A New Writer (or Writers)
[Ed. note: This is a cross-post from one of our sister sites, DealBreaker. We linked to it in passing last week, but we thought we’d mention it again in case people missed it. If you’re a transactional lawyer with a background in finance or accounting — perhaps you worked on Wall Street or as an […] -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Free Speech, Rudeness
New Above the Law Comment Policy
As the Above the Law community continues to grow, more people are posting absurd, inane, and arguably offensive comments. And more people are complaining about those comments — in the comments, as well by email and other means. Here at ATL, we reserve the right to moderate comments as we see fit. We delete comments […] -
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Kozinski & Lat Take Manhattan
If you missed our recent event with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Cir.) in Los Angeles, and if you’re here in New York, feel free to swing by Columbia Law School at around noon tomorrow: A Judge in Full: Personality and Jurisprudence When: Thursday, January 22, at 12:10 PMSpeakers: The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, […] -
Admin, Civil Rights, Holidays and Seasons, Public Interest
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the pioneering civil rights leader. If you’re not at work, we hope that you are enjoying the day off. (We are around, but will be posting less than usual.) If you are at work, be proud. We’re pretty sure that equal opportunities to be […] -
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ATL Visits the West Coast
Sometimes readers complain that Above the Law focuses too much on the East Coast. Since our headquarters is here in New York, and since we lived in Washington from 2006 to 2008, we may have an East Coast bias. But we do try to run a national legal news site. Even if we’re physically located […] -
Admin, Announcements, Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Reader Polls
Happy New Year from ATL!
Dear readers, welcome to 2009. The year just ended was a difficult one, for the legal profession and for the country as a whole. Let’s hope the new year brings better news. But will it? Take our reader poll below, and offer your specific predictions about 2009 in the comments. If you’d like to help […]