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Announcements, Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Technology
ATL Public Service Announcement: Attention Georgetown Grads - Are You the Victim of Identity Theft?
Georgetown is an excellent law school — “T14” (top 14), as some like to say — with many things going for it. Supreme Court justices love to visit. Students get to take classes like The Law of 24. The diva-licious Nina Totenberg speaks at commencement. Perhaps most importantly, at least to readers of ATL, Georgetown […] -
Announcements, Asians, Health Care / Medicine, Shameless Plugs
A Collection of PSAs from Your Friends at ATL
We don’t normally do this (and probably won’t make this a regular feature). But since we have a few on hand right now, we’d like to pass along the following public service announcements: * Attention Washingtonians. There’s an interesting panel discussion taking place here in D.C. next week: “Practicing Law in the E-Court of Public […] - 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… -
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Congratulations to the Blawg 100 Readers Choice Winners
Belated congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Blawg 100 readers’ choice contest, sponsored by the ABA Journal, which were announced late last week. More than 25,000 votes were cast in 12 categories. We previously wrote about the extremely close race between Overlawyered and Quizlaw, duking it out in the Generally Speaking category. Congrats to […]
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Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Holidays and Seasons
Happy New Year from ATL
Happy New Year, dear readers of ATL! We hope that you had an enjoyable and restful holiday season; we know we did. Now we’re back, after a pleasant holiday hiatus. Did you miss us? We’re looking forward to another fun year of dishing legal gossip, as well as chronicling associate pay raises and partner profits […] -
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Access to December Archives
To read ATL posts from December 2007, please click here. Thanks. -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Holidays from ATL!
We hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday season and are getting some well-deserved rest — as are we. As was the case last year, we’ll be on a reduced publication schedule between now and the new year. We’ll return to a normal schedule on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. To those of you who celebrate […] -
Admin, Announcements, Baseball, Sports
Open Thread About the Mitchell Report
A major legal story that’s related to sports? Oh noes! We are completely ignorant. But we’ve collected some links about former Senator George Mitchell’s report on steroid use in major legal baseball. Feel free to discuss in the comments. P.S. Would any of you be interested in writing a column for ATL on sports and […] -
Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Rudeness
Thanksgiving Horror Stories: Open Thread
It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving. The stock market is now closed — and so are we. We’ll be back with new posts on Monday, barring a surprise weekend announcement of “NY to 190.” In the meantime, here’s some fodder for possible discussion, for the unfortunate few who are at work today (or were at work […] - Sponsored
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Admin, Announcements, Food, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Thanksgiving from Your Friends at ATL
Greetings, ATL readers. Please accept our wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving! We hope that you aren’t spending much time in front of the computer today. But if you are — for some depressing reason, like work — feel free to bemoan your fate in the comments. Or, on a more cheery note, list what […] -
Announcements, Bad Ideas, Crime, Perverts, Sex
ATL Public Service Announcement: If You Want To Screw a Mannequin, Turn Off the Lights First
Statutory interpretation is fun! Check out this wacky fact pattern, perfect fodder for a criminal law final exam, from Court TV News (via Blogonaut): In a 5-0 ruling, the [South Dakota Supreme Court] overturned the conviction of Michael James Plenty Horse for indecent exposure because he didn’t attempt to arouse others when he tried to […] -
Announcements, Blogging, Contests, Eugene Volokh, Orin Kerr, Shameless Plugs
Everyone's a Winner at Above the Law(And Thanks to Everyone Who Voted)
Sigh. It’s Monday, and it’s also a quasi-holiday (Veterans Day). Government lawyers, a significant chunk of our readership, generally aren’t in the office today. So maybe that’s one reason we’re feeling lazy and unmotivated today. Another possible reason: we’re resting on our laurels. Late last week, Above the Law was named Best Law Blog, in […] -
Announcements, Blogging, Contests, Shameless Plugs
Are You Stuck in the Office on Saturday?Then Make the Most of It. Vote ATL for Best Law Blog!
Thanks to everyone who answered our plea and nominated Above the Law as “Best Law Blog,” in the 2007 Weblog Awards. We’re pleased to announce that ATL is one of the finalists. Now we need your help once again. We’re getting our a** kicked by the Volokh Conspiracy, which is currently leading the voting for […] -
Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: An Open Call for News and Memos
As we first reported, Cravath, Swaine & Moore has kicked off the 2007 bonus season, with yesterday’s announcement of “special” and year-end bonuses for its associates. Here’s coverage from the New York Law Journal and the WSJ Law Blog, who actually got Cravath to talk to them. (CSM declined ATL’s request for comment.) Both sources […]
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Admin, Announcements, Blogging
While Lat's away, we all can play!
A few of the more-alert readers here have noticed there’s an unusual name in the byline, today. Let me introduce myself. My nom de plume is Piercie Shafton, an evocative moniker for a guest-editor of Above the Law, I’m sure you’ll agree. Don’t bother to Google me. I’m not that Piercie Shafton: “the meddling tool […] -
Announcements, Dubious Conferences
ATL Public Service Announcement: Wearing A Backpack May Be Hazardous To Your Health
You don’t have to take our word for it. Just attend “Backpack Awareness Day” at Georgetown: Backpack Awareness DayJoin us in the Chapel Area 1:30-3:30 p.m.September 20th Tips to Prevent Back Problems: – Wear both straps to distribute the weight evenly – Wear the backpack resting evenly over the middle of the back. The backpack […] -
Announcements, BARBRI, Money, Plaintiffs Firms
A Friendly Reminder: The BAR/BRI Proof of Claim Deadline Is Monday!
Attention young lawyers. We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important announcement: If you purchased a bar review course from BAR/BRI anywhere in the United States anytime from August, 1997 through July 31, 2006 (the “Class”), you may be affected by a settlement of a class action lawsuit pending in the United […] -
Announcements, Clerkships, Deaths, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine
ATL Public Service Announcement: Avoid the David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse
As noted yesterday, we’re smack in the middle of clerkship hiring season. Perhaps some of you are applying to judges based in Miami. Clerking in a tropical paradise — what’s not to like? Possibly deadly toxic mold, that’s what. From an article by Julie Kay in the Daily Business Review (via SDFLA Blog): Two studies […] -
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Happy Birthday to ATL -- and Happy Labor Day to All!
It’s the Friday afternoon before Labor Day, and we’re ready to pack it in. We might put up another post or two — e.g., Legal Eagle Wedding Watch — but basically we are done for the day. (Our colleagues over at DealBreaker checked out hours ago.) Before we sign off, we’d like to point out […] -
Announcements, Crime, Jury Duty, Rudeness
ATL Public Service Announcement: Don't Skip Out on Jury Duty
Or if you do, be discreet about it. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A Milwaukee woman who became verbally abusive to jury management staff and walked out of the Milwaukee County Courthouse without serving her jury duty time has been charged with violating a seldom-used state law. According to a complaint, Zandra Rodgers, 40, was […] -
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The ATL Email Newsletter: A Special Promotion (Extended)
[Ed. note: This is basically a repost of a prior posting. But the deadline has been extended until 5 p.m. today, so if you missed out last week, here’s your chance.] As some of you already know, Above the Law offers a daily newsletter, via email. We encourage you to subscribe. You can sign up […]