Art
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Art, Deaths, Morning Docket, Movies, Real Estate, Sex Scandals, Student Loans, Suicide
Morning Docket: 02.27.12
* It’s hard to get a mortgage if you have a lot of student debt, even if you make a lot of money. Who needs a house anyway? Your advanced degree will keep you warm. [BusinessWeek]
* A civil trial over BP’s Gulf Oil spill was supposed to start today, but it was postponed at the last minute. Is it just me or does it smell like settlement in here? [New York Times]
* As if anyone needed another reason to never take a Carnival Cruise… [CNN]
* The Catholic Church just couldn’t handle sharing its ignominious spotlight with Penn State any longer. Attorneys allege that the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, former Archbishop of Philadelphia, destroyed a list of 35 active priests accused of child sexual abuse. [Washington Post]
* Some movie with no sound, color, explosions, or giant robots won a bunch of Academy Awards last night. I can’t say I care too much. Here’s a rundown of some classic cine con lawyers instead. [ABA Journal]
* Advice for art collectors: CHECK YOU PROVENANCE. [New York Times]
* Michael Rothenberg, executive director of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, RIP. [New York Law Journal]
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Art, Career Alternatives, Weirdness
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Vampire?
Lawyers, have you been looking for a unique way to do some self-branding? Of course, we don’t mean that you should literally brand yourself, but this Mexican lawyer did just that. She turned herself into a walking piece of art, and is now known as the “Vampire Woman” by her colleagues in the tattoo and […] - Sponsored
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8th Circuit, Art, California, Copyright, Law School Deans, Morning Docket, Small Law Firms, Twittering
Morning Docket: 12.29.11
* Here’s a nice round-up of some of the most controversial laws that will be enacted in 2012. Looks like California is going to have some fabulously multicultural litigation. [Associated Press] * What do you get when you cross an artist with a penchant for Rastafarians with the son of a Boies Schiller name partner? […]
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Art, Career Alternatives, New Jersey, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Building Blocks for Your Career
My worst day as an artist is better than my best day as a lawyer. — Nathan Sawaya, former Winston & Strawn attorney turned LEGO artist, commenting on his decision to leave his lucrative Biglaw career to play with toys. His latest exibition, The Art of the Brick, will be on display from December 2, […] -
Art, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.17.11
* Prop 8 proponents have standing. So, I guess the Ninth Circuit will now be looking at the merits of bigotry? [MetroWeekly] * Five ways to get your clients to pay you faster. How did “breaking kneecaps” not make the list? [Open Forum] * Ethics for cops. Not that I agree with her, but if […] -
Art, Law Reviews, Law Schools
Hey, Fourth Tier: We Do Not Need Coloring Book Law Journals
Above the Law's newest editor, Staci, thought that she could make readers and commenters see the sunnier side of things at lower-ranked law schools. But sometimes, lower-ranked schools can make even Staci cringe. Especially when they want to publish "coloring book" law journals. -
Art, Job Searches, Law Schools, UVA Law
Most Creative Way To Shame Your Office of Career Services
We spend a lot of time with soon-to-be-unemployed 3Ls who are looking for some way to express their dissatisfaction with their law school and the career services they received. When people pay or borrow over $100K for three years of legal education and their employment future still comes down to how they perform during McDonald’s […] -
Art, Associate Advice, Canada, Craigslist
Toronto Associate Finds Creative Way to Look Like He Belongs
Associates are under a lot of pressure these days. But we applaud those junior lawyers who respond to the current demands with initiative and creativity. We found just such an associate in Toronto. The man’s problems seem trivial to the outside world. His office is crappy. He needs an upgrade, but not because he wants […] - Sponsored
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Art, Biglaw, Fabulosity, Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: An Associate and an Art Collection
Over the long weekend, the Washington Post magazine treated us to a delicious inside look at the gorgeous home of Christopher Boutlier, an interior designer, and his partner, Aaron Flynn — a lawyer. Flynn practices environmental and administrative law in the D.C. office of Hunton & Williams. Flynn may be a mere associate, but he […] -
Art, Biglaw
A MoFo Attorney Tries to Capitalize on the Art of Contract Law
Morrison & Foerster tends to attract quirky types. The firm is demonstrably offbeat, from its mildly bizarre website to its embracing the moniker “MoFo.” So we were not particularly surprised when an artist type auctioning off a piece of conceptual art on eBay turned out to be a lawyer from the firm. Alfred Steiner is […] -
Art, Food, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Easter!
To those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter! Last year we gave you a law-related Peeps creation, by lawyer Frank Salamone. We continue the tradition this year: So, what’s the backstory behind this year’s Peeps diorama? -
Art, Biglaw, Career Alternatives
ATL Field Trip: Playing With LEGOs on a Saturday
This past weekend, two of your ATL editors paid a visit to Agora Gallery in Chelsea. We wanted to see for ourselves the LEGO brick sculptures of Nathan Sawaya, the lawyer turned LEGO artist. As explained in our profile of Sawaya, the NYU Law grad left Winston & Strawn for a $30,000-a-year job as a […] -
Art, Biglaw, Career Alternatives
Nathan Sawaya Gives Up Corporate Law for Legos
Nathan Sawaya went to the trouble of getting a law degree, but now he’s making a living with a skill he mastered in kindergarten. Instead of building cases these days, Sawaya is building large-scale sculptures out of LEGOs. He’s been a LEGO fanatic since he got his first set at 5 years old. He told […]
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Art, Heller Ehrman, Money, Shopping
Update: Heller Ehrman Art Auction Exceeds Expectations
As we previously reported, a sizable portion of the art collection of defunct law firm Heller Ehrman was sold at auction yesterday. The auction took place at Bonhams in San Francisco, before a standing-room-only crowd. We submitted absentee bids on the following: lot 1, Pale Orange Begonia (we bid $500; it sold for $1,159); lot […] -
Art, Heller Ehrman, Money, Shopping
Heller Ehrman Art To Be Auctioned Off Today
If you’ve always wanted to own a piece of defunct law firm Heller Ehrman, today is your lucky day. A sizable portion of the firm’s art collection is hitting the auction block in about an hour, at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. We previously covered a prior Heller art auction, here in New York, […] -
Art, Fabulosity, Heller Ehrman, Pictures, Shopping, Slideshows
ATL Field Trip: The Heller Ehrman Art Auction
Last month, we reported that bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman would be selling some of its art to raise money for its creditors. Heller hopes to raise $1 million (or more) through a series of sales, in New York and California. The first of several Heller art auctions took place yesterday at Bonhams & Butterfields, […] -
Art, Bankruptcy, Heller Ehrman, Pictures, Shopping
Anatomy of a Dissolution: The Heller Art Auction
It’s been a long time since we checked in on the ruins of Heller Ehrman. It seems strange that it’s been over a year since Heller Ehrman announced that it was closing its doors. Everybody that was going to land on their feet after Heller collapsed has presumably landed. Those who never did get a […] -
Art, Deaths, John Edwards, Michael Mukasey, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, Rudy Giuliani, Sports, Tax Law, Torture, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 01.30.08
* “T.Owes.” [ESPN] * Rebates to $500? [CNN] * AG Mukasey won’t label waterboarding. [MSNBC] * Sen. McCain wins Florida, Rudy to bow out. [New York Times; Washington Post] * Federal inquiry into stolen artifacts expands. [New York Times] * Margaret Truman, only child of President Truman and author of mysteries set at the Supreme […]
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Art, Crime, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Larry Craig, Morning Docket, Politics, Sports
Morning Docket: 08.29.07
* Slate debates Sen. Craig’s arrest and plea. [
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Art, Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Home Is Where the Art Is
Working in the legal profession, and especially at a large law firm, generally comes with a lot of fringe benefits. So our series of posts on Biglaw perks is by no means complete. Here’s the perk that we’ll discuss today: office art (or a decorating budget). If you’re going to spend thousands of billable hours […]