Asians
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Asians, Harvard, New York Times, Pierre Leval, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 4.22: Love Is a Battlefield
Once again, the wedding pages were chock-full of lawyers last weekend. Without further ado (because LEWW has other things to post today), here are your candidates for Couple of the Week: 1. Jenny Huang and Roger Hong 2. Melissa Epstein and Jason Mills 3. Celeste Sharpe and Peter Brown Continue reading about these couples, after […] -
ACLU, Asians, Cars, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 04.24.07
* There was a time when a TV writer strike meant something, but if recently, you’ve found yourself watching the Pussycat Dolls reality show, you too might welcome a return to more scripted programs. [Los Angeles Times] * I’d pay for license plates that read “God is Dead”–Nietzsche (front) and “Nietzsche is Dead”–God (back). [Indy […] - Sponsored
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Asians, Harold Koh, Racism, Reality TV, Romance and Dating, Survivor, Yul Kwon
Surviving Stereotypes: Yul Kwon Returns To Yale Law School
“Survivor” champ and YLS grad Yul Kwon made a triumphant return to his law school alma mater last week. In a speech entitled “How I Survived Survivor and Other Professional Challenges,” Kwon, who was introduced by YLS Dean Harold Koh, spoke about breaking down negative stereotypes about Asian Americans. At this point in his speech, […]
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Asians, Crime, Deaths, Education / Schools, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Suicide, Violence
More About the Virginia Tech Shootings
We’ve learned more about the tragic killings at Virginia Tech since our brief post from yesterday. We’re guessing you’re following the case as closely as we are. But in case you’re not, here are some new facts: 1. The final death toll — at the time of our last post, it was over 20 — […] -
Asians, Books, Kiwi Camara, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Racism, Weirdness
Kiwi Camara: We Are Still Confused
We recently blogged about Kiwi Camara — the young, brilliant, controversial legal scholar — and his mysteriously disappeared job offer from George Mason University School of Law. Camara is a legal Doogie Howser who was 16 when he entered Harvard Law School. At HLS, he caused an uproar after dropping the N-bomb in a group […] -
Asians, Job Searches, Kiwi Camara, Law Professors, Law Schools, Racism
Kiwi Camara and GMU Law: Maybe They Found This Video?
Yesterday we issued a request for information about what really happened between controversial legal scholar Kiwi Camara and George Mason University School of Law. GMU was on the verge of hiring Camara, until something weird happened. Today one of you emailed us the video clip below, and asked: “Could it be because of this video?” […] -
Asians, Job Searches, Kiwi Camara, Law Professors, Law Schools, Racism
Kiwi Camara and GMU Law: What Happened Here?
Today’s Washington Post has an update on controversial legal scholar Kiwi Camara (at right). Camara, you may recall, is the legal Doogie Howser who was 16 when he entered Harvard Law School. At HLS, he caused an uproar after dropping the N-bomb in a group outline. (That’s the Cliffs Notes version; Google him for more.) […] -
Asians, Carol Lam, Department of Justice, Politics, U.S. Attorneys Offices
But Did They Use Emoticons?
This past weekend’s NYT Week in Review had an interesting article on how they don’t make U.S. attorneys like they used to. Here’s the lede, which discusses the email habits of some of the fired United States Attorneys: The e-mail is pleading, imploring and often so very careful. In messages sent to their bosses at […] - Sponsored
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Affirmative Action, Asians, Copyright, Divorce Train Wrecks, Education / Schools, Gay, Intellectual Property, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Pranks, Securities and Exchange Commission
Non-Sequiturs: 04.02.07
* If you’re not spreading your music like herpes, then you’re just paying an extra 30 cents for the same product you’ve always been buying; as a side note, doesn’t Damon Alburn look dreamy these days? [New York Times] * The SEC wants to be more like a friend than a parent, but watch out […] -
Advertising, Asians, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
Oh How We Love Those Harvard LLMs
Last week we wrote a little bit about internecine warfare going on within the Harvard LLM community. It’s a silly and trivial story — which is, of course, ATL’s stock in trade. So we intend to keep following it. Today we’re happy to bring you an update. This email went around over the weekend: From: […] -
Asians, Parties, Pictures, Public Interest
The AEF Annual Benefit Dinner (Part 2)
Here are the rest of our photos from the delightful AEF annual dinner. We posted the first batch of pictures, along with a brief write-up, over here. The balance of the pics, plus a few stray comments, appear after the jump. -
Asians, Parties, Pictures, Public Interest
The AEF Annual Benefit Dinner (Part 1)
Poor James Sandman. He’s a partner at Arnold & Porter, one of Washington’s most prestigious law firms, and he’s president of the DC Bar. But ever since he wrote that mean article complaining about associate pay raises, nobody will sit next to him at parties…. (Okay, we jest. The seats next to Jim Sandman were […] -
Advertising, Asians, Law Schools, Parties, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
The Harvard LLM Community: More Vicious Than the Cafeteria in 'Mean Girls'
Remember this flyer, for the recent “International Party” sponsored by LLM students at Harvard Law School? Some of you, in the comments to our post, made some disparaging remarks about the English-speaking abilities of Asian LLM students. But as it turns out, this flyer wasn’t written by the Asians. And many of them found it […]
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Asians, Carol Lam, Chuck Schumer, Debra Wong Yang, Eumi Choi, Screw-Ups, U.S. Attorneys Offices
All Asian Female Prosecutors Look Alike -- to Chuck Schumer
Here are three fun facts: 1. Until her controversial ouster, Carol Lam (far right) was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California (San Diego). 2. Until she was tempted away from government service by a $1.5 million offer from Gibson Dunn, Debra Wong Yang (near right) was the U.S. Attorney for the Central […] -
Asians, Education / Schools, Parties, Public Interest
The Most Fun Tuesday Night You'll Have in a Long Time
What are you doing tomorrow night? If you are here in Washington, DC, and don’t already have plans, please consider attending the annual benefit dinner of the Asian Pacific American Bar Assocation Educational Fund (AEF). Here are some reasons you should go: 1. It’s for a good cause. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s charitable and […] -
Advertising, Asians, Law Schools, Parties
Res Ipsa Loquitur
We could probably get away with an editorial comment or two, under the “Chris Rock Can Make Black Jokes” rule, since we’re Asian ourselves (and have numerous relatives and friends who don’t speak the Queen’s English). But we will restrain ourselves, and just pass this flyer along with the comment of our source: “I think […] -
Asians, Department of Justice, Eumi Choi, Litigatrix, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Vicious Infighting, You Go Girl
The U.S. Attorneys Controversy: What About Eumi Choi?
One of the eight fired U.S. Attorneys was Kevin Ryan, of the Northern District of California (San Francisco). As noted by the Legal Pad, his firing appears to be one of the less high-profile or controversial ones. But it’s important to us, since it raises a question about our favorite federal prosecutor: WHAT’S GOING ON […] -
Asians, Law Schools, Lunacy, Racism, Violence, War on Terror
Not All Indians Who Get Shot At Own Convenience Stores
Law school can be stressful. Very stressful. Sometimes people crack under the pressure. Several tipsters directed our attention to this unusual story: A University of Pennsylvania law student couldn’t shake his paranoid suspicion that his two neighbors, Drexel University graduate students, were foreign spies sent to work on some sort of a terrorism plot, police […] -
Asians, Blogging, Crime, Dewey Ballantine, Education / Schools, Free Speech, Job Searches, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Old People, Politics, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Romance and Dating, Sex
Non-Sequiturs: 1.19.07
* Too soon, Daily Princetonian, too soon. And what’s more, you budding SNL-writers are so completely unfunny that you might consider law school instead. Dewey Ballantine would probably hire you. [IvyGate Blog] * Retiree sick of junk mail claims that (literal) poo-slinging is constitutionally protected. [AP via Forbes] * If only Jason were just a […] -
Asians, Carol Lam, Crime, Department of Justice, Immigration, Litigatrix, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: Carol Lam On the Lam?
It turns out that Eumi Choi may not be the most controversial Asian-American female in a U.S. Attorney’s Office. From the San Diego Union-Tribune (via TPM): The Bush administration has quietly asked San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, best known for her high-profile prosecutions of politicians and corporate executives, to resign her post, a law […]