Call it a “Legal Blogger Summit.” Call it “Blawgocolypse 2014″ or “Law Bloggers, Now With Sound,” but we’re calling it the “Attorney@Blog Conference,” a first-of-its-kind, one-day convocation of the leading legal bloggers, taking place on Friday, March 14th, at the Yale Club of NYC. The conference will feature a series of panel discussions covering an array of exigent issues facing the legal blogging community, including free speech, race and gender, and technology. ATL editors David Lat, Elie Mystal, Joe Patrice, and Staci Zaretsky will serve as moderators. Panelists will include stars of the legal blogosphere, from journalists to academics to activists. While we’re still finalizing our lineup of speakers and panelists, we wanted to give you an early look at the day’s schedule. We’ll be adding details as they’re confirmed. Click here for all the details.
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Announcing The 2014 Attorney@Blog Conference
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We’d like to take a moment to thank to our wonderful advertisers here at Above the Law:
- AccessData
- Attorney Search Group
- JD Profiles
- Kinney Recruiting (sponsor of the Asia Chronicles)
- Lateral Link (sponsor of the ATL Interrogatories)
- Lawline
- LexisNexis
- Morrison & Foerster
- NexFirm
- New York Times
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- Superior Discovery
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- Thomson Reuters
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The ATL Holiday Party: A Photo Essay
By Above the LawYour ATL editors: David Lat, Staci Zaretsky, Joe Patrice, and Elie Mystal.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: a time for law firm bonuses, new partner announcements, holiday cards (including our annual contest), holiday gifts, and holiday parties.
Thanks a lot to everyone who came out last Thursday night to attend the Above the Law holiday party. This year’s festivities were extremely well-attended (the bar was packed), and the entire crowd enjoyed all of the specialty drinks that were served. Thanks to our sponsors, Superior Discovery and Prestige Legal Search, for making such a great evening possible.
If you weren’t able to make it out, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the pictures from a night that was full of fun and fabulosity…
As we enter the holiday season, we’d like to give thanks to our excellent advertisers here at Above the Law, who bring us and our readers great cheer:
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- JD Profiles
- Kinney Recruiting (sponsor of the Asia Chronicles)
- Lateral Link (sponsor of the ATL Interrogatories)
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We’d like to take a moment to express gratitude and extend thanks to our wonderful advertisers here at Above the Law, who help put food on all of our tables:
- AccessData
- Attorney Search Group
- JD Profiles
- Kinney Recruiting (sponsor of the Asia Chronicles)
- Lateral Link (sponsor of the ATL Interrogatories)
- Lawline
- LexisNexis
- Morrison & Foerster
- NexFirm
- Prestige Legal Search
- Themis
- Thomson Reuters
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The 2013 ATL Holiday Gift Guide
By Above the Law‘Who needs a bonus? We have these nifty red hats!’
The holiday season is upon us, and yet again, you have no idea what to get for the fickle lawyer in your life. We’re here to help. Even if your bonus check hasn’t arrived yet, any one of the gifts we’ve highlighted here could be a worthy substitute until your employer decides to make it rain.
We’ve got an eclectic selection for you to choose from, so settle in by that stack of documents yet to be reviewed and dig in….
Because if you are, you might be a douche. The ATL gang didn’t all agree on how to respond to the story of students at UCLA Law donning Team Sander shirts and decided to record their real-time reactions to the story.
Was it intentionally racist? Unintentionally racist? Is unintentional racism even worse than intentional racism because of how it tries to excuse itself? Is UCLA Law racist for employing this guy?
Or are these guys just dumb jocks?
Earlier: Racists’ T-Shirts On Campus? Only If You Bother To Think About It
Ed. note: This is the latest post in our series of ATL infographics — visual representations of our own proprietary data, relevant third-party data, “anecdata,” or just plain jokes.
Elie here. My first “Black Friday” (that’s the Friday after Thanksgiving for those who reject consumerism in all of its forms) while working in Biglaw, I went into the office. My second Black Friday, I went to the therapist. I didn’t make it to my third one.
Thanksgiving is next week, and while you certainly shouldn’t have to work on Thursday, Friday is a different matter. So, we’ve put together this helpful decision matrix to figure out if you actually have to drag yourself into your Biglaw office on Friday… or if you can sleep off your turkey hangover surrounded by your family and/or the escort you paid to make your holiday feel less empty…
Continue reading “Biglaw Holiday Decision Tree: Do You Have To Work The Friday After Thanksgiving?”
We’d like to take a moment to thank to our wonderful advertisers here at Above the Law:
- AccessData
- Attorney Search Group
- JD Profiles
- Kinney Recruiting (sponsor of the Asia Chronicles)
- Lateral Link (sponsor of the ATL Interrogatories)
- Lawline
- LexisNexis
- Morrison & Foerster
- NexFirm
- Prestige Legal Search
- Themis
- Thomson Reuters
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