Kashmir Hill & David Lat
Posts by Kashmir Hill & David Lat
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.12.10
* No Boomer, no! Judge refuses to help a Pennsylvania man become a dog. [Post Gazette] * Women are breaking through the GC glass ceiling. [Corporate Counsel] * Just a friendly flick? “Bottom-flicking” Georgia judge retires, while clarifying that he does not consider improper touching to be sexual harassment. [ABA Journal] * This week in […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.11.10
* And you thought you had a hard time explaining a work gap on your résumé… [Piercing the Veil / Forbes] * Before you exit Biglaw, make sure to check these 50 items off your bucket list. And then go ahead, deploy the slide and take a few brewskis for the road. [Technolawyer] * Do […] 
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.10.10
* Judge John Walter (C.D. Cal.) has rejected Bill Lerach’s proposal to rack up community service hours by teaching law at UC Irvine. [National Law Journal via WSJ Law Blog] * The American Bar Association (ABA) has come out in favor of marriage equality (i.e., same-sex marriage). [Poliglot / Metro Weekly] * Former Senator Ted […]
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Clarence Thomas, Politics, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
More on 'Clarence Thomas in 2012'
Our recent suggestion that Justice Clarence Thomas consider a presidential run in 2012 has caused some chatter in the legal and political blogosphere (as well as the ATL comments section, where the commenter “President Obama” took all comers). Despite this healthy buzz, CT has not yet indicated any plans to slap a campaign poster on […] -
Crime, Job Searches, Rape, Reader Polls
Did Quinn Emanuel Hire, Then Fire, a Convicted Sex Offender?
CHECK YOU EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND. That appears to be the lesson learned by the New York office of litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel. A source at QE recently sent us an email with this dramatic subject heading: “A rapist among us.. Quinn Emanuel.” Here’s the allegation: [Earlier this month] our Records Manager, [name redacted – hereinafter “Got-a-Record […] -
Clarence Thomas, Fabulosity, Politics, Ridiculousness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Washington Post
Should Clarence Thomas Run for President in 2012?
In his speaking tours around the country, Clarence Thomas has a lot to say — sometimes critical things to say, about his fellow justices’ approach to oral argument and the lack of alma mater diversity among the Court’s clerks, for example. But when Thomas is back at One First Street, sitting on the bench, he […] -
Elena Kagan, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, William Rehnquist
You Don't Need No Stinkin' Law Degree to be on the Supreme Court
The Constitution does not specify any particular professional or educational requirements for serving as a justice of the high court. -
Cars, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Violence
An Update on Gerald UngPlus another Temple Law tragedy.
Today brings an update in the case of Gerald Ung. The Temple Law fourth-year got in trouble earlier this year for being the wrong kind of gunner. While other Temple students have recently appeared in these pages, sporting legal tees and trying to get undergrads out of their tees, it’s been a while since we’ve […] 
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Clarence Thomas, Minority Issues, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Clarence Thomas Throws Fellow Justices, Feeder Judges, and Law Schools Under the Diversity Bus
Today Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee, regarding the Court’s budget. It started out jovially, with Justice Thomas poking fun at Justice Breyer for agreeing with him for the very first time (at the 15 minute mark, regarding taking […] -
Boalt Hall, Drinking, John Yoo, Pranks
UC-Berkeley's Gun Club Secret Society Rides AgainJohn Yoo unimpressed
UC-Berkeley once again topped Michigan in the (leaked so still unofficial) U.S. News law school rankings. Boalt Hall also dominated the Wolverines this month when it comes to secret society activity. Whereas, members of Michigan’s “Barrister’s Society” threw their dirty laundry o’er the rooftops, resulting in campus-wide derision, recent activities by Berkeley’s “Gun Club” have […] -
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 […] -
John Roberts
The John Roberts Retirement Rumor: A Postscript
The backstory behind the false rumor of Chief Justice John Roberts stepping down from the Supreme Court — initially reported (and then retracted) by Radar, and covered by us here, here, and here — continues to pick up mainstream media mentions as well. See, e.g., the Los Angeles Times and NPR. We stand by our […] -
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Adam Reposa's 'Bulletproof' Business Card
Texas attorney Adam Reposa is not shy about singing his own praises. The man registered with the State Bar as “Bulletproof,” after all. He’s not jailproof, though. He was slapped with contempt of court charges for making the “jerk-off gesture” within sight of the judge, and sentenced to 90 days in prison. After we posted […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.19.10
* System for bail = EPIC FAIL. [Beacon Broadside] * A review of the new blog: The Life of a Law School Wife. Enjoy the blog now. When it becomes The Life of a Biglaw Wife, it will be more depressing. [Legal Blog Watch] * Do not mess with old white dudes — and we’re […] -
Deferral Stipend
Once You Go Pro Bono, You Never Go Back?
A 2009 Georgetown Law grad, Russ Ferguson, has penned a column for the conservative American Spectator suggesting that deferred associates who have signed up to work in the public interest may not want to take Biglaw spots when they open up to them. What’s that sound we hear? Oh, it’s the class of 2010 singing […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Fashion, Religion, Romance and Dating
False Advertising Meets Sharia Law
Think back to first-year contracts class, specifically, discussion of the U.C.C. and non-conforming goods. Then check out this article, from BBC News: An Arab country’s ambassador to Dubai has had his marriage contract annulled after discovering the bride was cross-eyed and had facial hair. The woman had worn an Islamic veil, known as the niqab, […] -
7th Circuit, Drugs, Health Care / Medicine, Immigration, Malpractice, Politics, Richard Posner
Posner for President!
Should Judge Richard Posner leave the Seventh Circuit and run for president? He certainly has the beginnings of a platform. And, despite some possible leftward drift, Judge Posner’s tendencies still seem to point in a libertarian direction. From The Atlantic: 1. Remove all limits on the immigration of highly skilled workers, or persons of wealth. […] -
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas Clarifies: His Clerks Aren't 'TTT'
Perhaps to avoid the snowpocalypse in D.C., Justice Clarence Thomas went down to the Sunshine State this week, where he spent time speaking with law students at Stetson University and the University of Florida. Though he’s the sphinx of the High Court, Justice Thomas is loquacious when not in oral arguments. He’s an engaging speaker: […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Constitutional Law, Sandra Day O'Connor, Video games
The ATL 'Do I Have A Right?' Challenge
Back in October, we wrote a piece for the Washington Post about retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s new educational video games. She’s spearheading a project called Our Courts, which seeks to improve civic education in middle schools. One game, Supreme Decision, lets the kiddies weigh in on a First Amendment case in the […] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls
A Holiday-Themed Caption Contest: The Finalists
Last week, we provided this photo to you, for a caption contest: This time we picked not one but two groups of finalists. One group of nominees came from the comments on the post, in the traditional fashion. The second group of entries was generated by guests at the recent holiday happy hour, sponsored by […]
