Kashmir Hill & Elie Mystal
Posts by Kashmir Hill & Elie Mystal
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Biglaw, Cars, Crime, Violence
Another Reason Not to Work Late
Ed. note: This post has been updated. Please read below (updates in bold). Not all Biglaw types are luxuriating in 1600 hours for the year. Some are still working long hours and spending late nights at the office. There can be hazards to late night assignments: canceled dinner plans, sleep deprivation, and running across an […] -
No Offers, Summer Associates
Summer Offer Rate Open Thread: Here Come The No Offers
Firms have been making offers this month. The good news came first, leading us to ask at the beginning of the month: Summer Offer Rate Open Thread: Are We Back to 100%? We’re such optimists here at ATL that we followed that thread with this one: Summer Offer Rate Open Thread: Happy Happy Joy Joy!. […] - Sponsored
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. -
Law Schools, Vioxx
Law Library Staffer of the Year Averts Disaster at Brandeis School of Law.
What could have been a tragic story looks to have been resolved in a peaceful manner. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: A former University of Louisville student and contract employee was apprehended by University of Louisville Police Friday morning after a law library staff member recognized that he was barred from campus. According to police, Thomas […]
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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Curtis Mallet Cuts Corporate Associates
Despite last week’s welcome reprieve from Biglaw layoffs, it looks like some firms didn’t get the memo. Above the Law has learned that Curtis Mallet conducted layoffs early this week. We believe that 10% – 15% of its corporate associates have been let go. Multiple class years were affected, but it appears that first years […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.08.09
* Two U.S. journalists were sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison in North Korea. [CNN] * Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been asked to grant an emergency stay in Fiat’s acquisition of Chrysler. Will SCOTUS seize the opportunity to “decide critical, nationally significant legal issues relating to management of the economy by the […]
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Summer Associates
Wilmer Lunch Memo
Last month, we brought you a summer lunch memo featuring the comedic stylings of lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb. This week, a lunch memo is going around the offices of WilmerHale: Year in and year out, our Summer Associates tell us that what they remember most is the time they spent with the lawyers of WilmerHale. […] -
Bad Ideas, D.C. Circuit, Email Scandals, Native Americans, Racism, Sports
Quinn Emanuel Associate Has Reservations About 'Redskin' Victory
Here’s a post devoted to the perils of “Reply All” and idealism among first-year associates. Brought to you by the attorneys of Quinn Emanuel. The firm just celebrated a victory in its Washington Redskins case, reports the Washington Post: A federal appeals court yesterday handed the Washington Redskins another victory in their long-running legal dispute […] -
Tragic News From Simpson Thacher
Last Thursday, Mark Levy, a Kilpatrick Stockton attorney who had been laid off, tragically committed suicide at the firm’s office. Sadly, we have more disturbing news to report today. Above the Law has learned that a Simpson Thacher associate died two weekends ago in an apparent suicide. We understand that the female associate was recently […] - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
FCC, Free Speech, SCOTUS
F$%#, the Supreme Court Supports the FCC Ban on 'Fleeting Expletives'
We know you can’t use the f-word as a verb or noun on television. Just to be clear, you can’t use it as an adjective either. The Wall Street Journal reports: The Supreme Court is giving tentative approval to government regulation of the use of even a single curse word on live television. Somehow, this […] -
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (6 - 15)
The next group of schools in the U.S. News law school rankings have the legal education drivers clumped together more closely than cars in a NASCAR race. To refresh your memory, here are the law schools ranked 6 through 15: 6. UC Berkeley 6. University of Chicago 8. Penn 9. Michigan 10. Duke 10. Northwestern […] -
Open Thread: 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings (1-5)
Now that the new U.S. News rankings are out, we want to bring the strength of the full Above the Law community to bear on the discussion of the best law schools. Every year, people warn prospective students against making decisions based solely on the rankings. To help students gather as much information as possible […] -
Law Schools
What about 1Ls?
Most of our coverage of the effect of the Great Recession on law school students has focused on 3Ls and 2Ls. The 3Ls graduate soon, but don’t start their Biglaw jobs soon, assuming they’re lucky enough to have jobs lined up, while the 2Ls are expecting shorter, less lavish summer associate programs. But what about […] -
Career Alternatives, Hotties, UNC Law
UNC Law School Disavows the Disavowal of Wannabe Bunny
For those just tuning in, earlier today, we wrote about Stephanie Haney, a 2L at UNC who hopes to be one of Playboy’s Girls of the ACC. (See Career Alternatives for Law Students: Playboy Bunny.) After our initial post went up, Maxine Eichner — a professor at UNC School of Law — emailed Above the […]
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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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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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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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.