Kashmir Hill
Posts by Kashmir Hill
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Celebrities, Crime, Violence
Mel Gibson Can Keep His Life but His Freedom is Probably Going to be Taken Away
Sorry, Braveheart fans. You can no longer name this movie as your favorite of all time without making women around you shudder in disgust — thanks to the off-screen actions of the film’s barbaric leading man. Mel Gibson used to be a perfect man crush: squeaky clean Hollywood blockbusting-star, with a big family and serious […] -
Craigslist, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Better Help Wanted.
Recent graduates do not apply. I know the job market for lawyers is not good, but the sad sorry truth is that law schools do not teach you how to be a lawyer. This job is for someone with experience. — Koncilja & Associates, P.C. in a Craigslist legal job ad for a “Denver attorney.” - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest: The Winner!!!
Times are tough, but firms are still treating their summer associates to some fun, even if it’s cheaper fun than in years past. Last week, we brought you the finalists in our 2010 Summer Associates Event Contest. Some of them are not scrimping: Quinn Emanuel: Firm-sponsored hiking trip up Mount St. Helens. (Bonus: If you […]
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Bar Exams, Law Schools
What One Mizzou Grad Learned in Law School
Bar takers, the big day approacheth. We hope you’ve given up alcohol, television, Facebook, and daily showers, and are making progress on packing as much law into your brains as the remaining time allows. We’ve offered you lots of advice here at ATL: how to go through BAR/BRI faster, how to fail the BAR/BRI midterm […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.12.10
* The Los Angeles County Superior Court needs a Hollywood handout. [New York Times] * The lawsuit over a one-million-dollar-challenge has been refiled in federal court. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution via ABA Journal] * A federal judge calls a $675,000 fine for file-sharing “unprecedented and oppressive” and reduces it to a measly $67.5K. [Harvard Crimson] * A […]
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Clarence Thomas
Don't Tase Him, Bro -- His Uncle's a Supreme Court Justice
Justice Clarence Thomas got bad news yesterday from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. His nephew, Derek Thomas, had an epileptic seizure after hospital staff used a taser on him. From ABC 26 News: According to a statement from the family, Derek Thomas, who is epileptic, refused to put on a hospital gown and tried to leave his […] -
Basketball, Lawyer of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sports
Lawyer of the Day: Leicester Bryce Stovell (aka LeBron's Daddy)
LeBron James, who’s your daddy? (Unfortunately, it’s not the Knicks, to Elie’s great dismay.) Could it be a Washington lawyer by the name of Leicester Bryce Stovell? Stovell came forward this week, claiming to have knocked up Gloria James when she was 15 and to have genetic proof that he’s the King’s father. Like all […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Cyberlaw, Lunacy, Rank Stupidity, Technology, Weirdness
When Unemployed Law Students Attack
There are a lot of angry job hunters in the legal marketplace right now, thanks to lots of debt and little in the way of prospects. They’re desperate, frustrated, and may be dangerous. The Great Recession has turned some of these poor legal puppies into Cujos. In May, we wrote about a heated exchange between […] - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest: The Finalists
This summer is not as thrilling for law students as summers past. Firms have tightened their belts, and the law students lucky enough to snag one of the few summer associate positions out there are not getting the royal treatment. Or they are, but now the royal treatment is defined as allowing summers to order […] -
Bad Ideas, Hotties, Reality TV, Television
Reality Television Can Be Good For Your Career, Says Apprentice Loser
In our last few reality TV stories, we have highlighted the perils of putting your life on camera — publicly flunking out of law school, having the world know you’ve failed the bar exam twice, and exposing an ego surgically enhanced to the size of Texas. One former reality TV star emailed us to protest. […] -
Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.08.10
* Don’t abuse the temp help. Contract lawyer Moshe Koplowitz is suing New York firm Labaton Sucharow for overtime pay. [New York Times] * Lawyers say spy swap will happen soon. [Associated Press; New York Times] * You can clear your court record but not your Google record. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * No foul play suspected […]
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Elena Kagan, Quote of the Day, Rap, Williams & Connolly
Quote of the Day: As Nasty As She Wanna Be?
In other words, my homegirl Kagan was saying people could not be aroused by the lyrics “’cause my dick’s on bone” or “me so horny, me f*** you long time.” — Luther Campbell (aka Uncle Luke of 2 Live Crew) endorsing Elena Kagan in the Miami New Times based on her work on the band’s […] -
Grade Reform, Law Schools, Loyola Law School, Television, Videos
Stephen Colbert Rips Loyola-L.A.'s 'Foolproof Plan to Get Their Graduates Better Jobs'
Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) hoped to quietly jump on the grade-inflation bandwagon in order to help make its students more competitive in the legal marketplace. The school bumped letter grades up a notch, so that a C- became a C, a B became a B+, and an A+ became an A+you’reasuperamazinggunnerrockstar. But the quiet […]
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Craigslist, Job Searches, Public Interest
'The Job Market Is Even Worse Than Many of Us Thought'
Desperate times call for measures to take advantage of the desperate. Why pay California lawyers $10 an hour when they’re willing to work for free? And not just willing, but eager to provide their services on a volunteer basis. We wrote before about the public sector utilizing the unpaid legal workforce when the Marin County […] -
Exercise, john quinn, Summer Associates
Quinn Emanuel Babes in the Woods: How Two Summer Associates Got Lost on a Firm Hiking Trip
One of the perks of working at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is an annual hiking trip to an exotic location. Quinnies have hiked in Zion National Park, Havasupai, Durango, and Interlaken, Switzerland, among other places. Last month, the firm went on its fifteenth trip, to Mount St. Helens in the Pacific Northwest, and did […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, In-House Counsel
The Rise of the Contract Attorney
The recession has forced Biglaw firms to lay off some of the best and the brightest in the legal field. Many of these Biglaw refugees have wound up seeking out contract work (despite the long-term risks), and that means the pool of contract attorneys is mighty pretty right now. In-house legal departments have noticed and […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.06.10
* In its review of the 2009/2010 term of the Supreme Court, the New York Times editorial board gives it a thumbs down. [New York Times] * Illinois woman files a RICO complaint against Jersey Shore for organized criminal activity to promote profits. [Courthouse News Service; Asbury Park Press] * The Ninth Circuit will not […]
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Holidays and Seasons, Morning Docket
Holiday Docket: 07.05.10
Ed. note: Your Above the Law editors are still celebrating their freedom today. We will get back to our regular publishing schedule on Tuesday, July 6. * The paper of political record gives Elena Kagan a thumbs up. [The Washington Post] * States try to figure out what to do about cyberbullies. (And what kind […]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.02.10
* A moving eyewitness account of the last day of the Supreme Court’s October Term 2009, by Mike Sacks of First One @ One First. [ABA Journal] * Summer associates, please tell us about the fun things your firm is doing with you, for you, or to you. [Above the Law] * The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal […] -
Deferral Stipend, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Music, Rap
A 'Genius' Use of Deferral Time
A little over a year ago, law firms came up with a unique plan to deal with the problem of too many associates and not enough work to go around: the deferral. It did not apply just to incoming associates; it was also offered up to those already at the firm who were open to […]