Marin
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pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: All About the Benjamins
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – Cravath Class of 2008 here. Just got my cool $7,500. What should I do with it? WOOT. Daddy Warbucks Dear Daddy Warbucks, First off, congratulations on your $7,500* bonus. A bonus, however insultingly small, is still a bonus. You will […] -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Holidays and Seasons, pls hndle thx, Sex
Pls Hndle Thx: The Haunting of Facebook
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. Dear ATL, Should I be paranoid about pictures from Halloween being posted on Facebook? Some people don’t have their profiles set to private, and I’m worried it will come up in a Facebook or Google search (eek!). Maybe I’m being too paranoid? […] - Sponsored
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Pls Hndle Thx: Solicitation for Lucrative Partnership
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, I am a T20 2L in the top half (but not top 1/3) of my class. Since I know I will not be able to secure a job practicing law to pay off my loans, and would prefer to avoid returning […]
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Pls Hndle Thx: An Offer You Cannot Refuse
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, After busting my ass this summer, I received an offer from my firm which was later rescinded because my firm rescinded everyone’s offer. How should I note this on my resume, if it all? Resume Roadkill Dear Resume Roadkill, Picture it: […] -
Associate Advice, Biglaw, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: I Can't Quit You
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – I was wondering if you could do a post on (legal) coping mechanisms for surviving in BigLaw, besides the usual smoking, drinking, and sleeping with married partners. BigLaw vs. Corporate America — what makes it so much worse? Is every […] -
Law Schools, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Bitter Like Me
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – I’m a 1L at a T14 law school in the midwest. I did my undergrad at the same school, but took a year off before I matriculated to law school. Some of my college friends are now 2Ls. It’s only […] -
Holidays and Seasons, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Party Like It's 5770
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. Dear ATL, What are your thoughts on whether I should take off for the Friday of Rosh Hashanah and/or the Monday of Yom Kippur? I probably wouldn’t go to synagogue (yes, I’m Jewish), but I’d like to just take the day off […] -
Blogging, Harvard
Those Who Can't Mass Email, Blog
Law firm mass emails can be a bitter pill to swallow. Nobody wants to be publicly accused of, say, taking craps on the bathroom floor. In that instance, a simple multiple-choice survey on bathroom habits followed by a marksmanship competition would have sufficed. One legal administrator recently learned the hard way that sending inflammatory mass […] - Sponsored
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pls hndle thx, Weddings
Pls Hndle Thx: The Wedding Braggers
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – My fiancée submitted our upcoming wedding announcement to the NY Times. I’m an attorney, she’s not. In your opinion, what makes a good wedding announcement? How can we improve our chances of appearing in LEWW [Legal Eagle Wedding Watch]? NY […] -
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Pls Hndle Thx: Poker Face
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL- I have been invited to a poker party a junior partner’s house. I am very good at poker, and I assume the partner is not as good as I. Should I play to win so I look impressive and intelligent? Or […] -
Celebrities, Law Schools
Jerry O'Connell, Esq.?
With royalties from Camp Wilder not the cash machine they once were, Jerry O’Connell has traded in the glamor of Samantha Who? cameos and a Crossing Jordan recurring role for something even less glamorous. Reports Us Magazine: “Jerry O’Connell has gone back to [law] school, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.” O’Connell’s new career path comes […] -
Associate Advice, Email Scandals, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Blaze of Glory
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – I will soon leave my biglaw job for greener pastures. My time at the firm has been awful — soul-crushing work, very low morale among associates, distrust of management, and stealth layoffs (luckily I’m not one of those). Recently a […] -
Associate Advice, Job Searches, Layoffs, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Full Catastrophe Living
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, I’m a first year at a BigLaw firm. From the looks of things, I’m not going to make my minimum billable hours this year by a significant margin (>200 hours). It’s not for lack of trying; there’s just not enough work, […]
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The Ethical use of Generative AI
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pls hndle thx, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Pls Hndle Thx: Reverse Schadenfreude
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, What is current law firm protocol with respect to affairs between partners and associates? The head of one the practice groups at my firm is having an affair with an associate in another group. It has been going on for awhile […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: The Fugitive?
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, I am a first year associate in a small/mid-sized firm. I graduated during during the height of the recession, so it took me many months to find this job. I have been working there for about three months (and I hate […] -
Associate Advice, B for Beauty, Health Care / Medicine, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Too Sexy for My Law Firm
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, I was wondering whether I should get/admit to getting plastic surgery. My issue is that if I was in L.A., I would have done it already, but Chi-town is different, and I want my co-workers to take me seriously notwithstanding the […] -
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Pls Hndle Thx: OCI Strategery
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – As a rising 2L at a good school with semi-good grades preparing for OCI, I’m struggling to choose between firms. One of my many, many questions is this: Would you think it better to look to firms which are (thus […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: And Now You Do What They Told Ya
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL – For the NY bar, exam takers were given the option of either hand writing the test or typing it on a laptop using ExamSoft. I chose to type it because I can obviously type faster than I can write, but […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Is it Written in the Stars?
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. Dear Above The Law, I am a summer associate at a BigLaw firm in New York. I have no work and I spend my day surfing the net. My assignment coordinator forbade me from getting work from anyone else, but won’t give […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Negotiating with Terrorists
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. Dear Above The Law, I am currently clerking and the term ends Sept. ’09, and I’ve applied to a bunch of firms for an associate job, but none have responded to my resume. I routinely field calls from whiny associates and partners […]