Marin

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Posts by Marin

  • pls hndle thx

    Pls Hndle Thx: An Offer You Cannot Refuse

    Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL, After busting my ass this summer, I received an offer from my firm which was later rescinded because my firm rescinded everyone’s offer.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: […]
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  • 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 advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • Law Schools, pls hndle thx

    Pls Hndle Thx: Bitter Like Me

    Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • 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 advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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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 advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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  • 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 advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • Associate Advice, pls hndle thx

    Pls Hndle Thx: The Fugitive?

    Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • pls hndle thx

    Pls Hndle Thx: OCI Strategery

    Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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  • Associate Advice, pls hndle thx

    Pls Hndle Thx: Negotiating with Terrorists

    Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. 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 […]
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