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Bad Ideas, Fashion, Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools
Law Student of the Day: Bad Idea Costume
Trick-or-treaters can get into serious trouble on Halloween. Especially if their Halloween activities involve arson. Or blackface. Or guns. A student at BYU Law School donned a costume last week that was police-raid worthy. From the Salt Lake Tribune: When Attorney General Mark Shurtleff spoke at a BYU Law School criminal procedures class Thursday, one […] -
9/11, Bad Ideas, Crime
Harvard Law Grad Sets Fire to 9/11 Chapel (and His Future Legal Career?)
Delaying start dates for incoming associates may have another downside: leaving them with nothing to do but get into trouble. Brian Schroeder has an impressive résumé. The Texan graduated from Duke in 2005, having majored in theater studies, and went on to Harvard Law School. There, he was an editor of the Harvard Latino Law […] - Sponsored
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Taj Lives! (And He's Pissed)
Last week, we posted a highly unusual motion from Arizona. Attorney Tajudeen “Taj” Oladiran filed a “Motion for a [sic] Honest and Honorable Court System” in his racketeering case against Suntrust Bank before the “dishonorable” Susan Bolton. Taj was extremely disappointed in a ruling by Judge Bolton, calling her “a brainless coward.” He ended the […]
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Bad Ideas, Federal Judges, Lunacy
Motion of the Day: "We shall meet again you know where."
Tajudeen Oladiran is an Arizona attorney who is currently of counsel at Aguilera International Counsel. A Biglaw refugee, he spent a year at Greenberg Traurig, as well as a year working for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Given those credentials, we were surprised that he would file one of the craziest motions we’ve come across […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime
The Balloon Boy Bust: Can Authorities Come Up With Federal Charges?
On Thursday morning, a “homemade flying saucer” took off from the Colorado yard of Richard and Mayumi Heene. The Heenes drew nationwide attention when they claimed that their 6-year-old son Falcon was inside. When the saucer finally landed, Falcon did not glide down with it. Instead, he was hiding in the family attic. The Heenes […] -
Bad Ideas, Barack Obama, Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Orly Taitz
Orly Taitz is a California attorney described by Wikipedia as “a leading figure in the ‘birther’ movement, which challenges whether Barack Obama is a natural-born citizen eligible to serve as President of the United States.” She started the Defend Our Freedoms nonprofit in order to wage the birther battle. We’re glad to see that its […] -
Bad Ideas, Fabulosity, Hotties, Lawyer Advertising, Pictures, Solo Practitioners
Further Misadventures in Lawyer Advertising: Where Did Jane Clark Find Her Hubba-Hubba Photo?
Remember Jane Allen Clark? She’s the Texas attorney who originally used the quasi-racy photo on the left for her lawyer profile on the state bar website. After we wrote about it, she replaced it with the more staid portrait on the right: But where did that first photo come from? An eagle-eyed reader drew something […] -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools
Belmont (TN) To Open New Law School -- Just Because They Can
Somewhere there is a giant invisible hand that really enjoys jerking around the earning potential of attorneys in good standing. Belmont University is opening a new law school next year. The Tennessean reports the latest evidence that university presidents hate lawyers: The Belmont College of Law would be the state’s sixth law school, the third […] - Sponsored
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Asians, Bad Ideas, Hotties, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Shopping
No More Asian Angels For Loyal Lexis Users
Last week, we reported on a questionable offering in the Lexis-Nexis Rewards Program store: an “Asian Angels” calendar. Shortly after our post went up, the calendar came down. It seems that legal research companies respond well to media coverage. But the calendar, despite being quickly withdrawn from the Lexis swag offerings, still incurred the ire […] -
Asians, Bad Ideas, Hotties, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Shopping
Sexy LexisNexis Reward
LexisNexis has a rewards program that allows loyal users to accumulate points for certain research activities and then to use them to “shop from millions of items.” One of the items makes us want to give LexisNexis an “ex” rating. An ATL reader and loyal Lexis-Nexis user pointed the item out to us, writing: Search […] -
Bad Ideas, Hotties, Lawyer of the Day, Nude Dancing, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Legal Secretary of the Day: For the Ladies
By day, Jarriette Richie was a legal secretary. By night, she was one of the small business entrepreneurs who are so important to the vitality of the American economy. Not only that, Richie’s business provided services to a critically underserved community. Richie was the proprietor of Show ‘N Tell Entertainment — which arranged erotic male […] -
Bad Ideas, Career Alternatives, Gay, Pornography
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Gay Porn Star?
We’ve written extensively in the past about law students and lawyers taking their clothes off for the camera. For whatever reason, most have been women. For example: an associate from Thacher Proffitt (& Wood — hehe), who previously posed for Playboy; a U. Miami law school graduate, who also posed for Playboy; a UNC law […] -
Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Lawyer Advertising, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism, Weirdness
Trial Lawyers For Justice Defends Family Photo Request
Yesterday we told you about the firm Trial Lawyers For Justice asking job applicants to send in some non-standard information. Among other things, the firm asked potential employees to send in a family photograph. We asked Nick Rowley — who wrote the ad asking for applicants to send in their personal story and political beliefs […]
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Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Lawyer Advertising, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism, Weirdness
Do They Have Employment Non-Discrimination Laws in Iowa?
We all know that it is difficult to get a job in this legal market. But an advertisement posted on the Minnesota state bar website makes it look like we are just one step away from genetic testing for junior associates. At least in Iowa. The request for new talent starts off very earnestly: DECORAH, […] -
Bad Ideas, Paralegals, Sex Scandals, Violence
Legal Love Triangle We Wish We Hadn't Heard About
Stalking, cat fights, cheating, assault, and a secret marriage. This is the scandalous news out of Vinton, Virginia (pop: 7,782) this week, thanks to a lawyer-lawyer-paralegal love triangle. If you surf over to WDBJ to check out the tale, we advise watching the video and skipping the transcribed broadcast. It hurt our head to translate […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Rape
Local Prosecutor Decides Pictures (of Alleged Rape) Are Worth A Thousand Words
Pop quiz: You are a local prosecutor, and you’ve obtained pictures of an alleged rape. The pictures show the alleged violation taking place — the victim and the alleged assailant — as well as other teenagers drinking and partying. You should: (a) Use the pictures as evidence when you prosecute the rapist. (b) Put the […] -
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 […] -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Texas
More Law Schools + More Lawyers + Recession = FUBAR
Every time you open a law school, somewhere a kitten dies. The University of North Texas is pushing to open a new, mean green law school: Dallas will be home to the state’s next public law school under a bill that won tentative House approval today. Budget woes mean funding for the law school remains […] -
Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Crime, Law Schools, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
University of Michigan Law Student Should Have Come to ATL First
I know a lot of readers think we have an ax to grind with the University of Michigan Law School (even though we take pot shots at Head Coach Sweater Vest at every opportunity). We like Michigan. Maybe if more U-M Law students trusted that, a certain student would have come to ATL instead of […] -
Bad Ideas, Blogging
Lawyer Starts Blog To Showcase His Slow Descent into Madness
Look, I’m the last person on Earth to criticize somebody for getting out of the law firm life and following a dream. But I’m a little worried that “Jack,” who writes the blog Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity, might have lost a little bit of his grip on reality. I spent most of the morning reading […]