Cheapness
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Cheapness, Law Schools, Perks / Fringe Benefits
NYU Law: How Much Do Your Paper Cups Cost?
The competition between NYU Law and Columbia Law is always fierce — even when it is a race to the penny-pinching bottom. Two weeks ago, we told you that Columbia is now charging students for plastic forks (though chopsticks remain free). Not to be outdone, a disgruntled NYU Law tipster reports: So I’m in my […] -
BARBRI, Cheapness, Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)
MPRE Review on The Cheap
An ATL reader sent us this photo from the University of Buffalo, writing: What my barbri tuition got me for my mpre review class. This tv is for approximately 60 people. The budgets are tight at law schools these days, but it seems like they could at least spring for a projector or a proper […] - Sponsored
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Cheapness, Food, Law Schools, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Ridiculousness
Columbia Law School Now Charges For Plastic Forks
Tuition at Columbia Law School this year is $48,004 (which doesn’t include $1,638 for health insurance and a $95 “transcript fee”). The estimated living cost for an academic year is $21,263. Putting it all together, students are looking at more than $70,000 for a year of legal education, during the worst recession in the legal […]
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Cheapness, john quinn, Litigators, Money, Partner Issues
Wherein We Hear From john quinn of Quinn Emanuel
For whatever reason, Quinn Emanuel — the highly prestigious, super-profitable litigation powerhouse, with offices in California and New York — has received a disproportionate amount of coverage here at ATL. As we previously wrote, “we have a lot of tipsters over there. It seems that QE associates love to talk about their firm, for good […] -
Cheapness, Holidays and Seasons
PricewaterhouseCoopers to Employees: No Holiday for You
It’s a government holiday, so public sector employees get the day off. And the markets are closed, so Wall Street is out today too. But not everyone gets Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday. From an incensed tipster: [A friend] at Price Waterhouse Coopers forwarded this offensive message, which was sent from the […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness
Is This A Law Firm, or the Salvation Army? Greenberg Traurig Launches 'Collection Drive' (and Hints at No More Pay Raises)
From the year-end message of Cesar L. Alvarez, CEO of Greenberg Traurig (one of our favorite firms here at ATL — see, e.g., here, here and here): I had a few thoughts for 2007 and 2008 that I would like to share as my year-end message. First, 2007. As of today, Sunday, December 30, 2007, […] -
Bonuses, Cheapness, Money, Sports
Morgan Lewis to... Free Ski Trips?
Last month, Morgan Lewis & Bockius issued a bonus non-announcement — a placeholder memo, indicating that bonus news would be forthcoming. Perhaps MLB associates have reason to be optimistic. The firm must be saving some money, since it’s making associates pay their own way on the ski trip of Business and Finance Practice Group. Our […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Cheapness, Hogan & Hartson, Holidays and Seasons
Hogan & Hartson to... Two Extra Days Off!
Late last month, we posted what appeared to be a White & Case memo, concerning requests for vacation during the Christmas week this year. There was some debate in the comments about the memo’s authenticity and/or how widely it was distributed (e.g., maybe it was just for the M&A group). But the gist of the […] - Sponsored
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Cheapness, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Job Searches, Weirdness
A Very Exciting Clerkship Opportunity
Federal judicial clerkships are coveted positions — and for good reason. They burnish your resume, enhance your connections, and give you a view of litigation from the other side of the bench. So we’d like to bring you news of a very special clerkship position. Please keep in mind, however, that it’s not for everyone. […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Money, Nauseating Things, Wal-Mart
Why You Shouldn't Work for Wal-Mart(Or Buy Flip-Flops from Them Either)
We realize we’re late to the party on this one. The WSJ Law Blog wrote about it last week. We linked to it today in Morning Docket, but based on the email we’ve received about it, clearly many of you have more to say about it. News flash: Wal-Mart is cheap. From the WSJ Law […] -
Cheapness, Email Scandals, Gay, Summer Associates
The Skadden Gays: Out and Proud, or Tacky and Loud?
That’s the debate currently raging in the Los Angeles office of Skadden. It was triggered by some exuberant, multicolored emails from a Gay Colleague, promoting the Skadden LA AIDS Walk team. From the delicious (but sporadically updated) Skadden Insider: [T]he e-mails weren’t well received by everyone because “they are pretty aggressive and unprofessional. Just the […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Money
What's Up at WilmerHale? The Baltimore Office
Toe up, that is. After our recent post about WilmerHale having “issues,” multiple sources wrote in to tell us that the firm’s Baltimore office is closing, effective January 1, 2008. Once again, the firm ignored us did not respond to our request for comment (which we, like Robert Novak, don’t like very much). If you […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Money
What's Up With WilmerHale?
Some time ago, we received this interesting tip, about WilmerHale (in D.C.): WH continues to go downhill. Why is it that no one ever seems to write or care about this? I’m an associate and treated fairly well. But the support staff receives brutal treatment. I heard that one of our HR people who almost […]
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Antitrust, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Cheapness, Dubious Conferences, Money, Skaddenfreude
A Primer for Partners: How To Screw Associates Out of Pay Raises
Greedy law firm associates view ATL as a helpful resource. But what about Biglaw partners? They’re greedy too, y’know. Well, here’s something for all you partners out there. A tipster alerted us to this audio conference, taking place later this month: *************************************************IOMA AUDIO CONFERENCES! ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION: STRATEGIES TO ATTACK PAY PLANS THAT DRAIN PARTNER PROFITS […] -
Alston & Bird, Bad Ideas, BARBRI, Biglaw, Cheapness, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Alston & Bird, Called Out
We’re delighted to see that ATL has so many readers in ATL. And we apologize for that one time we were mean to you. (We don’t know what got into us; guess it was that time of the month.) This morning’s post about the Alston & Bird raise, which will take effect shortly before your […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: A Few More Memos
A quick reminder: We want your memos. We hear rumors of associate pay raises at particular firms all the time, but we generally don’t treat the news as official until we see a memorandum (assuming there is one). Please send them to us by email. We reprint below two memos that arrived in our inbox […] -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Cheapness, Deaths, Money, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Squire Sanders Wants Its Money... Over His Dead Body
From the Department of Astute Observations: “Some former Steel Hector partners suggested it may have been unwise to make a large loan to a partner allegedly on the brink of bankruptcy.” Ya think? Firm Sues Estate of Dead Lawyer for Loan Repayment [Daily Business Review (Miami / South Florida)] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Food, Summer Associates
Pillsbury Winthrop: 'Let Them Eat Cosi'
Over the next few weeks, hordes of summer associates will arrive at top law firms around the country. And many full-time associates — or at least the less harried and/or curmudgeonly ones — will rejoice, delighted by the opportunity to take summer associates out to fancy lunches, on their employer’s dime. But maybe not at […] -
Cheapness, Food, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Rudeness
Breakfast Food Controversy Erupts at BU Law
In response to our coverage of “Sectiongate” up at Harvard Law School, one commenter wrote: To see how dumb this topic is, imagine replacing “Harvard” with “Boston University.” Yes, that would be dumb. Because Boston University School of Law has its own stupid pseudo-scandal, and it’s not Sectiongate. Say hello to… Bagelgate!!! Date: Tue, 6 […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Weirdness
Umm, About That Paul Hastings Rumor...
We now have some reliable intelligence about yesterday’s Vague and Unsubstantiated Rumor About Paul Hastings. Here’s the original rumor: “Apparently today an entire department at Paul Hastings LA (attorneys, assistants, etc.) got escorted out of the office by security. No concrete details have surfaced yet.” As it turns out, reality is considerably less exciting than, […]