Clerkships
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Alex Kozinski, Celebrities, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paris Hilton, Richard Posner, Sean Combs, Shira Scheindlin
Paris Hilton: When the Polls Will Close
Voter turnout in our ATL reader poll, Who Is the Paris Hilton of the Federal Judiciary?, has been surprisingly good. Not as good as turnout in our ERISA Hotties Contest; but certainly stronger than the anemic response to the August 2006 Couple of the Month survey. If you haven’t already voted, you can review the […] -
Announcements, Biglaw, Clerkships, Interview Stories, Job Searches
A PSA from ATL: Top Ten Interview Tips
Since fall is job hunting season in the legal profession, both in terms of firm jobs and judicial clerkships, ATL offers you this “public service announcement”: our top ten interview tips. We’ve received requests for interview advice from readers. Rather than repeat ourselves in emails, we thought we’d just write our “wisdom” down in a […] - Sponsored
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Alex Kozinski, Celebrities, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paris Hilton, Richard Posner, Shira Scheindlin
ATL Reader Poll: The Paris Hilton of the Federal Bench
Today is the first day for judicial clerkship interviews under the official Law Clerk Hiring Plan (which some judges follow, and some judges don’t). We’re going to celebrate the occasion with a judge-related poll. Here at Above the Law, we love ourselves some Paris Hilton. She’s beautiful, blonde, and rich. She’s fabulous and glamorous. She’s […]
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Clerkships, Interview Stories, Rank Stupidity
Interview Horror Stories: The Clerkship-Seeking Clotheshorse
Tomorrow is the first day for clerkship interviews under the official Law Clerk Hiring Plan (which some judges follow, and some judges don’t). So it’s fitting and proper that our next interview anecdote relates to a clerkship interview with a federal judge: I clerked for a federal court of appeals judge. The judge’s chambers were […] -
Clerkships, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks Are Fair Game: Part 4
Here’s the fourth post in our continuing series about why there’s nothing wrong with writing about Supreme Court clerks. Prior installments are available here (Part 1), here (Part 2), and here (Part 3). We’d also like to direct your attention to this excellent comment by a reader — replete with an eloquent quote from Schopenhauer. […] -
Clerkships, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks Are Fair Game: Part 3
This is the third post in a series defending the propriety of writing about Supreme Court clerks. The first two installments are available here and here. The rest of this post, making the third point in our multi-part argument, appears after the jump. -
Clerkships, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks Are Fair Game: Part 2
This is the second post in our continuing manifesto, started this morning, as to why it’s okay to write about former Thomas clerk Chantel Febus’s appreciation for Lenny Kravitz. Most of you probably have no interest in the rest of this post; if you’re visiting a site like this one, you probably enjoy rather than […] -
Clerkships, Linda Greenhouse, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks Are Fair Game: Part 1
We understand that some of you have been upset by our recent coverage of a certain future Supreme Court clerk. As we mentioned over the weekend, we are instituting a moratorium on coverage of this clerk, at least for the time being. So all of you irate commenters can unwad your panties, spray Febreze on […] - Sponsored
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Clerkships, David Sentelle, David Tatel, Litigatrix, Marsha Berzon, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman
Non-Sequiturs: 09.13.06
* Clerkships for the bejeweled bench known as the D.C. Circuit are still available. But spots as Sentelletubbies and Tatel Tots are going fast. [Clerkship Notification Blog] * A modest proposal for Angelina Jolie: Get married like a lesbian. [De Novo] * Best comment clusterf**k we’ve seen in a long time: 128 and counting. (Does […] -
Ann Althouse, Bad Ideas, Clerkships, Larry Sonsini, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Non-Sequiturs: 09.08.06
* Larry Sonsini reminds us of why we should use the phone, and NOT email, if we’re going to do something sketchy. Also, his spelling and typing skills aren’t perfect. (But by the standards of Biglaw partners of his generation, he’s in the 95th percentile — assuming he typed this all himself.) [WSJ Law Blog] […] -
Ann Althouse, Biglaw, Clerkships, Holland & Knight, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Ted Frank, Tort Reform
Non-Sequiturs: 8.30.06
* Allegations of bill padding at Holland & Knight. An isolated occurrence — or more widespread within Biglaw? [WSJ via WSJ Law Blog] * The secret to success: Wake up early. Like really early — try 3 a.m. That Ann Althouse is a machine! [Althouse] * Here’s a link for those of you who don’t […]
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