* The Volokh Conspiracy wins Best Law Blog. Congrats to the VC crew! [The Weblog Awards 2006 via 2nd Place Winner How Appealing]
* F&@% you, FCC!. [CNN.com]
* And in my-home-state-is-not-completely-backward news… [Jurist]
* If he sold it, Ron Goldman wants the money. [AP via FindLaw]
* Internet illiterate NY Mom, who doesn’t know “a kazaa from a kazoo,” is dropped from recording industry’s suit against her children. [AP via lexisONE]
Contests
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Morning Docket: 12.21.06
By Billy Merck
We love contests, and we love divas. So of course we couldn’t resist this poll.
An interesting line-up of nominees. We’re surprised that Michelle Malkin and Kathryn Lopez/K-Lo, both of whom have cult followings, aren’t doing better.
We endorse Professor Althouse — and not just because she’s the most law-oriented blogger in the mix. Why should you vote for her? She makes her case here. Money quote:
I’m not the most conservative. But I am a diva, and I am a blogress, and I can be your blogress diva, you conservative, you.
If you doubt the good professor’s diva credentials, refresh your memory by looking back on her recent “Christianist” catfight with Andrew Sullivan. Or our all-time favorite Althouse-cation, a battle with liberal feminist bloggers that was triggered by this innocent little post.
DIVA-LICIOUS!
Voting Begins for Grande Conservative Blogress Diva [Gay Patriot]
Grande Conservative Blogress Diva — 2007 Nominees [Gay Patriot]
Rein in your enthusiasm no longer [Althouse]
Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2007 [Althouse]
- Ann Althouse, Asians, Barrington Parker, Contests, Hotties, Money, Reality TV, Survivor, Television, Yale Law School, Yul Kwon
Congratulations to Yul Kwon — Who Says You Don’t Learn Anything at Yale Law School?
By David LatApparently you learn how to survive on a desert island. And how to beat out your fellow competitors for a $1 million cash prize, on one of America’s biggest reality television shows.
Yul Kwon, the newly crowned winner of “Survivor: Race Wars” “Survivor: Cook Islands,” is a lawyer, former Second Circuit law clerk, and 2000 graduate of Yale Law School. This makes him one of the best-credentialed reality show contestants EVER.
We realize that Yul was working as a management consultant at McKinsey before joining the show. But he’s still a member of the California and D.C. bars, so we’ll claim him as one of our own. Congratulations, Yul!
P.S. Yul certainly has the best body of any YLS grad we’ve ever met. Not that we’ve seen so many Yalies shirtless. But you know what we mean — Yul Kwon is formidable competition.
P.P.S. Ann Althouse was rooting for Ozzy. But she also thought that Yul was cool, and sends her congrats as well.
Update: In response to this comment, we did some fact-checking. We can now confirm, as previously suggested, that Yul Kwon clerked for Judge Barrington D. Parker, Jr., on the Second Circuit.
Yul Kwon Survivor bio [CBS]
Survivor: Yul Kwon of San Mateo “represents” in win [Mercury News]
Kwon tops `Survivor’ heap: Brains beat brawn in `Cook Islands’ finale [Chicago Tribune]
Earlier: “First Thing We Do, Let’s Vote Off All the Lawyers”
Some unidentified NYU Law School students held a contest to find the hottest male and female third-year law students. They came up with two slates of winners: ten hot men, and ten hot women.
Unfortunately, these NYU 3L hotties weren’t ranked. But we got a hold of their facebook photos and turned the proceedings over to you. You voted for the hottest woman and the hottest man in the NYU third-year class. And now, thousands of votes later, here are your winners:
NOA CLARK
and
MARCOS ARELLANO!!!
Congratulations to Noa and Marcos, both worthy of this high honor. Time to update your résumés, kids!
For Marcos, who overtook early leader Michael Okoye to win, consider this testimonial:
A Latin lover (1/2 Mexican) with southern charm and a southern accent (grew up in NC), how do you beat that? My vote goes to Marcos…
As for Noa, the proof is in the pudding. Just take a look at her photo. With her blonde locks, blindingly white smile, and model’s features, Ms. Clarke’s victory is not surprising. She prevailed over the second-place contestant, Rachael McCracken, with a double-digit margin.
We couldn’t have conducted this contest without a lot of help. We thank the voters in the original hotties contest, the tipsters who informed us of the results, and the individuals who provided us with the photos. You have our deepest gratitude.
For those of you who are curious, the complete results for both contests appear after the jump. Thanks to everyone who voted!
- Admin, Announcements, Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, Bonuses, Contests, Harold Koh, Hotties, Linda Greenhouse, Milbank Tweed, Money, New York Times, NYU Law School, Reader Polls, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Week in Review, Yale Law School
ATL Week in Review: December 4 – 8
By David Lat* The holiday season is here, and you know what that means: year-end bonuses for law firm associates. On Friday, Milbank Tweed made the first big bonus announcement. And this time it wasn’t fake.
* They talk a lot about “due process” over at Yale Law School. But questions have been raised concerning the process by which Linda Greenhouse, SCOTUS reporter for the New York Times, was selected over Justice Samuel Alito for the school’s prestigious Award of Merit.
* If Greenhouse benefited from preferential treatment from YLS Dean Harold Koh, it wouldn’t have been the first time.
* Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer: not just geniuses, but also an inspired comedic duo.
* Speaking of great legal minds, Professor Noah Feldman is leaving NYU for Harvard Law School.
* And speaking of NYU Law School, if you haven’t already voted in the 3L hotties contest, there’s still some time left. Polls close tomorrow at 3PM (Eastern time).
* Finally, we have a new little sibling. Please extend a warm welcome to Supermogul: The View From the Top.
- Admin, Announcements, Contests, Hotties, Law Schools, NYU Law School, Reader Polls, Shameless Plugs, Stephen Breyer
NYU Law Hotties: When the Polls Will Close
By David LatThe polls remain open in our latest hotties contest: NYU Law School third-year students. You can vote on the men by clicking here, and the women by clicking here.
A quick administrative announcement: voting will end on Monday, December 11, at 3 PM (Eastern time). If you’d like to do some campaigning, for yourself or for a friend, make good use of the weekend.
What are the current standings? The men’s race is very close: Michael Okoye leads with 20.9 percent of the vote, but Marcos Arellano is right behind him, with 20.0 percent. Okoye may be benefitting from an internet campaign, as well as a testimonial from his college roommate.
The women’s race, in contrast, isn’t looking terribly exciting. Apparently gentlemen prefer blondes: Noa Clark currently leads, with a third of all ballots. Rachael McCracken is running second, but with only half as many votes (17.4 percent to 33.3 percent).
Over three full days of voting, however, a lot can change. Consider the words of Justice Stephen Breyer, from his recent debate with Justice Antonin Scalia:
We don’t need activist judges; we need activist citizens. The Constitution sets up a democratic system, and it expects you to participate. And if you don’t participate, it doesn’t work.
So please, perform your civic duty. Vote for your favorite NYU 3L hottie by clicking here and here. Justice Breyer is counting on you!
Earlier: Above the Law Hotties: NYU Law School Third-Years (Female)
Above the Law Hotties: NYU Law School Third-Years (Male)
Here they are: the then male winners of the recent contest to find NYU Law School’s hottest third-year law students. (For the women, click here.)
Top row, left to right: Marcos Arellano, Adan Canizales, Steven Cephas, Seth Endo, Ahmed Ghappour.
Bottom row: Matthew Jackson, Michael Okoye, Arinze Onugha, Bryan Swiss, Manoj Viswanathan.
You’ve seen the goods on offer. Now, please cast your vote:
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We incorporate by reference the explanatory comments from the women’s contest. Good luck to all!
Earlier: Above the Law Hotties: NYU Law School Third-Years (Female)
Your NYU Law School Hotties
NYU Law Students: Dorkily Desirable?
This morning we announced the winners of the recent contest to find NYU Law School’s hottest third-year law students. And now we’ve obtained pictures of all ten female hotties. Exciting!
These future babes of the bar should not be kept imprisoned within the ivory tower. For your viewing pleasure, here they are:
Top row, left to right: Xinying Chi, Noa Clark, Kate Fischer, Shaneeda Jaffer, Gina Magel.
Bottom row: Ani Mason, Rachael McCracken, Tara Mikkilineni, Zoe Salzman, Rashanda Sibley.
In the initial contest, the ten winners were unranked. But in the hyper-competitive legal profession, that’s unacceptable. We will now fix that. Cast your vote below, in Above the Law’s latest hotties contest:
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Three quick comments:
1. Why no men?
Nobody sent us the photos of the ten winning males. But if someone does, we’ll hold a contest for them too.
Update: We’ve received pictures of the guys. Review and vote on them here.
2. Can’t you please remove [me/my friend/my daughter] from the contest?
Sorry, no can do. Over the years, we have conducted numerous beauty contests: for federal judges, White House staffers, Capitol Hill interns, ERISA lawyers, and law school deans. We’ve received numerous requests for one competitor or another to be removed from the running. But we have NEVER tampered with the integrity of the electoral process to comply with such requests — no matter how impassioned, and no matter how important the individual.
That’s not about to change with this poll. So please don’t waste your time and energy trying to persuade us to remove someone (e.g., yourself) from the contest. The ten contestants are all staying in. And that’s final.
(If you obtain an injunction from a court with proper jurisdiction, we will obviously comply with that court order. But anything short of that will not suffice.)
3. When will the voting end?
Uncertain; let’s see what kind of response the contest generates. But we will, out of fairness to the contenders, provide at least 24 hours notice before closing the polls.
To the NYU Law School hotties: GOOD LUCK!!!
Earlier: Your NYU Law School Hotties
NYU Law Students: Dorkily Desirable?
* An S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court has given Air America time to pursue the sale of the liberal talk radio network. Interested suitors include Rush, Hannity, and the Monopoly guy. [MSNBC]
* “A federal judge Tuesday temporarily barred Hazleton, Pennsylvania, from implementing a law designed to prevent illegal immigrants from living in the town.” [CNN]
* The D.C. Circuit has stayed the order in the “light” cigarette case, pending appeal on the merits. [MSNBC]
* Shout-out to ATL’s hottest deans competition in today’s YDN. [Yale Daily News]
* Pay no mind to the agent in the dark jacket scribbling in a notebook and watching you vote, swing staters. Although…”The group’s concern in Virginia is centered on Chesterfield County, where in 2004 armed guards were placed at polls to ‘ward off terrorists.’” OK, send out the feds. [CNN]
- Anna Nicole Smith, Asha Rangappa, Celebrities, Contests, English Grammar and Usage, Hotties, John Gotti, Kids, Nathan Hecht, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Week in Review, Wesley Snipes
ATL Week in Review: October 16-20
By David Lat* This week we crowned America’s hottest law school deans: Evan Caminker, of Michigan, and Asha Rangappa, of Yale. When contacted by ATL, both of them issued gracious statements.
* So there’s no contest for you to vote in over the weekend. But please participate in our informal reader poll, seeking to ascertain your Favorite Supreme Court Justice.
* Speaking of the justices, don’t they have more important things to fight over than grammar? And who knew that bright-line Nino could be so nuanced?
* A theme for this past week: Celebrities’ legal woes. E.g., Michael Jackson, Lindsay Lohan, Wesley Snipes, Madonna, and Anna Nicole Smith.
* Another theme: Getting off. E.g., Junior Gotti, Nathan Hecht, and the Duke lacrosse team (but from “innocent sexual activity”).
* Second Circuit Judge John M. Walker hits a New Haven police officer in a traffic accident. The matter is under investigation.
* Global warming practice groups — are they heating up? Or are they the next “Y2K” practice groups?
* Eh, what do you care? You can’t get a Biglaw job anyway — they’re all going to Canadians.
* Team ATL has a new recruit — and he’s proud to be an American. Meet B Clerker.
* If you hate kids, then stop reading here. But if you like ‘em, then click here, scroll down, and read about the amusing antics of attorney spawn.
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