Email Scandals
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Email Scandals, Money
NYU Law: SBA President v. Treasurer v. Decorum v. Things Law Students Care About
In case we haven't said this already, welcome back, law students. When you guys are gone over the summer, we have to report on real scandals and real issues. But now that you guys are back on campus, it's time to fire up the "dumb law student story" machine. NYU Law, you're up first.... -
Depositions, Email Scandals, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Rank Stupidity, Screw-Ups
Inside Straight: Avoiding E-Mail Stupidity
There’s one guy in your outfit who understands the need not to write stupid e-mails: That’s the guy who just spent all day in deposition being tortured with the stupid e-mails that he wrote three years ago. That guy will control himself. He’ll write fewer and more carefully phrased e-mails for the next couple of […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Canada, Email Scandals, Rudeness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Small Law Firms
I'm Rubber and You're Glue: Is Name-Calling a Part of Law Firm Culture?
You'd figure that when people grow up, go to law school, and get real jobs as attorneys, that name-calling would stop. But you'd be oh so wrong. With the advent of modern technology, name-calling is ten times easier than it was before. Lawyers can now insult colleagues in the blink of an eye and with the click of a button, making for great email scandals. But has name-calling become a part of law firm culture? One wrongful termination suit claims that it has....
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Biglaw, California, Email Scandals, Facebook, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Pictures, Technology
Morning Docket: 09.06.11
* According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 100 new jobs were added to the legal industry last month. About 40,000 students graduated from law school this spring. You do the math. [Am Law Daily] * This Maryland law school dean thinks that the U.S. News rankings “generalize about things that are not generalizable.” Come […]
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Biglaw, Email Scandals, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
MoFo Partner Offers Cautionary Tale in Use of 'Reply All'
A partner at Morrison & Foerster accidentally "replied all" to an email on which "List/Attorney/All" was cc'd. Emails sent to "List/Attorney/All" go out to all 1,000-plus MoFo lawyers around the world. What the partner wrote in the email was probably not something that should have been shared with the rest of the firm.... -
Barack Obama, Crime, Deaths, Email Scandals, John McCain, Law Schools, Lunacy, Murder, Police, Politics, Prisons, Ridiculousness, Violence
The Collected Writings of Stephen McDaniel
In prior coverage of Stephen McDaniel, the Mercer Law School graduate accused of murdering his former neighbor and classmate, Lauren Giddings, we alluded to several emails that McDaniel sent to some of his classmates. Some students found the emails, which reflected McDaniel's conservative political views, to be strange or disturbing. We will now share them with you.... -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Constitutional Law, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Media and Journalism, Privacy, Technology
Judge Alex Kozinski and his Famous Law Clerk, Stephanie Grace, Say The Fourth Amendment is Dead
The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and one of his law clerks have penned a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment. It’s been murdered, Judge Kozinski and Stephanie Grace write in an editorial for The Daily, and you all are the guilty culprits. You’ve put a […] -
Email Scandals, Law Schools, Paralegals, Texas
Deep in the Heart of Texas, Where Lawyers Go to School to Become Paralegals
Many law school graduates are wondering how they can make themselves more marketable in light of their dismal job prospects. Hell, even graduates from elite law schools are having trouble finding jobs these days. What can these would-be lawyers do to help themselves land a respectable job? Some of these people are actually so desperate […] - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Exercise, Travel / Vacation
Into the Wild: Where In the World Is Tyler Coulson?
Do you remember our Lawyer of the Month for March, Tyler Coulson? He’s the former Sidley Austin Chicago associate who decided that he’d rather walk from Delaware to California than do another day of lawyering. Is he still alive, or did he get eaten by a bear? -
Akin Gump, Email Scandals, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Media and Journalism, Quote of the Day, Rudeness, S.D.N.Y., Trials, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Quote of the Day: Sounds Like Someone Needs A Little Vacation
This is the worst piece of whoring journalism I have read in a long time. How long are you going to suck [U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara]’s teat? All to hurt a decent, honest witness, [whom assistant U.S. attorney Reed] Brodsky could not lay a glove on. It did not work. The jury was not impressed […] -
China, Cyberlaw, Email Scandals, Google / Search Engines, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Technology
Chinese Hackers Hijack Hundreds of Gmail Accounts
This news is more than a little scary. Google announced yesterday that hackers in China had gotten access to hundreds of Gmail accounts. And it wasn’t just anyone’s email. The attack targeted senior government officials in the United States, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries, military personnel, and journalists. I have a feeling […] -
Animal Law, Email Scandals, Law Schools, listserv, Pets, Violence, Weirdness
Sicko Mass-Emails Animal Death Fantasy To Law School Classmates
Yesterday, there was a wonderful story coming out of Kansas Law School (gavel bang: @VaultLaw). A student there is starting the first animal cruelty prosecution clinic in the country. That’s what the scholars call “awesome.” There are simply not enough lawyers who are even familiar with animal cruelty laws. If more people know how to […] -
Email Scandals, Law Reviews, Law Schools, New Jersey, Politics
2L Bitter Over Law Review Snub Illustrates Why He Wasn't EIC Material
It so happens that we are right in the middle of election season for law review boards. At top law schools around the country, 2Ls who want to be Supreme Court clerks — or Supreme Court justices, or even presidents — are finding out if they’ll be able to include “Editor in Chief: Law Review” […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Email Scandals, Sports, Vicious Infighting
This Is Why Law Students Shouldn't Play Sports
You might think that watching law students play sports would be like watching U. Conn. and Butler play basketball. You know, undersized, intense people playing in an ugly and painful style. You’d think that watching law students play a pick-up game of 21 would be indistinguishable from watching Butler unsuccessfully try to throw a ball […] -
Email Scandals, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms, Weirdness
Founding Partner Warns: 'Get Your Ass To Work'
Did you show up to work on time this morning? Did you? You better show up to work on time, every day, or else Gary K. Shipman will come and get you. Don’t know who Gary Shipman is? Well, you are about to. He has his own small law firm in North Carolina, and he […] -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, listserv, Partner Issues, Rudeness, Screw-Ups
More Proof That Lawyers Will Fight Over Anything
Sometimes you just have to whip it out and wait for somebody to bring over a ruler. That’s just a part of life. But some lawyers seem to sit around all day just waiting for an opportunity to drop drawers and call for the chains. Don’t believe me? Take a look at this guy from […] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Travel / Vacation, Weirdness
Another Great Departure Memo: Skadden Associate Trades Chicago for... Nepal?
Young lawyers of Chicago: What the heck is going on with you people? You seem to be losing it. Has the brutal Chicago winter driven you crazy? Do we need to put The People’s Therapist on the next plane to O’Hare? Let’s look at the evidence. You’re quitting prestigious and lucrative law firm jobs to […] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Exercise, Travel / Vacation
Want Out of Biglaw? Take a Hike!
Reading law firm departure memos is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get. Sometimes you taste bitterness. Sometimes the flavor is spicy hot. Sometimes you get a little Costa Rica crunch. And sometimes you get… this, which was sent to everyone at Sidley Austin yesterday by an associate leaving […] -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Cocaine / Crack, Drugs, Email Scandals, Partner Issues
Biglaw Blind Item: What Does It Look Like When A Partner Gets Fired?
We’ve already shown you what it looks like when an associate gets laid off from a law firm. It’s not pretty. What does it look like when a law firm fires — or tries to fire — a partner? Well, that is even uglier…. -
Bad Ideas, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Social Networking Websites
Networking 101: Don't Send Networking Emails Like This One
Here at Above the Law, we’re still enjoying the awesomeness of 1Ls and 2Ls going to war over the appropriate use of a listserv. Today we’ve got an email more mundane in subject matter, but no less objectionable. It’s from a 1L (of course), who is trying to “network” with fellow 1Ls. And it’s written […]