Holidays and Seasons
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ACLU, Holidays and Seasons
The Scarlet Pumpkin
True story: when I was 8-years-old living on Long Island I went trick-or-treating with my friends without adult supervision. On the way home, my bag full of goodies, I got jumped by a group of older kids. My “friends” were busy running away while I tried to “reason” with the bullies. Sensing the these boys […] -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Travel / Vacation
How Does A Turkey Write A Vacation Memo?
We here at ATL are big believers in push-back. Tell the partners and your colleagues about your personal needs and desires, and try your best to take some control over your work schedule. The firm can survive without you. But the theory behind successful push back is that you are not the most important person […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Reader Polls, Romance and Dating, Weddings
Happy National Singles Week!(And: Do single people or married people make better law firm employees?)
Are you still stuck at the office, settling in for a long evening of work, and thinking about what to order from SeamlessWeb? Maybe you goofed off all day because you have nobody to go home to at night. (We know what that’s like. It’s why we’ve been covering the ATL night shift lately.) Fellow […]
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Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Putting The Labor In Labor Day Weekend
In last Wednesday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you billed over Labor Day Weekend this year. We received 1,046 responses, and, not counting summer associates, 55% of you reported that your weekend was actually fun. Associates in New York and Denver were most likely to celebrate the holiday, with roughly two […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Laboring Over The Holiday Weekend?
Back in January and February, we asked you whether you worked on Christmas or New Year’s, or Martin Luther King’s Birthday. We learned that about a quarter of you worked on Christmas, almost a third of you worked over New Year’s, and more than half of you worked on Martin Luther King’s Birthday. This summer, […] -
Admin, Announcements, Birthdays, Holidays and Seasons, Shameless Plugs
Happy Labor Day!(And Happy Blogiversary to ATL)
It seems that a few of you are reading today — but not many. No surprise there; it’s a holiday. Happy Labor Day! Here’s a bit about the holiday, from the Department of Labor: Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and […] -
Holidays and Seasons
Valentine's Day: What To Do About Gifts?(And an open thread for other V-Day queries.)
No, we didn’t forget. We love you too much, dear readers. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Of course, this is a holiday fraught with peril. How should you celebrate? What gift should you get for your spouse or significant other? How do you handle the occasion if, say, you’ve been dating someone for just a few weeks […] -
Biglaw, Civil Rights, Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey, Reader Polls
Featured Job Survey: Did You Work on MLK?
Last month we asked you which holidays you worked on, or expected to work on, during 2007. About half of you reported that you had worked on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we see how you fared last week. Did you take the day off to honor a […] - Sponsored
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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 […] -
Admin, Civil Rights, Holidays and Seasons, Public Interest
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the pioneering civil rights leader. Dr. King’s birthday was actually on January 15th, but the holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year. Many of you are not in the office today, in honor of the holiday. If you’re not at […] -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Featured Job Survey Results: Got Work?
Last month we asked you which holidays you worked on, or expected to work on, during 2007. About 10% of you reported that you expected to work on Christmas, and roughly 22% expected to work on New Year’s. You were wrong. We received about 1,300 responses to last Tuesday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey about […] -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Holidays and Seasons
Happy New Year from ATL
Happy New Year, dear readers of ATL! We hope that you had an enjoyable and restful holiday season; we know we did. Now we’re back, after a pleasant holiday hiatus. Did you miss us? We’re looking forward to another fun year of dishing legal gossip, as well as chronicling associate pay raises and partner profits […] -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Holidays from ATL!
We hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday season and are getting some well-deserved rest — as are we. As was the case last year, we’ll be on a reduced publication schedule between now and the new year. We’ll return to a normal schedule on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. To those of you who celebrate […]
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Holidays and Seasons
Law Firm Holiday Swag: What Did You Get?
Our earlier open thread, about exam time “care packages” from law firms, remains active — over a week after it was posted. So we thought we’d do a follow-up, on what law firms are sending recruits for holiday gifts. From one tipster: How about a piece on what law firms are offering law students as […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Technology, Videos
A Few Law Firm Holiday Cards
We see that the WSJ Law Blog has beaten us to this subject. We’ve had this post ready for a while; unfortunately, technical difficulties have prevented us from posting for the past hour. The WSJ folks have already presented some of the cards that we were going to cover. But here are a few firm […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Perverts, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
Accused Groper to Santa Claus: You Wish
Okay, she didn’t quite say that. But, for the record, the woman accused of groping Santa Clause denies the allegations, claiming that she never ever sat on his lap: “I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know if he was confused, it was a false report,” Sandrama Lamy, 33, said this morning. Lamy said […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Perverts, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
I Saw Mommy Groping Santa Claus
What kind of sick society do we live in? From the Danbury News-Times (via Drudge): A 33-year-old woman was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault Saturday after allegedly groping a man playing Santa Claus at the Danbury Fair mall. Sandrama Lamy, 33, of Danbury, is charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, according to Danbury Detective Lt. Thomas […] -
Bad Ideas, Drinking, Holidays and Seasons, Parties
Ring in the New Year... At Skadden!(But BYOB - In Your Stomach)
Wondering where to spend New Year’s Eve this year? Well, if you’re in New York City, do you have any friends over at Skadden? Surely you must. Considering that the firm recently passed the 2,000 attorney mark, everyone has friends at Skadden (if they don’t work there themselves). From an internal email by “New York […] -
Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Rudeness
Thanksgiving Horror Stories: Open Thread
It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving. The stock market is now closed — and so are we. We’ll be back with new posts on Monday, barring a surprise weekend announcement of “NY to 190.” In the meantime, here’s some fodder for possible discussion, for the unfortunate few who are at work today (or were at work […] -
Admin, Announcements, Food, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Thanksgiving from Your Friends at ATL
Greetings, ATL readers. Please accept our wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving! We hope that you aren’t spending much time in front of the computer today. But if you are — for some depressing reason, like work — feel free to bemoan your fate in the comments. Or, on a more cheery note, list what […]