Paralegals
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Ann Althouse, Football, Guns / Firearms, Hotties, Law School Deans, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Pregnancy / Paternity, Suicide
Non-Sequiturs: 01.16.13
* Not a Victoria’s Secret angel’s fantasy: being sued for $3.3 million. [Fashionista] * Should a widow be able to extract sperm from the body of her husband, who recently committed suicide, so she can have a child with him? Some thoughts from Professor Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law. [Bill of Health] * Speaking of suicide, controversy over the prosecution of the late Aaron Swartz rages on. [How Appealing and Instapundit] * Professor Ann Althouse isn’t a fan of the “if we can save one life” argument for gun control. [Althouse] * I don’t know anything about football, but even I chuckled at this. [Life in Biglaw] * ‘Tis the season… for replacing law school deans. Congratulations to Michael Hunter Schwartz, the new dean at Arkansas – Little Rock. [Faculty Lounge] After the jump, Elie challenges Mike Bloomberg to make him skinny…. Elie also discusses the hot issue of the day, gun control, on HuffPost Live: -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Money, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Assistants and Holidays: Some Hints on Gift Giving
Still haven't thought about holiday gifts for your assistants? There's still time! - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Associate Bonus Watch 2012, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
If Partners Really Have Souls, Bonuses Will Be Early This Year
If Biglaw really wants to help their employees, they'll release the bonuses early this year...
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Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Layoffs, Paralegals, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Fish & Richardson
Layoffs are happening at Fish & Richardson. How many people have been affected, and in what departments? -
Cars, Death Penalty, Depositions, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Kids, Murder, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Police, Sex, Television, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 07.24.12
* Will consultation with victims’ families determine whether James Holmes deserves the death penalty? You could probably consult with a wall to make that determination and get the same result. [PrawfsBlawg] * Just like that, with incredible ninja-like speed, someone has already filed a negligence suit against the Aurora Century 16 Theater where the shootings took place. [Gawker] * And no, sorry to disappoint you, but notwithstanding his self-admitted teeny peeny, we don’t think that James Holmes decided to go on a shooting spree because he got rejected by a few women on Adult Friend Finder. [Jezebel] * While we’re talking about gun violence, Mike Bloomberg has got a great idea: all police officers should go on strike until legislators push through stricter gun laws. How is a nanny state supposed to work properly when all the governesses are off duty? [Gothamist] * Knowledge is power in the hands of a client, especially when the knowledge you’ve given them is just another tool to piss off opposing counsel during a deposition. [Popehat] * Personal responsibility fail: allowing your 13-year-old to drive you home because you’re wasted. Fathering fail: believing that was a good idea in the first place. [Legal Juice] * A fake TV show starring a wheelchair-bound paraplegic paralegal? You know you’d watch this. [The Onion] -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drinking, Paralegals, Pictures, Weirdness
Dewey Have Cause for Rejoicing? Some Strange and Humorous Reactions to a Law Firm's Fall
Emotional responses to the Dewey & LeBoeuf debacle have ranged from sadness to anger to... the just plain weird and funny. -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Happy Administrative Professionals Week!
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! How is your workplace marking the occasion? -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Paralegals, Partner Issues, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Dewey & LeBoeuf: A Paralegal's Lament
If Dewey goes under, staffers will also lose their jobs. Here is one paralegal’s perspective on what’s going on at D&L…. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Law Schools, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Paralegals, Summer Associates
NALP 2012: Good News, We've Probably Hit the Bottom
Elie Mystal is at the 2012 National Association of Law Placement conference. Every year, NALP tells conference attendees the trends in legal hiring. This year, the numbers are worse than ever! And that’s the good news.... -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Labor / Employment, Paralegals, Small Law Firms
The Plot Thickens: Some 'Orange Workers' May Have Been Protesting After All
It's been revealed that some of the orange-shirted support staff at this Florida firm may have been protesting after all. Almost half of them have lawyered up. But what, exactly, were they protesting? -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Labor / Employment, Paralegals, Small Law Firms
Orange: A Color That Can Get You Fired in Florida
A dozen law firm staffers in Florida had been fired because they wore orange shirts to work, and people really want to know more about this apparent fashion “faux pas.” What happened? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Nauseating Things, Paralegals, Partner Issues
A Biglaw Bathroom Blind Item
We know how you love blind items. And we know how you enjoy potty humor. So let’s mash up these two categories, to generate a Biglaw bathroom blind item…. -
Crime, Drinking, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Paralegals, Police, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals
Greg Kelly Won't Be Charged with Rape, But Who Is His Accuser? Where Did It All Go Down?
Greg Kelly, the popular television host, has been cleared of his rape allegations -- he won't even face charges. When word of the rape accusation first hit the presses, all we knew was that it had allegedly taken place at a “lower Manhattan law firm.” Well, now we know the name of the accuser, and the name of the "downtown law firm" where the alleged rape occurred....
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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11th Circuit, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Money, Morning Docket, Paralegals, Pornography, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 01.27.12
* The people at the Department of Justice really don’t want you to see Osama bin Laden’s death photos, but don’t they realize that the internet needs pics or it didn’t happen? [Blog of Legal Times] * Déjà vu: Hustler Magazine’s nude photo spread of Nancy Benoit was back on the Eleventh Circuit’s docket this […]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Federal Government, Money, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
A Shout-Out to All The Legal Types Getting a $0 Bonus This Holiday Season
Our bonus coverage only deals with those few, those happy few, who are lucky enough to receive any type of bonus whatsoever. For many in and around Biglaw, their bonus this year will be $0. We're talking about paralegals. We're talking about secretaries. We're talking about government lawyers and law clerks and a bunch of other people who worked really hard in 2011 and might get no bonus at all. We feel your pain.... -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Money, Paralegals, Reader Polls, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shopping, Shopping For Others, Small Law Firms
Holiday Gifts for Your Secretary / Administrative Staff: Open Thread
Over the weekend, I had dinner with a friend of mine who used to work as a paralegal at a small law firm. She told me about how one year, for the holidays, all the lawyers chipped in to get her a gift certificate to a spa, so she could get herself a massage. I […] -
Gender, Nude Dancing, Paralegals, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism
Arguably The Best Use Of Sexism And Unethical Behavior Ever
We all know that firms put the prettiest secretaries on the floors clients see, while the floors with associates who share offices are staffed by hagravens. T&A has been used to secure clients probably since we moved out of the state of nature. Lawyers in the great city of Miami are just taking this natural service and extending to to criminal defendants. What's so wrong with that? -
Constitutional Law, Michael Jackson, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Paralegals, Politics, Sex Scandals
Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.11
* We suspected as much: it appears that the “poop tattoo” story is, er, “full of crap.” [The Smoking Gun] * What’s the first Michael Jackson lyric that Conrad Murray will hear in jail from his fellow prisoners? My vote: “I want to love you, pretty young thing.” [Hollywood Reporter] * Herman Cain wants the […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Food, Football, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Nauseating Things, Paralegals, Prisons
Morning Docket: 11.14.11
* Pennsylvania may have new child abuse reporting requirements by the year’s end. Apparently the key to efficiency in state government is to sully the reputation of the state’s pride and joy. [CNN] * “There is always room for a good law school, regardless of the climate.” Say hello to Peter C. Alexander, the founding […]
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Job Searches, Law Schools, Paralegals, Reader Polls, Student Loans
Should This Young Woman Go to Law School?
A bright, 23-year-old woman is thinking of going to law school. Should she do it? Let's learn about the particulars of her case....