Parties
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Contests, Fabulosity, Michael Jackson, Parties, Reader Polls, Sports, Summer Associates, Theater
ATL Contest: Best Summer Associate Event of 2009
This year’s batch of summer associates are roughing it at Biglaw summer camp, with fewer meals out on the firm and less lavish events. To make matters worse, some summers are being told now that their future job will be deferred. Summer associates at Skadden and Ropes & Gray have been informed that they can’t […] -
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Law Schools, Parties, Rankings
Party Time! Who Says Law School Isn't Fun?
Vroom, Vroom, the party starter? The people over at SubtleDig have put together a list of the top party law schools: Though these rankings pages purport to rank the “party-ness” of the top 102 law schools, they might better be described as “quality-of-life” rankings. Why the misnomer? Sensationalism mainly. Don’t be too disappointed though, these […]
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Drugs, Parties, Perverts, Rape
Roofiegate Resolved: Bingham Vindicated Prevails, Complaint Dismissed
As we’ve previously noted, when it comes to disputes between lawyers and their former firms, there are several sides to every story. For example, compare Yolanda Young’s claims against Covington & Burling with the firm’s response (PDF). We try to cover both sides of these controversies. Having previously covered Roofiegate — aka Moor v. Bingham […] -
Announcements, Parties, Practical Law Company (PLC)
A Special Offer for ATL Readers
Free food. Free drink. Ample networking opportunities. What’s not to like? Practical Law Company (PLC) — a U.K.-based company that just started offering its services here in the U.S., which we’ll be writing more about later — is holding a launch party next week here in New York. The festivities will be attended law firm […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Parties
A Lawyerly Holiday Party Invite(At least it didn't include a waiver.)
If you thought the Kirkland & Ellis holiday party reminder was out of step with these sober times, here’s an invitation you might find more appropriate: Quips our tipster: “Nothing says ‘holiday cheer’ like preemptive admonitions against bringing anyone to the party you might actually WANT to talk to, driving home Toonces the Cat-style, or […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Parties
Kirkland & Ellis Sends Holiday Party Reminder: K&E Associates Send Bonus Reminder
Kirkland & Ellis sent out one over-the-top holiday party reminder, yesterday. They made the planned festivities sound so great that I briefly missed the feeling bourgeois accomplishment that comes from working in Biglaw in Manhattan. Take a look at some of the highlights: The Holiday Party is this Thursday, and we are expecting about 530 […] -
Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Morning Docket, Parties, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket 11.25.08
* Covington & Burling’s Eric Holder is now definite as Obama’s choice for Attorney General. Look out for the official announcement after Thanksgiving. [Politico] * Former Hunton & Williams partner Emerson Briggs gets 70 months in federal prison for doing very bad things with his firm laptop. [Legal Times] * California AG Jerry Brown is […]
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Holidays and Seasons, Parties
Kaye Scholer to More Cowbell
We’ve reported on firms that have canceled their holiday parties or significantly scaled them back. Some firms have decided to go ahead with their holiday festivities. But we hadn’t really heard of a firm that was looking to expand holiday revelry, until Kaye Scholer popped into our inbox. In the past, Kaye Scholer has held […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Parties
Holiday Cheer from Shearman & Sterling
The New York Times reports on a growing trend in American business: the cancellation of holiday parties. With the stock market having finished its worst month since 1987, and with layoffs running rampant, there’s not much to celebrate. People, this is no time for egg nog. Law firms that have canceled holiday festivities include DLA […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Layoffs, Parties, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
DLA Piper Chicago Cancels Christmas/Staffers
In what could be a trend, DLA Piper has canceled the holiday party for their Chicago office. The move is similar to Fried Frank’s decision to scrap their holiday festivities, but there is no indication on whether DLA intends to donate any of their party money to charity (as Fried Frank did). Spokespeople for DLA […] -
Bonuses, Holidays and Seasons, Parties, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Fried Frank Turns Holiday Party into a Robin Hood Affair
Given the list of associate “perks” firms could be cutting back on during these tough economic times, the latest news from Fried Frank seems very reasonable. Associates at Fried Frank were told today: Dear All, In light of continued turmoil in the financial markets and the wider economy, and the effect it is having on […] -
Crime, Law Schools, Parties, Shoes, The Eighties
Update: It Is a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!
We reported yesterday that students at Tulane Law School allegedly absconded with Mr. Rogers’s shoe from the Louisiana Children’s Museum. Well, an intrepid trolley has returned the treasured keepsake. Let’s get the details….
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Crime, Law Schools, Parties, Shoes, Television, The Eighties
Tulane Law School: Showing Mr. Rogers How They Roll In Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood
I know a couple of Tulane Law School graduates, and those people can party. And gamble. And eat what they kill. Now, the Louisiana Children’s Museum knows how Tulane rolls too. The Tulane law school student body just received this email: Students, we need your help with a theft that occurred at Barrister’s Ball. As […] -
Drinking, Law Schools, Parties
Stop Screwin' Around. You Guys Screw Around Too Much
Tomorrow, the law students association at Boston College Law School will host its annual Boston Harbor boat cruise. Most law schools in the greater Boston area do some version of this. I’ve been on many, though I remember none. But I guess it’s exactly that kind of drunk boat behavior that the BC cruise team […] -
Crime, Drinking, Kids, Parties, Police
Lawsuit of the Day: Failure to Help Drunk Teenager = Homicide?
Here’s a fact pattern: teen steals liquor, teen gets hammered, adult is called to help, adult drives teen home, teen dies, adult gets charged with… negligent homicide? That’s the reality facing Candice Collard. The 24-year-old woman is being charged with homicide in Utah for failing to help Jess “Micade” Horrocks, 14, who died of alcohol […] -
Dubious Defenses, Media and Journalism, Parties, Privacy, Sex, Sex Scandals, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
ATL International: 'We were just role-playing a German prison, not a Nazi German prison.'
British barrister Max Mosley is the president of the International Automobile Federation (F.I.A.). When he’s not overseeing Formula One, he’s allegedly into sadomasochistic sex play. Unfortunately for him, a $5,000 “party” that he arranged was caught on hidden cameras by News of the World, a British tabloid. The encounter, now on YouTube, involved German prison […] -
Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Parties, UVA Law
Musical Chairs: UVA Law Picks Paul Mahoney As New Dean
We bring you some news from the University of Virginia School of Law, which last year was voted America’s Coolest Law School by the readers of Above the Law. UVA has a new dean: Professor Paul Mahoney. Congratulations, Dean-To-Be Mahoney! Professor Mahoney, who will replace John C. Jeffries Jr. as dean when Jeffries steps down […] -
Crime, Drinking, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Marijuana, Parties, Sex, Sex Scandals, You Go Girl
Lawyer of the Day, People's Choice: Beth Modica
For Monday’s Lawyer of the Day, we faced an embarrassment of riches — of embarrassment. So we nominated a quintet of contenders: a North Carolina lawyer caught reading Maxim in court, a former prosecutor who allegedly had sex with two teenage boys, an AUSA arrested on DUI charges, a Canadian lawyer/politician who allegedly overbilled an […] -
Fabulosity, Gay, Lesbians, Parties
Kirkland & Ellis's Big Gay Party: Discriminatory?
Why was Cinderella stuck in the office doing document review, while her wicked stepsisters nibbled on caviar and danced the night away? Maybe Cinderella worked at Kirkland & Ellis, and her sisters were of the Sapphic persuasion. From a K&E tipster: The Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis hosted a “GLBT only” party last night. […]