Racism
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Aaron Charney, Charles Stillman, Daniel Alterman, Pictures, Racism, Ridiculousness, Shanetta Cutlar
ATL Picture of the Day
HOLY CRAP!!! What the hell was SHANETTA CUTLAR doing at yesterday’s hearing in Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney? Has the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division decided to intervene in the case on Aaron Charney’s behalf? (Okay, seriously: Leaving New York Supreme Court yesterday were Charles Stillman, counsel to S&C; Daniel Alterman, counsel to Aaron Charney; […] -
John Roberts, Law Schools, Racism
Un-PC Law Student Leader Mauled By Northwestern Wildcats
We’re not sure we “get” this story. We agree, in part, with this comment: [The Northwestern Law School controversy] sounds very boring to me. The SBA president offends the Latinos Students association, people ask him to resign, he resigns. End of story. Where’s the “scandal”? Who cares…. Our only observation, which the WSJ Law Blog […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Advertising, Drugs, Feminism, Gay, Gender, John Roberts, Morning Docket, Racism, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket: 02.07.07
* Lower wages for women? Always. [MSNBC] * Trial date set for only charged Abu Ghraib officer. [Jurist] * Racial controversy: the breakfast of champions. [WSJ Law Blog] * Gay groups not really satisfied about Super Bowl ad; Snickers pulls it. [AP via Findlaw] * North Dakota, now slightly less boring, but not really, issues […]
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Affirmative Action, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Deaths, Divorce Train Wrecks, Football, Murder, Non-Sequiturs, Prisons, Racism, Religion, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 02.01.07
* His world may have collapsed, but his lung won’t. [MSN] * They probably weren’t staying together for the kids. [Judicial Reports (third item)] * Some African-American college students are, in fact, just African. Another way to summarize this “finding” is that “Not All [insert color here] People Are the Same” (or, as many a […] -
Asians, Law Schools, Lunacy, Racism, Violence, War on Terror
Not All Indians Who Get Shot At Own Convenience Stores
Law school can be stressful. Very stressful. Sometimes people crack under the pressure. Several tipsters directed our attention to this unusual story: A University of Pennsylvania law student couldn’t shake his paranoid suspicion that his two neighbors, Drexel University graduate students, were foreign spies sent to work on some sort of a terrorism plot, police […] -
Biglaw, Gender, Lawsuit of the Day, Racism, Rudeness, Sexual Harassment
Lawsuit of the Day: Marinaro v. Greenberg Traurig LLP
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell isn’t the only discrimination lawsuit against a large law firm kicking around New York Supreme Court these days. Earlier this month, a complaint was filed in the case of Yasmin Marinaro v. Greenberg Traurig LLP. Meet Harley I. Lewin (at right), a shareholder (partner) in the New York office of […] -
Asians, Blogging, Crime, Dewey Ballantine, Education / Schools, Free Speech, Job Searches, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Old People, Politics, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Romance and Dating, Sex
Non-Sequiturs: 1.19.07
* Too soon, Daily Princetonian, too soon. And what’s more, you budding SNL-writers are so completely unfunny that you might consider law school instead. Dewey Ballantine would probably hire you. [IvyGate Blog] * Retiree sick of junk mail claims that (literal) poo-slinging is constitutionally protected. [AP via Forbes] * If only Jason were just a […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Money, Non-Sequiturs, NYLawyer.com, Racism, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.07
* The Snark’s spin on Plus ça change…. [New York Lawyer] (Yes, New York Lawyer is a registration-only site, but The Snark may be worth it; if you are not as thirsty for funny as I am, then check out the The Daily Report, where The Snark’s weekly column is freely available a week after […] - Sponsored
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… -
Affirmative Action, Anthony Kennedy, Constitutional Law, John Roberts, Paul Clement, Racism, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Dispatch from One First Street: The Race in Public School Cases
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases concerning the use of race as a factor in assigning students to public schools: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District #1, out of the Ninth Circuit, and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, out of the Sixth Circuit. It appears that […] -
Affirmative Action, Biglaw, New York Times, Racism
More About Minority Lawyers and Biglaw
In response to this post — about the low partnership rate for minority lawyers at large law firms, the subject of a recent New York Times piece — an ATL commenter wrote: [UCLA law professor Richard] Sander relies too heavily upon grades as predictors of law firm performance. All of us know scores of brilliant […] -
Bad Ideas, Cars, Police, Pranks, Racism, Rap, Reality TV, Traffic Accidents
Does a Traffic Stop Give an Officer Probable Case... To Make the Driver Rap?
Yet another sign that reality television has gone too, too far: City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe’s cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap…. [After pulling the car over,] the officer then tells the men that […] -
Adam Liptak, Affirmative Action, Biglaw, New York Times, Racism
How Long Will It Take...
for this thought-provoking article — “Lawyers Debate Why Blacks Lag at Major Firms,” by Adam Liptak, one of our favorite legal affairs writers — to hit the New York Times “Most E-mailed Articles” list? (Our prediction: By the close of business tomorrow, November 29, it will be in the top 10.) Update: It happened even […] -
Crime, Morning Docket, Racism, Rape, Real Estate, Sentencing Law, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 11.21.06
* Third Marine pleads guilty in Iraq civilian murder case. [Jurist] * Villaraigosa says L.A.’s not going out like that. [CNN] * Ah, the old disaster-victim-flip-this-house ploy; works every time. [AP via Online Athens] * Man, talk about putting the victim on trial. [AP via Yahoo!]
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Celebrities, Fashion, Lunacy, Naomi Campbell, Racism, Violence
Naomi Campbell: Supermodel or "Superbigot"?
How do you solve a problem like Naomi — besides deporting her skinny black ass? Repeated brushes with the law have not deterred the British-born beauty from beating the crap out of the hired help. Here’s the latest: Naomi Campbell might be spending more time in courtrooms than on catwalks these days. The supermodel was […] -
9th Circuit, A. Wallace Tashima, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Borat, Drinking, Movies, Pranks, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Reality TV, Sex, Television
Still More About Borat
On Friday night, we saw Borat at our local movie theater. We found it hilarious for the first fifteen minutes, before it turned repetitive. That said, there were some impressive set pieces in the second half of the film, such as the hotel room wrestling match. (We viewed Borat on the recommendation of one of […] -
Biglaw, Crime, Fast Food, Feminism, Food, Interview Stories, Murder, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Racism, Supreme Court, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 11.13.06
* In law school, a burrito was not only a sandwich, but breakfast, lunch and dinner. And midnight snack. [AP via Yahoo! News] * When you have too much self-respect for a reunion tour, or another farewell tour is just not feasible, or you haven’t securitized your music catalog, then this may be your last […] -
Election Law, Feminism, Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Old People, Politics, Racism, Real Estate, Television, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.06
* You KNOW you were thinking of “White Castle” as a substitute building name. [WSJ Law Blog; DealBreaker] * Lawbeat is a new blog that “watches the journalists who watch the law.” Because, you know, not every legal news outlet can be as scrupulous as ATL. [Lawbeat via How Appealing] * My “authentic self” is […] -
Affirmative Action, Exercise, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Racism
Non-Sequiturs: 11.02.06
* If it’s about avoiding an intimidating environment, there should be a “No Hot People” rule. What’s wrong with grunting if it doesn’t involve intermittent moaning? [Althouse (prior ATL post here)] * Professor Le comments on a recent Northwestern University study of different ethnic groups’ views of affirmative action. Sometimes things are black and white. […] -
Courtroom of Style, D.C. Circuit, Fabulosity, Fashion, Hair, Racism, Reader Polls, SCOTUS Potential
The Courtroom of Style: Judge Janice Rogers Brown
Last week we asked for your input on the most flattering hairstyle for Judge Janice Rogers Brown, of the exceedingly prestigious D.C. Circuit. Judge Brown, a high-powered and conservative jurist, may someday be the first African-American woman to sit on the Supreme Court. We offered you a choice of two looks: “Bangs Janice” and “Perm […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Art, Football, Morning Docket, Racism, Ridiculousness, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 10.19.06
* Yet another lawsuit against Cracker Barrel, and again it has nothing to do with how greasy and soggy the omelets are. Just saying. [CNN] * Banning fun? They’re turning grade school into law school! [CNN] * You’ve already heard about the melee between FIU and Miami (FL). But check out this Ivy League brawl, […]