Ridiculousness
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Blogging, Law Schools, listserv, Media and Journalism, Ridiculousness
Yale Students Avoid 'Most Impressive' Competition, Win Award For 'Most Self-Important Snowflakes' Unopposed
Don't try identifying the "most impressive" Yale Law School students, 'cause they're ALL awesome.... -
Intellectual Property, Patents, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
The Return of the Mad-As-Hell Patent Attorney [WITH PICS]
If you thought the patent attorney meltdown from last month was funny when he was mad about a patent application, wait until you see how he responds to media attention. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Biglaw, Partner Issues, Ridiculousness, Travel / Vacation
Law Firm Rents Entire Cruise Liner For Partner Meeting While The Rest Of You Look For Work
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale / A tale of an expensive trip / That started from the Mediterranean / Aboard this gigantic ship.
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Breasts, Gender, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Women's Issues
Cleavage as a 'Career Enhancer' for Female Attorneys
Should you flaunt your cleavage to succeed in a business setting? -
Paralegals, Pornography, Ridiculousness, Rudeness, Sexual Harassment, Small Law Firms
A Polygamist and His Paralegal: A Tale of Sexual Harassment
How long would you have lasted at this firm? -
Ridiculousness, Rudeness, State Judges, Television, Videos
Tosh.0 Gives a Rather 'Cocky' Defendant a Web Redemption
Have you ever called a judge a name? Maybe you should, because it could earn you a feature segment on Tosh.0! -
Fashion, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
The Time For Honoring Yourselves With Sweatshirts Is Almost At An End
Law student government is just as stupid and useless as you think. -
Law Professors, Politics, R. Ted Cruz, Ridiculousness, Texas
Ted Cruz Doubles Down On Idiotic, Incorrect Statement About Harvard Law
Ted Cruz is sticking to his guns about Commies at Harvard Law. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Ridiculousness
National Jurist Needs To Delete Their Law School Rankings And Apologize To Us All For Wasting Our Time
National Jurist rankings are so bad they should apologize. -
Law Schools, Lunacy, Ridiculousness
A Law School Scarier Than The Job Market?
Hofstra Law students are battling poltergeists. -
Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Ridiculousness, U.S. News
Pure Ridiculousness: National Jurist's Law School Rankings
Another day, another absurd set of law school rankings that try to rival U.S. News. Let's see what National Jurist brings to the table... -
Biglaw, Defamation, Education / Schools, Gender, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Ridiculousness, SCOTUS, Sexism, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Texas, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 02.04.13
* Aside from writing powerful opinions that will last the ages, being a mentor “is the most valuable thing” this Supreme Court justice can do. Sonia Sotomayor: motivational speaker? [New York Times]
* Aww, poor Biglaw partners. You want bigger cuts of your firm’s profits, but according to the latest Peer Monitor report, expectations like that are incredibly “unrealistic.” [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* This actually isn’t something women like to shop for: the $200 million class action suit over the Greenberg Traurig “boys club” is currently being held up in two federal courts by arbitration and forum shopping issues. [Am Law Daily]
* With news that the legal industry is shedding jobs faster than the ABA can accredit more unnecessary law schools, career services officers must be hanging their heads in shame. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Dear law schools, your crappy business model is making us take a look at all crappy higher education business models, and we don’t like what we’re seeing here. Pls hndle thx. XOXO, Moody’s. [Washington Post]
* This is justice, Texas style: District Attorney Mike McLelland says the reward fund for tips in the brutal slaying of ADA Mark Hasse will grow to an “astronomical amount” until the killers are found. [Dallas Morning News]
* This lawyer allegedly had a fling with his sister-in-law out of the goodness of his heart, and in return, she accused him of sexual assault. Now he’s suing her for $7 million. You can’t make this sh*t up. [New York Post]
* In trying to get $700 in tickets dismissed, this lawyer says the U.S. Postal Service is immune from state and local traffic regulations. Other USPS immunities include not losing my mail on a regular basis. [USA Today]
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Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
Florida Space Coast School of Law: Not An Onion Headline
Space Coast School of Law is as silly as it sounds...
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Biglaw, Kasowitz Benson, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Gregory Berry's 'Superior Legal Mind' is Back in Action on the Appeal of His $77 Million Case Against Kasowitz Benson
Gregory Berry's back, and his legal mind is as superior as ever in the appeal of his $77 million case against Kasowitz Benson. -
Law Schools, listserv, Ridiculousness
How Many Yale Law Students Does It Take To Figure Out How To Pee?
It's fun to see Yale Law students learn how to use the bathroom... -
Drugs, Judge of the Day, Marijuana, Rank Stupidity, Ridiculousness, State Judges
Judge Tells Drug Trafficking Defendant He Can't Have Another Joint 'For Old Time's Sake'
A judge's fabulous reaction to a defendant's plea for more pot before he's forced to give up the ganja. -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
We've Already Mocked Michigan Law's Secret Society, Now It's Time to Mock Their Law Fraternity
What kind of insane initiation stunts can you look forward to if you join Phi Delta Phi at Michigan Law? -
Airplanes / Aviation, Lawyer Advertising, Lawyerly Lairs, Plaintiffs Firms, Real Estate, Ridiculousness, Small Law Firms
Touring the High-Roller Suite of Personal Injury Law, Big Willie Style
A look at one of America's most colorful trial lawyers and his lavish lifestyle -- as well as the recent hard times he has fallen upon. -
Drugs, Lawyer of the Day, Marijuana, New Orleans, Police, Ridiculousness, Screw-Ups
Prosecutor Drops Joint in Court, in Front of Cops; Promptly Curses the Day He Was Born
A New Orleans city attorney gets busted for pot in "arguably the easiest collar in the annals of policework." Oops! -
Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Encourages Groping Victim to Curtail Social Life Because 'Bad Things Can Happen in Bars'
Puritanical judge plays the blame game with a sex abuse victim because she went to a bar. Was she asking for it?