Ridiculousness
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Email Scandals, Law Schools, listserv, Ridiculousness
Law Students Tangle Over Prestige, Machine Guns, and Books; Hilarity Ensues
The best time for law school emails is right before spring semester finals. People have been stressed for an entire year and things are just about to get worse, so you see law students just breaking down. The Crimson DNA affair came to light last April; hopefully we’ll get something good this year too. The […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Nauseating Things, Old People, Ridiculousness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Woman Breaks Hand Trying to Wipe Bum
I don’t remember the moment I first learned how to wipe my ass without hurting myself. I don’t think I received a special present or accolade for that momentous life event. But perhaps my parents did take notice in this way: MOM: Our little boy just successfully wiped himself without incident! DAD: Good. Maybe you […] - Sponsored
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Judge of the Day, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Wisconsin Jurist Manages to Get a Stick All the Way Up His Butt
If you’re a fan of state officials wasting valuable time, resources, and mental energy over issues of decorum and etiquette, you’re going to love Wisconsin Judge Gene Gasiorkiewicz. The Journal Times (gavel bang: ABA Journal) reports that this new Racine County Circuit Court judge has hit the bench with all sorts of decorum rules for […]
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Job Searches, Law Schools, pls hndle thx, Ridiculousness
Pls Hndle Thx: But I'm in MENSA!
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL, We’re at NYLS and I’m in an argument with my friends for resumes for interviews with law firms. I’m a member of MENSA and I think it’s okay to put “Member, MENSA” under my interests on my resume. Some of […] -
Hotties, Law Schools, Reality TV, Ridiculousness, Television
Albie Manzo v. Seton Hall Law School?
Real Housewives of New Jersey son Albie Manzo may be slow, but he’s determined. He flunked out of Seton Hall law school, but he still wants his law degree, and met with a lawyer in the show’s last episode to figure out how he can get it. Manzo says that the culprit behind his poor […] -
Intellectual Property, Lawsuit of the Day, Ridiculousness
Cease-and-Desist Letter of the Day: Is That a Lightsaber in Your Pocket?
I kind of blew my Star Wars referential load when we found out that the Star Wars Kid was going to law school. But that was weeks ago. Who could have known that in the past month Lucasfilms would become embroiled in some actual legal battles? Earlier this week, we found out that pregnant women […] -
Career Alternatives, Ridiculousness
Funniest Lawyer in New York? This is Why God Invented Heckling.
It has come to our attention that a local comedy club is holding a contest to determine “the funniest lawyer in New York.” Could this be a train wreck of epic proportions? Based on the tagline in the event poster, all signs points to “yes.” Oh boy. You know what they say: those who can, […] -
Faegre & Benson, Food, Intellectual Property, Pranks, Ridiculousness, Trademarks
Misadventures in Trademark Law: Faegre & Benson Helps Pigs Fight Unicorns
No, this isn’t about a lawsuit arising out of the writing of Animal Farm II: Sharks on Retainer — but who knows, my original thought for a post title might be subject to trademark infringement. More on that later; for now, let’s turn our attention to this delicious product offered by ThinkGeek (which went on […] - Sponsored
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In-House Counsel, Lawyerly Lairs, Ridiculousness
Lawyerly Lairs: My Lawyer Got Stuck in a Tree
Moving in-house really is the golden ticket. Better hours, great pay, and you get to bitch around law firm partners and their associate underlings whenever you want. The only thing separating in-house counsel from the good life seems to be that they have to regularly slough into a stuffy corporate office everyday. Well, one general […] -
Clarence Thomas, Fabulosity, Politics, Ridiculousness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Washington Post
Should Clarence Thomas Run for President in 2012?
In his speaking tours around the country, Clarence Thomas has a lot to say — sometimes critical things to say, about his fellow justices’ approach to oral argument and the lack of alma mater diversity among the Court’s clerks, for example. But when Thomas is back at One First Street, sitting on the bench, he […] -
Guns / Firearms, Ridiculousness, Weirdness
Shooting Yourself in the Foot > Shooting Your Mouth Off
Writers tend to use the word “literally” too much — and literally incorrectly. In this case, the word is entirely appropriate. A lawyer literally shot himself in the foot. The ABA Journal reports: An Ohio lawyer shot himself in the foot on Monday as he was retrieving his gun from a locker at the courthouse. […] -
Citigroup, Hotties, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Wall Street
Lawsuit of the Day: Woman Claims She Was Fired for Being Too Attractive
You know something is capturing cultural attention when your mother asks, “Did you write about that woman who got fired for being attractive?” Earlier this week, the Village Voice ran a cover story on a woman who is suing Citibank for wrongful termination. She claims that her bosses found her too hot — and thus […] -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
Michigan Law Secret Society Openly Mocked
It’s been a while since we’ve had a good, hard laugh at the expense of Michigan law students. As the recession took hold, Michigan students stopped stealing sandwiches and cell phones. So maybe the latest spate of on-campus douchebaggery at Michigan is a sign that economy is picking back up? Or maybe it’s simply another […]
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Ridiculousness
Legal Recruiter of the Day: A Name to Suit the Times
South Carolina-based Nexsen Pruet is currently recruiting summer associates. In better economic times, we would not find its legal recruiter’s name very noteworthy. But given the way the summer associate experience has changed — from a summer of pampered luxury to a running of the gauntlet for an offer — it caught our eye and […] -
Craigslist, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Shopping
Craigslist Post of the Day: Top-Tier Law Degree ($59,250)
This should sound familiar to many of you: After several years of practicing law, a San Francisco lawyer has come to regret the decision to go to law school. Unlike many of you, this lawyer has decided to try to hawk their law degree on Craigslist. From the “For Sale – Collectibles” section of SF […] -
Prostitution, Ridiculousness, Screw-Ups
Unclassy Action Lawsuit?
Filed this month in the Southern District of New York: Given the defendants in the lawsuit, we’re unsure if that’s a spelling or homophone mistake. -
Fashion, Gender, listserv, Ridiculousness
Northwestern's Gender Neutral -- Possibly Hermaphroditic -- Barrister 'Rulers'
A few months back, the Student Bar Association at Northwestern University School of Law got its panties in a bunch over inappropriate language and the “unthinking use of stereotypes.” Saying that you were “raped” by an exam, for example, was offensive to some on campus, said the SBA. (They preferred that Northwestern students engage only […] -
Biglaw, Ridiculousness, Television
Nationwide Dissolution Watch: The Deep End
Last night, Marin liveblogged ABC’s new legal series, The Deep End. Over 2,000 ATL readers joined her for the series premiere. From the sound of it, doing doc review would have been a more enjoyable way to spend a Thursday evening. Marin declared: this is why I only watch reality tv…. too painful to see […] -
Biglaw, Ridiculousness, Television
Liveblogging ABC's The Deep End
UPDATE: Marin’s liveblog of The Deep End has concluded. But if you’d like to see what she (and assorted ATL readers) thought of the show, click on the box below. -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Ridiculousness, Shameless Plugs
Above The Law's Top Ten Most Popular Stories of 2009
We thought about trying to curate a list of the most important legal stories of 2009. But then the National Law Journal upped the ante with the Biggest Stories of the Decade. Rather than telling you what was most important, we’re enlisting Google Analytics to tell you what was most popular at Above The Law […]