Scott Turow
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Biglaw, Quote of the Day, Scott Turow
Only Scott Turow Can Get Away With Something Like This
Scott Turow talks about dealing with his law partners while being an incredibly successful author. -
Books, Crime, Jeffrey Toobin, Murder, New Yorker, Quote of the Day, Scott Turow
A Prosecutor's Perspective
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Crime, New York Times, Quote of the Day, Rape, Scott Turow
Quote of the Day: A Passing Grade for Cyrus Vance
Mr. Vance performed well. The collateral damage to the career of Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who resigned in disgrace from the I.M.F., was clearly unfair, but that was caused largely by his sensational arrest, which Mr. Vance had no choice about effecting…. Given the attention paid to Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s arrest, Mr. Vance deserves enormous credit for pulling […]
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Scott Rothstein, Scott Turow, Travel / Vacation, White-Collar Crime
Scott Rothstein and His Amex Card: He Never Left Home Without It
In the new movie Up in the Air — which is worth seeing, if you haven’t already — Ryan Bingham, played by George Clooney, is on a quest to rack up 10 million frequent flyer miles. That’s a heck of a lot of miles. In the Walter Kirn novel the film was based on, it […] -
Alan Dershowitz, Bar Exams, Celebrities, Law Schools, Movies, Nancy Grace, Scott Turow, Videos
A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar
Over the past few months, a number of you have written to us about A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar. It’s a critically acclaimed, independent documentary film about lawyers and the legal profession. The movie made the rounds on the film festival circuit earlier this year, and now it’s out on DVD. Here’s a brief […] -
Biglaw, Legal Ethics, Money, Scott Turow
WWJB: What Would Jesus Bill?
To follow-up on the Fried Frank post about prompt submission of one’s time, a reader sent in this suggestion: You should start a thread re: billing practices. For example: 1. Do you bill when you go to the bathroom? 2. Do you bill when a co-worker stops and talks to you for five minutes? 3. […] -
Ann Althouse, Books, Conferences / Symposia, John Osborn, Law Professors, Law Schools, Pictures, Scott Turow
Ann Althouse Defends Scott Turow's Honor
Last week we wrote about how John Jay Osborn, a law professor and author of The Paper Chase, sniffily dismissed One L, by Scott Turow. “One L is competent,” he said. “But it doesn’t have a HEART.” Now a prominent blogger has come to Turow’s defense. In this Times Select column, grande blogress diva Ann […] -
Books, John Osborn, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies, Scott Turow
John Osborn to Scott Turow: "Game On, Bitch"
We just got back from a most engaging luncheon talk at the NYLS legal writing conference by John Jay Osborn, a law professor at the University of San Francisco and author of the 1973 novel, The Paper Chase (which led to a movie and television series). Here’s the Westlaw headnotes version of John Osborn’s talk: […]
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