Screw-Ups
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Screw-Ups, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Getting to the Bottom of the Cadwalader Mystery
We’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time and energy trying to get to the bottom of the bonus situation at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. We’ve heard all sorts of conflicting rumors, but we think we’ve finally figured things out — to the extent that they can be figured out. This post supersedes all prior coverage […] -
Crime, Death Penalty, Jeffrey Toobin, Judge of the Day, Media and Journalism, Screw-Ups, State Judges, Trials
Judge of the Day: Hilton Fuller
This has been all over the news. We like the ABA Journal’s version, ’cause it’s the crispest: The Atlanta judge overseeing the prosecution of alleged courthouse shooter Brian Nichols has stepped aside from the case after he was quoted [in a New Yorker article] as saying, “Everyone in the world knows he did it.” The […] - Sponsored
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Announcements, Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Technology
ATL Public Service Announcement: Attention Georgetown Grads - Are You the Victim of Identity Theft?
Georgetown is an excellent law school — “T14” (top 14), as some like to say — with many things going for it. Supreme Court justices love to visit. Students get to take classes like The Law of 24. The diva-licious Nina Totenberg speaks at commencement. Perhaps most importantly, at least to readers of ATL, Georgetown […]
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Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Technology
More Tech Troubles for American University
Remember MacGate, at American University’s Washington College of Law? It was resolved. But technology problems persist at WCL: Date: January 28, 2008 2:34:20 PM ESTSubject: Wireless at WCL Dear Student Body: The following problems have been discovered with the WCL network: 1. All access points in room 101 were either turned off, or nonfunctional for […] -
Email Scandals, Litigatrix, Screw-Ups, Susan Estrich
Susan Estrich: Bcc Conscientious Objector?
More news from one of ATL’s favorite law firms, Quinn Emanuel. See Gawker and Radar. If your friends are as fabulous as Susan Estrich’s, why hide them behind a bcc? Query: Could this actually be a brilliant viral marketing ploy? Has Susan Estrich harnessed the power of the blogosphere to get all the world to […] -
Email Scandals, Lawyer of the Day, Racism, Screw-Ups, Sexism
Lawyer of the Day: Chuck Rosenthal
We love tales of misbehaving DAs. And this one is a doozy. From the Houston Chronicle: New e-mails released Tuesday show District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal sent and received racist jokes and strategized with political consultants and colleagues about his re-election campaign on his county e-mail account. Also within the correspondence obtained Tuesday by the Houston […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Document Review, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Qualcomm, Screw-Ups
Lawyers of the Day: An Embarrassment of Riches
Or a richness of embarrassment. Today we’re going to name not one, but seven Lawyers of the Day. Our first Lawyer of the Day is Mark Mersel (formerly of Morrison & Foerster, now at Bryan Cave). In case you missed the shout-out in Morning Docket, here’s a bit more, from the WSJ Law Blog: It’s […] -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups
Laptopgate: The Saga Drags On
Leave it to lawyers to complicate everything they touch. Over at New York Personal Injury Law Blog, Eric Turkewitz has this update on the New York bar exam fiasco: The New York State Board of Law Examiners has confirmed to me that they will hear appeals regarding the July 2007 exam. That exam was plagued […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Technology
American University MacGate: An Update
It appears that the situation we reported on earlier, concerning the plight of Mac users at American University’s Washington College of Law, has been resolved. Several of you forwarded us an email from the WCL administration outlining the steps they’re taking to address the situation, including “providing $12,000 towards the cost of laptop rental for […] -
2nd Circuit, Pro Bono, Screw-Ups, Torture, War on Terror
Arar v. Ashcroft: An ATL Interview with Josh Sohn of DLA Piper
Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument in Arar v. Ashcroft, a high-profile lawsuit arising out of the U.S. government’s rendition of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, to Syria. We interviewed DLA Piper partner Joshua Sohn (at right), co-counsel to Mr. Arar along with the Center for Constitutional […] -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Technology
MacGate Update: An Explanation from the University of Kentucky
Wow. Sorry for the delay in new posts, but you guys have been going wild in the comments, and have thereby crushed our servers. We suck. Anyway, here’s some more on MacGate: University of Kentucky law students received a memo earlier this week explaining the school’s decision to use Exam Soft (and thus impact Mac […] -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Technology
American University MacGate
“Hello, I’m a Mac.” “And I’m a PC. I may not be great at making newfangled new media graphics, but at least I won’t cost you extra when you’re taking law school exams at American University.” Apparently American University is not the best place to go law school if you plan on using a Mac […] -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology
New York Bar Exam Results Available
Lat is here (and apparently partying like a rock star), so you’ll have to put with me for the rest of the day. The first order of the day is to announce that the New York Bar Exam results are up on the BOLE website. We had anxious tipsters this morning who were quite worried […]
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Arnold & Porter, Job Searches, Screw-Ups, Weirdness
Fall Recruiting Snafu Watch: An Unusual Gift from Arnold & Porter
From an ATL reader going through the law firm recruiting process right now: I’ve enjoyed reading about various law firm recruiting snafus on Above the Law over the last few months. I just never thought I would be lucky enough to encounter one of my own. I recently came home to an unusually thick envelope […] -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology
Update: What's Going on with the New York Bar Exam Results?
If you visit the New York State Board of Law Examiners website, using Internet Explorer (it doesn’t seem to work with Firefox), you’ll see this message scrolling across the status bar at the bottom of your screen (be sure to have the status bar activated under “View”): July 2007 examination results will be available here […] -
Email Scandals, Food, Health Care / Medicine, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Ding-Dong! The Peanut-Hating Witch Is Dead Visiting at Another Law School for a Year
Some etiquette tips for law school deans: 1. If you send one of your students to another law school, for a year-long stint as a visiting student, don’t “apologize” for it — even if that student has a severe peanut allergy, requiring the receiving school to “peanut-proof” itself for the year. 2. If you really […] -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology
What's Going on with the New York Bar Exam Results?
Based on your recent comments, it’s clear that many of you want to talk about New York bar exam results, which should be announced later this month. Many of you are wondering whether the scandal we dubbed “Laptopgate,” concerning problems with the software used by candidates who took the test on their computers, might delay […] -
Football, Gay, Larry Seidlin, Marilyn Milian, Rudeness, Screw-Ups, Sports, Television
Shouldn't a Black Robe Mean Never Having to Say You're Sorry?
Actually, as it turns out, Judge Jeffrey Levenson DID say he was sorry — immediately after making the ill-considered gay football / “wide receiver” crack that made him our Judge of the Day. And he apologized repeatedly during the course of the hearing, too. But that hasn’t stopped the hue and cry. From the Daily […] -
Football, Gay, Judge of the Day, Screw-Ups, Sports, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Jeffrey Levenson
One of the perks of being a judge is that everyone has to laugh at your jokes. Except when they’re in poor taste and arguably offensive. If you’re going to make an attempt at humor in the courtroom, proceed with caution — even if you’re the one wearing the robe. From Rumpole (via S.D. Fla. […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Screw-Ups, UVA Law
Fall Recruiting Snafu Watch: You Know They Really Don't Want You When...
Getting rejected by a law firm and having lots of your classmates learn about it: embarrassing. Getting rejected by a firm you didn’t even apply to: priceless. I’m afraid I must reject your rejection [TJ’s Double Play] Earlier: Public Humiliation, Courtesy of Your Friends at Wilson Sonsini