Screw-Ups
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Biglaw, Screw-Ups
Mayer Brown & Simpson Thacher Make Epic Screwup
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Bar Exams, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Prostitution, Public Interest, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 11.19.14
* Morgan Lewis may be pretty pleased with itself now that it gets to gobble up most of Bingham McCutchen’s partners, but some day soon, it may be forced to “choke a bit” on remains of the dying firm’s carcass. [Philadelphia Business Journal]
* Yesterday, we wondered what would happen to Bingham McCutchen’s brand new back-office operation in Kentucky. Now, the pieces are starting to come together. We may have more on this interesting development later. [Am Law Daily]
* A Connecticut criminal defense firm’s managing partner who teaches at UConn Law was picked up in a prostitution sting last week. At least he’s got the skills to represent himself. [Connecticut Law Tribune]
* The NCBE thinks bar exam takers were “less able” than in prior years, but the organization seems to have forgotten that ExamSoft was “less able” to perform its one freaking job. [Bloomberg Businessweek]
* You must be whacked in the mind if you think law school tuition has anything to do with public service loan forgiveness. Law school tuition is high because people are still willing to pay for it. [Huffington Post]
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9th Circuit, Crime, Screw-Ups, Trials
Judge Confuses Guilty/Not Guilty, Sex Crimes Conviction Overturned
A simple, but critical, judicial mistake.
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Old People, Rape, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court, Technology
Morning Docket: 10.13.14
Ed. note: In honor of Columbus Day (and Canadian Thanksgiving), Above the Law will be on a reduced publication schedule today. We will be back in full force tomorrow.
* The Supreme Court’s new Term is off to a great start: Thanks to a copy machine’s error, we almost missed the surprise cert denials in the gay marriage cases. What kind of screw-ups will this week bring us? [National Law Journal]
* On the other hand, in what’s considered an unsurprising move following its cert denials en masse, the Supreme Court allowed same-sex marriage to begin in Idaho. Congrats to the Gem State. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Jenner & Block’s data privacy practice is making waves in an “uncharted but lucrative field,” and its leader thinks that the “Internet of Things” will help heat up her work soon. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* A future Law & Order: SVU episode? Sanford Rubenstein, a personal injury and civil rights lawyer who’s been described as “[f]lashy, brash and always camera-ready,” is now being accused of rape. [ABC News]
* Yale Law’s most interesting student goes to all of his classes, but never has to study or take any of his finals. It’s not because he’s lucky — it’s because he’s a 93-year-old course auditor. [New Haven Register]
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Bar Exams, Screw-Ups
And The Award For Worst Board Of Law Examiners Goes To...
Utter failure from state bar examiners. -
SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Indifference To Truth: 5 Ways SCOTUS Can Avoid Relying On Dubious 'Facts'
The Supreme Court doesn't need facts, which is lucky because they don't have many. -
Benchslaps, Court Reporters / Stenographers, Screw-Ups, State Judges, Trials
Bench Berates Contemptuous Court Reporters Over Tardy Transcripts
If a court reporting service just didn't prepare transcripts in criminal cases for months on end, they might earn themselves a hearty benchslapping. -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology
ExamSoft Finally Apologizes For Botching The Bar Exam (Refunds Not So Much)
ExamSoft finally apologizes three weeks after the fact. Maybe it was written in July and it's just taken this long for the ExamSoft software to load it up. - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Money, Screw-Ups, Technology
Dear ExamSoft: Please Give Kids Their Money Back Before The Internet Murders You
The ExamSoft PR nightmare continues. -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
Would-Be Lawyers Take To Twitter To Scream At ExamSoft Over #Barghazi
If you love schadenfreude and other people's pain brings you pleasure, you'll love this. -
Bar Exams, Holy Crap, Screw-Ups, Technology
The Biggest Bar Exam Disaster Ever? ExamSoft Makes Everyone's Life Hard
How much does it suck to be taking the bar exam this time around? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
Overcoming The Presumption Of Incompetence
Why is it right to assume that everyone’s incompetent, and why is that a helpful way to go through life? -
Cheapness, Law Schools, Money, Screw-Ups, Student Loans
This Law School Is LITERALLY Nickel And Diming Alumni
Is this what happens in a world of declining tuition dollars?
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Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Screw-Ups
Law Student Accidentally Fails Out, Files Lawsuit To Enroll At Cooley
How does one go from attending a top 50 law school to applying to an unranked law school? -
Biglaw, Crime, English Grammar and Usage, Fast Food, Federal Judges, Morning Docket, Patents, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 06.25.14
* With OT 2013 drawing to a close, here’s a nifty chart that shows which Supreme Court justices vote together most and least often. The division is real, people. [The Upshot / New York Times]
* “Not only do they have unique interpretations of the Constitution but they can’t even agree on how to pronounce words.” Listen to our SCOTUS justices flub the word “certiorari.” [Legal Times]
* Quinn Emanuel and Samsung must now pay more than $2M in sanctions to Nokia and Apple after leaking confidential, “attorneys’ eyes only” information in a discovery blunder. Oopsie! [Legal Week]
* “Why can’t you get a real job?” This judge — the same one who sentenced a rapist to just 30 days in prison — told a fast-food worker to get a better job to pay off his restitution more quickly. [Billings Gazette]
* If you think you’ve seen the best of the “Law and ______” classes, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Say hello to some newcomers, like Video Game Law and Law of Robots. Justice Scalia is pissed. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Biglaw, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
3 Steps To Owning Your Mistakes
How should you respond when you screw something up? Columnist Keith Lee explains. -
Clerkships, Email Scandals, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Technology
Oops! Top Law School Email Screw-Up Reveals Grades, Ranks Of All Clerkship Applicants
This is one of the juiciest and most prestigious accidental data dumps we've seen yet. Which law school did it? -
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Environment / Environmental Law, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court
Justice Scalia Botches Precedent Written By... Justice Scalia
How could Justice Scalia screw up describing his own opinion? -
Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Technology
LSAC's Major Security Concerns Could Put Your Personal Data At Risk
Just how safe is all the data you put on LSAC? Not as safe as you might have hoped. -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology, Weirdness
Congrats, February Bar Passers!(And how one New Yorker got early results.)
How did one New York bar exam candidate get early word?