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Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, SCOTUS, Shopping, Supreme Court
A SCOTUS Joke from The Gap?
Is the clothing mega-retailer following the Supreme Court nomination process? Check out this photo of a store window here in New York…. -
Biglaw, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Happy Administrative Professionals Week!
Administrative Professionals Week is upon us — ignore it at your peril. While senior partners might be able to pass the week off with a slap on the bum for a job well done, the associates among you would be wise to throw some cash at those who make your office run. The official day […] - Sponsored
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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 […]
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Art, Heller Ehrman, Money, Shopping
Update: Heller Ehrman Art Auction Exceeds Expectations
As we previously reported, a sizable portion of the art collection of defunct law firm Heller Ehrman was sold at auction yesterday. The auction took place at Bonhams in San Francisco, before a standing-room-only crowd. We submitted absentee bids on the following: lot 1, Pale Orange Begonia (we bid $500; it sold for $1,159); lot […] -
Art, Heller Ehrman, Money, Shopping
Heller Ehrman Art To Be Auctioned Off Today
If you’ve always wanted to own a piece of defunct law firm Heller Ehrman, today is your lucky day. A sizable portion of the firm’s art collection is hitting the auction block in about an hour, at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. We previously covered a prior Heller art auction, here in New York, […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Money, pls hndle thx, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shopping
Pls Hndle Thx: What Secretaries Want
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Fairest Marin, I moved offices in the middle of this year, and as a consequence I lost my lovely and very helpful administrative assistant to a Partner who was staying where she was. Since August, I have had a new, and also […] -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Money, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Open Thread: Making the Holidays Happy for Your Secretary / Administrative Staff
It’s that time of the year again, says one ATL reader: now would be a good time for the old “how much are you giving your secretaries for the holidays?” story It’s customary for associates at large law firms to give a cash gift to their administrative assistants, often along with a card or small […] -
Art, Fabulosity, Heller Ehrman, Pictures, Shopping, Slideshows
ATL Field Trip: The Heller Ehrman Art Auction
Last month, we reported that bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman would be selling some of its art to raise money for its creditors. Heller hopes to raise $1 million (or more) through a series of sales, in New York and California. The first of several Heller art auctions took place yesterday at Bonhams & Butterfields, […] - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Holidays and Seasons, Shopping
'Tis the Season for Horrible Gift Ideas
I was in Georgia yesterday. After speaking to the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (nice meeting you, we’ll have to do that again), and playing a ridiculous game of telephone trying to keep current with Above the Law (an HLS grad set S&C on fire on a $7,500 dare?), I was looking forward to a […] -
Contests, Environment / Environmental Law, Fabulosity, Green Issues, Public Interest, Shopping, Technology
Law Firm Swag Contest: The Winner
Our inaugural Law Firm Swag Contest was about quality rather than quantity. We had just four entries, but they were goodies. Eschewing trinkets and baubles, K&L Gates took the high road, urging recruits to change their world through an innovative website. Perkins Coie went green, arranging for trees to be planted in honor of interviewees. […] -
Abortion, Cardozo Law School, Gay, Gay Marriage, Harvard, Immigration, Lavi Soloway, New York Times, Shopping, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.11: Five Guys
Warning: The penis-to-vagina ratio in this week’s column is quite high. If you’re already on the mailing list for Rick Santorum 2012, you may want to avert your eyes — or go make fun of sissy-boy John Kerry for helping plan his daughter’s wedding. Our fabulous finalist couples: 1. Sebastian Dungan and Lavi Soloway 2. […] -
Job Searches, Layoffs, Notes from the Breadline, Pictures, Shopping
Notes from the Breadline: Every Picture Tells a Story (Part II)
Ed. note: Welcome to the latest installment of Notes from the Breadline, a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here. You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. Last week, we brought you Scenes from the Breadline, in […] -
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Art, Bankruptcy, Heller Ehrman, Pictures, Shopping
Anatomy of a Dissolution: The Heller Art Auction
It’s been a long time since we checked in on the ruins of Heller Ehrman. It seems strange that it’s been over a year since Heller Ehrman announced that it was closing its doors. Everybody that was going to land on their feet after Heller collapsed has presumably landed. Those who never did get a […] -
Layoffs, Notes from the Breadline, Pictures, Shopping
Notes from the Breadline: Every Picture Tells a Story(Or: A photo essay on unemployment.)
Ed. note: Welcome to the latest installment of “Notes from the Breadline,” a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here. You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. Many of us know (and some of us have described, […] -
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Asians, Bad Ideas, Hotties, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Shopping
No More Asian Angels For Loyal Lexis Users
Last week, we reported on a questionable offering in the Lexis-Nexis Rewards Program store: an “Asian Angels” calendar. Shortly after our post went up, the calendar came down. It seems that legal research companies respond well to media coverage. But the calendar, despite being quickly withdrawn from the Lexis swag offerings, still incurred the ire […] -
Asians, Bad Ideas, Hotties, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Shopping
Sexy LexisNexis Reward
LexisNexis has a rewards program that allows loyal users to accumulate points for certain research activities and then to use them to “shop from millions of items.” One of the items makes us want to give LexisNexis an “ex” rating. An ATL reader and loyal Lexis-Nexis user pointed the item out to us, writing: Search […] -
Admin, Announcements, Birthdays, Shameless Plugs, Shopping
Happy Blogiversary to... Us! Above the Law Turns Three
Three years ago yesterday, on August 30, 2006, Above the Law was born. Read the letter from the editor that started it all. (If you find this site occasionally immature, cut us some slack; we’re three years old.) Reaching the three-year mark is a notable milestone for a blog. According to Jim Beck and Mark […] -
Eyes of the Law, Food, Shopping, Sonia Sotomayor
The Eyes of the Law: Justice Sotomayor at Trader Joe's
When Justice Sonia Sotomayor needs to stock up on her beloved rice, beans and pork, where does she go? One might peg the Supreme Court’s newest member — a liberal, a lawyer, a Greenwich Village resident — as a typical Whole Foods customer. But perhaps Justice Sotomayor, in a show of support to the president […]