Asians
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Asians, Deaths, Law Schools
3 Things A Law Student Learned From The Death Of His Father
Columnist Renwei Chung reflects on the unexpected passing of his father last year. -
Asians, Fabulosity, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations To AEF On A Wonderful Benefit Dinner
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Asians, Fabulosity, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations To AABANY On Another Successful Annual Dinner
Which outstanding individuals did the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) honor at its recent annual dinner?
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Law Schools, Pornography, Quote of the Day
From T14 To XXX: A Law Student's Racy Alternative Career
If you go to a top law school, you can do anything -- or anyone.... -
Asians, Biglaw, Minority Issues
What Could Disrupt Diversity in Law? The Economy, Stupid.
How will changes in the law school population affect diversity in the legal industry? -
Asians, Biglaw, Minority Issues
'The Gilded Age of Biglaw’: Biglaw Culture Breeds Big Bonuses, But Little Diversity
If you are reading this, then you probably believe you have a social responsibility. This column is for you. This column is for the crusaders of change. -
Asians, Minority Issues, Racism
‘Ball Don’t Lie’ – What Percentage Of Biglaw Partners Are White?
The answer might surprise you (or it might not, if you've been around long enough). -
Asians, Minority Issues, Racism
'Started From The Bottom, Now We're Here': Minorities In The Legal Profession
Please welcome new columnist Renwei Chung, who will be addressing diversity issues in the legal profession. - Sponsored
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Asians, Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Rankings, Texas
Morning Docket: 11.20.14
* Deep in the heart of Texas, a judge refused to dismiss Gov. Rick Perry’s felony case over a silly technicality in the underlying paperwork concerning the special prosecutor’s oath of office. [CNN]
* This lawyer got a spanking for including a noncompete in an associate’s contract that said he wouldn’t be able to practice the same type of law for two years. [Legal Profession Blog via ABA Journal]
* UVA Law came in at #7 in the Graduate Programs ranking of the 50 best law schools, but the the school doesn’t “focus on year-to-year fluctuations in rankings.” Keep those collars popped high. [Cavalier Daily]
* “I’m hopeful that we’ll get our Tracy back, the guy everyone loves.” Tracy Morgan’s lawyer says the comedian’s crash with a Wal-Mart truck this summer has left him with a traumatic brain injury. [Bloomberg]
* After its giant, website-crashing sale debacle earlier this month, someone decided to file a class-action suit against Sephora for discriminating against Asian customers whose accounts were blocked. [Reuters]
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Asians, Biglaw, Books, Career Alternatives, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Time Warner, Women's Issues
From Lawyer To Novelist: An Interview With Helen Wan, Author Of The Partner Track
How can you write a novel while holding down a demanding day job as a lawyer? How can women and minority lawyers position themselves for success in Biglaw? Author Helen Wan shares her insights. -
Asians, Gay, In-House Counsel, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Pets, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: An In-House Counsel's Housing Hunt
Where does this corporate counsel work, and how big was his budget? -
Asians, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Murder, New York Times, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.15.14
* “Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, if my client was the shooter, why would he have left the witness alive to testify? He’s a man who finishes the damn job.” [ABA Journal] * Who would pretend to be a lawyer who is not? Apparently this public figure. [Legal Cheek] * Jill Abramson is out at the New York Times. Could the reason be her decision to lawyer up? [Law and More] * If you’ve hung around ATL long enough, you’ve heard us speculate that it just doesn’t make economic sense to attend most law schools. Here’s proof — only about 50 are even worth it economically. Which is hard to believe because I thought law degrees were worth $1 million. [TaxProf Blog] * Lawyers get depressed, and not talking about it makes it worse. [Everyday Health] * Seven-year-old kids are developing health problems from picking tobacco, because we let children work on tobacco farms apparently. [Slate] * The Asian American Bar Association will be conducting a trial reenactment of 22 Lewd Chinese Women next Wednesday. Register here! [AABANY] * As the new movie comes out, lawyers are really worked up over the Godzilla intellectual property. They need to hire Jorge Rivers: Godzilla Lawyer, whose ad appears after the jump (starring Thomas Lennon)…. [The Columbus Dispatch] -
1st Circuit, American Bar Association / ABA, Asians, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, California, Judicial Nominations, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Malpractice, Morning Docket, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Technology, Trials
Morning Docket: 05.06.14
* U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wants to know more about why Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down an anticorruption commission. [New York Times]
* The ABA weighs in on the “unfinished business” controversy affecting bankrupt law firms, their lawyers, and their clients. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Better late than never: students and professors at UC Davis Law are pushing for the posthumous admission to the California bar of Hong Yeng Chang, who was denied a law license in 1890 solely because of his Chinese heritage. [Associated Press; South China Morning Post]
* Speaking of late, a robber sent to prison 13 years late because of a clerical error just got released. [ABA Journal]
* Drones could claim another victim: the First Circuit nomination of Harvard law professor David Barron. [How Appealing]
* Who still wants a landline phone? The jury foreman in the latest Apple-Samsung battle, who is sick and tired of cellphones after the month-long trial. [The Recorder (sub. req.)]
* Not such a Great Adventure: “Cadwalader To Pay $17M In Six Flags Malpractice Fight.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]
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Asians, Biglaw, Blog Wars, Blogging, California, Politics, Reader Polls, Weirdness, Women's Issues
An Update On Mayer Brown's Curious And Controversial Case
Should Mayer Brown be ashamed of taking this case? -
Asians, Fabulosity, In-House Counsel, Law Professors, Parties, Pro Bono, Public Interest, Television
A Happy 40th Anniversary To AALDEF!
Who were this year's recipients of AALDEF's Justice in Action Awards? -
Asians, Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, Ridiculousness
Can You Believe These Folks Passed The Bar Exam?
What kind of parents would give their children such ridiculous names? -
Asians, Biglaw, Blog Wars, Blogging, California, Politics, Reader Polls, Weirdness, Women's Issues
A Biglaw Firm's 'Disgusting' And 'Despicable' Lawsuit?
Is this lawsuit, filed by a leading law firm, deserving of condemnation? Or is it just par for the Biglaw course? -
Asians, Biglaw, Books, Clerkships, Crime, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Gay, Gay Marriage, Gender, Kids, Morning Docket, Murder, Rape, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trials, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 02.17.14
Ed. note: Due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, we will be on a reduced publication schedule today. We will still be publishing, but less frequently than usual. We will be back in full force tomorrow.
* With a perfect record for equality post-Windsor and four appellate courts soon set to rule, it looks like the Supreme Court will get a second bite at the gay marriage apple by 2015. [National Law Journal]
* Per Am Law, Mayer Brown just posted its highest profits ever. Maybe that’s one of the reasons the NSA’s thunder from down under, the Australian Signals Directorate, was spying on it. [New York Times]
* For Asian American women, Biglaw’s “bamboo ceiling” may be just as tough to crack as its glass ceiling. What’s that? Find out by reading Helen Wan’s book, The Partner Track (affiliate link). [Washington Post]
* Haller Jackson, the law clerk accused of aggravated rape of a minor, has been in and out of court since his arrest. His defense team has even filed a motion to suppress his confession. MOAR info, plz! [Slabbed]
* Controversy alert: Michael Dunn was convicted of four out of five charges, including three counts of attempted murder, in Florida’s “loud music” trial, but the jury was hung on the murder charge. Lame. [CNN]
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Asians, Books, Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Drinking, Drugs, Elena Kagan, Jed Rubenfeld, Kids, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 02.03.14
* Woody Allen’s lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, responds to Dylan Farrow’s account of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her famous father. [Gawker; Gothamist] * Sound advice from Professor Glenn Reynolds on how not to increase applications to your law school. [Instapundit] * What is a “nitro dump,” and will it provide information about who (or what) killed Philip Seymour Hoffman? [ATL Redline] * “Is Elena Kagan a ‘paranoid libertarian?’ Judging by [Cass] Sunstein’s definition, the answer is yes.” [Reason via Althouse] * A petition of possible interest to debt-laden law school graduates: “Increase the student loan interest deduction from $2,500 to the interest actually paid.” [WhiteHouse.gov] * Vivia Chen wonders: Is Amy Chua, co-author of The Triple Package (affiliate link), being attacked as racist in a way that it itself racist? [Time] * Yikes — journalists around the country have been receiving “a flurry of subpoenas in recent months,” according to Jeff Kosseff of Covington & Burling. [InsideTechMedia] * Congratulations to Orrick’s 15 new partners — an impressively diverse group, from a wide range of practice areas and from offices around the world. [Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe] -
Asians, Books, Law Professors, Law Schools, Minority Issues, New York Times
Yale Law Professors, For The Win
What does the New York Times Book Review have to say about Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld's new book?