Beauty Contests
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: A Tale of Two Pitches
Here's a lesson in business development. In-house columnist Mark Herrmann describes two law-firm pitches: a good one, and a not-so-good one. -
Celebrities, Hotties, India, Law Schools, LLMs
Feeling Hot Hot Hot: From NYU LLM Student to Beauty Queen
The holder of an LLM from NYU was just named Miss India. How beautiful must you be in order to rank #1 out of 600 million women? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Big-Firm Pitches
Over time (and it doesn’t take long), law firm pitches all begin to sound the same. “We save you money because we staff cases leanly. We send in the Navy SEALs, not the Fifth Fleet.” Do you really think the guy in here last week was saying, “We waste your money hand over foot. We […]
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Hotties, Law Schools, listserv, Ridiculousness, Sexism
Do Michigan Law Men Have Thin, Saggy Skins?
You have to hand it to the University of Michigan Law School. They always keep it interesting in Ann Arbor. Today’s tale of wacky wolverines arises out of the law school’s “Mr. Wolverine” beauty pageant. Yeah, it sounds like exactly what it is. It’s a nice little event where Michigan men “dress down” for the […] -
Hotties, Law Schools, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Miss America 2011 Wants a Law Degree, and Then an Appointment to SCOTUS, and Then Election to POTUS
This is why we shouldn’t let people under the age of 18 speak in public. Ever. The new Miss America, Teresa Scanlan, is just 17 years old. Why we live in a society that regularly parades minors out in public to be ogled (whether for their beauty or dunking prowess or whatever) is a subject […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Incumbency Advantage
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Think for a minute about business development for law firms. Your firm wants to expand its litigation presence in a particular practice area. What do you do? Many firms figure they’ll march out […]
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