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Antonin Scalia, Bloomberg, D.C. Circuit, Death Penalty, FDA, Football, Gay, Gay Marriage, Insider Trading, Non-Sequiturs, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 07.23.13
* The D.C. Circuit has banned the import of Sodium Thiopental, putting a crimp in the plans of any state looking to administer lethal injections. This is where Delaware has it right… no one is going to outlaw rope. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Steve Cohen didn’t read 89 percent of his emails. In his defense, “I think I’m guilty of insider trading” and “I am a Nigerian Prince” are probably both getting caught by the spam filter. [DealBreaker] * Sequestration has put the pinch on the rights of indigent federal defendants to receive legal representation. But at least our airlines are shielded from hardship. [PrawfsBlawg] * “Just as Justice Scalia predicted in his animated dissent, by virtue of the present lawsuit, “the state-law shoe” has now dropped in Ohio.” [USA Today] * Wire Lawyer is running a competition among law school alumni to see which schools are the most technologically progressive. What do you know, people from Seattle and California are winning a technology competition. [Wire Lawyer] * Hall of Famers Art Monk and Darrell Green have joined the movement to get Washington to stop using the ‘Redskins’ name. [ESPN] * Bloomberg takes a look at the legal controversy brewing around unpaid internships. Video after the jump… [Bloomberg Law via YouTube] -
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Non-Sequiturs: 07.22.13
* Sorry, ladies — the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy. Unlikely to be named “Joffrey.” [Today] * The PAC-12 is trying to block a for-profit university from joining Division I athletics. Hear hear. Division I athletics is for making millions exploiting an unpaid labor force and is no place for something as crass as a for-profit school. [Sports Illustrated] * Professor Kyle Graham wonders: Do judges have slumps? [noncuratlex] * If you’re fed up with the law, consider being a trophy wife! [The Careerist] * For those high school graduates who already know they want to be lawyers, Denver Law has a joint Bachelor’s/J.D. program. So what’s the angle here? Locking undergrads into DU Law years in advance, or protecting DU’s LSAT median by filling the class with students who don’t take the LSAT? [University of Denver Law School] * Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai has pardoned a Norwegian woman who had been sentenced to prison for the transgression of being raped. Remember, Dubai is the relatively forward-thinking country in the region. [CNN] * Justice Kagan can get a little snarky, can’t she? [Dorf on Law] * Trevor Faure of Ernst & Young explains how a variety of market forces have placed law firms and their clients in an almost adversarial setting. Video after the jump…. [Bloomberg Law via YouTube] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Videos
Axiom's Place In the New Legal Landscape
Where does Axiom CEO Mark Harris see his company today and in the future?
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Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Videos
The Ideal Lawyer To Have A 3-Hour Summer Lunch With
Bring along a lawyer who's a real food expert. -
Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, UVA Law, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Consulting
Meet a consultant who reminds us of Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) of "Scandal" -- but with a Biglaw background. -
Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Federal Government, Food, Litigators, Videos, YouTube
Law School Graduates: Let Them Bake Cake
Do you have a talent for baking? Here's an inspiring story for you. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Layoffs, Reader Polls, Staff Layoffs
Is Biglaw About To Go Weiled?
A look at the results of our reader poll in response to the Weil Gotshal layoffs. -
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Will a Job at Sullivan & Cromwell Send You to the Therapist's Office?
Being worked to death can lead to mental health issues, but here's how one lawyer avoided them. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Law Schools, Videos, YouTube
From Torturing Law Students To Sticking Needles In People
Is this retired law professor a sadist? Actually, no.... -
Bloomberg, Federal Judges, Music, Videos
Learned Hand Recorded a Single?!?
Yes, *that* Learned Hand, and *that* definition of a single. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Partner Issues, Videos, YouTube
A Wachtell Lipton Partner Leaves the Law For....
This former Wachtell Lipton partner could retire already; what is she doing instead? -
Bloomberg, Law Schools
Winners And Losers Of The Great Law School Application Reduction
Some law schools are actually doing quite well as law school applications crater generally... -
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Want To Leave the Law and Travel Around the World?
How would you like to ditch your legal job and travel around the world, photographing and writing about the places you visit?
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Biglaw, Blank Rome, Blogging, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Fabulosity, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Shopping, Shopping For Others, Videos, YouTube
Are Male Lawyers Fashion-Impaired?
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Who Wants To Work In The West Wing?
Wouldn't working in the West Wing be a dream job? Here's how you get there.... -
Art, Bloomberg, Environment / Environmental Law, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, State Attorneys General, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Student Loans, U.S. News
Non-Sequiturs: 05.17.13
* NY Attorney General investigating fast food restaurants for shorting their employees. This is a worthwhile cause, but what he should be looking into is who ate the bones? [CNN] * Two more law schools, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania admit they gave false information to U.S. News resulting in better rankings. Those were their BETTER rankings? [TaxProf Blog] * To keep “misleading statistics” in perspective, the Department of Education leveled one of its steepest fines on Yale for covering up multiple “forcible sex offenses” to keep its campus safety statistics down. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * A measure of resource governance finds the U.S. has the second best governance of its oil, gas and mining sectors. Give yourself a hand regulators. And we’re gunning for you Norway! [Breaking Energy] * The Honorable Felicia Mennin does not grasp how time works. Thinks artist should have been more conscious of the public fear surrounding the Boston bombings… back in February. [New York Times] * Congratulations readers for helping the profile of a White House petition to reform student loan policy. Here are a couple more if you feel like making more reforms to the process… or at least more suggestions for reforms that will sit on someone’s desk. [Whitehouse.gov and Whitehouse.gov] * Is political intelligence practice too risky? Is political intelligence an oxymoron? An interview with Robert Walker of Wiley Rein LLP after the jump [Bloomberg Law] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.16.13
* Schools with the most racially diverse law school faculties didn’t do well in the U.S. News Rankings or the ATL one. [New York Law Journal] * Jodi Arias news. Something about the death penalty. I didn’t really read the article. Remember, every time you click on something about Jodi Arias, God kills a kitten. […]
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Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Music, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Rock Star
Meet a lawyer/rock star -- and no, not a "rock star" of bankruptcy or ERISA law, but a real live rock star.... -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Religious Ministry
From working for The Man to working for The Man -- Upstairs.... -
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Mother-at-Law: Cravath's First Woman Partner
A working mother's journey from switchboard operator to law librarian to Cravath partner.