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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Startup Founder
Are you interested in leaving the practice of law to pursue an entrepreneurial venture? Maybe you can learn some lessons from today's career alternatives story.... -
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Non-Sequiturs: 04.12.13
* The Dukes of Hazzard and Braveheart cited in the Eleventh Circuit. Other circuits, the gauntlet has been thrown down. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Dave’s not here, man. Probably not the smartest stoner on the planet. [Lowering the Bar] * Former Skadden attorney loses her appeal claiming that insomnia constituted a disability. It’s a setback for her, but nothing worth losing sleep over. [National Law Journal] * The Second Circuit agreed with every other court that heard the motion and denied the effort to recuse Magistrate Judge Peck from the Da Silva Moore predictive coding case. [IT-Lex] * Maybe it’s time for law professors to get off their duffs and try helping out their unemployed students directly. [Concurring Opinions] * Judge Easterbrook allows a $25K student-loan discharge for a ‘destitute’ paralegal. The educational-industrial complex is not going to sit still for this. [ABA Journal] * Saira Rao, of Chambermaid (affiliate link) fame, has a new publishing venture — check it out. [Kickstarter] * Oh, BARBRI. What’s the Matter with Kansas, indeed (after the jump)…. * Posted previously on Facebook (now pulled): - 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… -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Novelist
Tara Conklin's new novel invokes the subject of slave reparations as the basis for the tale of a house slave and a modern lawyer.
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Pot Dealing
Today in career alternatives: from tax law to... pot dealing? -
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Departure Memo of the Day: After Biglaw, Everybody Should Find Their Zihuatanejo
Getting out of Biglaw will get you soaked. -
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Studious Lawyer By Day, Sexy Cheerleader By Night
She knows how to BE AGGRESSIVE, B-E AGGRESSIVE, B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E inside of a courtroom. -
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From the Career Files: The Third Step in Leaving Law Behind -- Do What You Are Good At
The third step in leaving law behind? Exploring your own unique genius... -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Disney World Guru
Looking to leave the law? Your treasure trove of "useless" knowledge could actually be a valuable asset. - 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… -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Bike Dude
How many securities lawyers look this good without their shirts on? -
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From the Career Files: The Second Step in Leaving Law Behind – Cut Your Losses
The second step in leaving law behind? Getting over law school.... -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Interior Design Diva
Why practice law when you can help people make their houses feel like homes? Be an interior designer instead! -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: NFL Football Coach
How does one go from Harvard Law School to coaching an NFL football team? Let's find out! -
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The Georgetown University Law Center for Bagels and Lox?
With a law degree from Georgetown, you can be a famous... bagel shop owner? L'chaim!
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Filmmaker
Why be a lawyer when you can make movies about law instead? -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Craft Spirit Curators
How would like to sample unique artisanal spirits as part of your job? At a start-up company with seven figures in revenue? -
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Morning Docket: 02.20.13
* Should the mentally disabled receive the death penalty? Neither SCOTUS nor Georgia’s Supreme Court stayed Warren Lee Hill’s execution, but the Eleventh Circuit saved the day. [Washington Post]
* If you’re looking for a mishmosh of Biglaw news, from new offices to new hires to new firm leaders, then look no further. If only this list were in alphabetical order! [Law Firm Insider / U.S. News & World Report]
* Dewey know why this partner who was sued by Barclays in the U.K. over his capital loan is suing the bank in the U.S.? It involves an alleged fraud and Joel Sanders. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* So much for that “silly sideshow”: Judge Richard Sullivan of the S.D.N.Y. hasn’t made a ruling in the Greenlight case yet, but he says David Einhorn may have a “likelihood of success on the merits” if the matter proceeds further. [Bloomberg]
* One of the partners at this small law firm apparently watched Secretary a few too many times, and he’s now accused of threatening to “whip” his ex-assistant into shape because she was a “bad girl.” [New York Post]
* The University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law named an interim successor to former dean Hiram Chodosh, but we can’t say he’s a law dean hottie. He looks like Van Pelt from Jumanji. [Salt Lake Tribune]
* The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law will house the first clinic in the nation devoted to pardons and the law. It figures that a religious school would focus on legal Hail Marys. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Career alternatives for law school dropouts: mining magnate and financier of the Titanic II. Much like the value proposition of going to law school for today’s generation, this idea is unsinkable. [New York Times]
* Prosecutors have upgraded the charge against Oscar Pistorius to premeditated murder, and one could now say the track star doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to being released on bail pending trial. [CNN]
* D is for… divorce? Sesame Street is talking about divorce in a way that children can understand, but alas, the series neglects important topics like “why mommy is a whore” and “why daddy drinks.” [Law Firm Newswire]
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Law School Program Puts Mommies Back To Work
Putting mothers back to work probably means their adult children will have even more trouble finding a job. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Game Show Writer
Are you a trivia nerd? Why not try your hand at being a game show writer? -
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Morning Docket: 02.11.13
* “You just sit there, looking stupid.” The justices of the Supreme Court aren’t required to show up and look like “potted plants” at the State of the Union address, but some of them do every year. [CNN]
* Well, thanks to the DOJ’s fraud lawsuit filed against ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, it’s starting to look a lot like a litigation gang bang up in here as far as the states are concerned. [Bloomberg]
* Dewey know whether D&L’s retirees are still kicking (legally speaking) or if they’ve decided to send their claims to hospice? We certainly do, and we’ll have more on this later. [Am Law Daily]
* That “death and taxes” thing may be true, but when you’re trying to navigate the U.S. tax code as a married same-sex couple and the government won’t even recognize your union, there’s an uncomfortable air of uncertainty. [New York Times]
* “Have we seceded already? The execution is faster than I thought.” Guess which state in the Deep South accidentally raised a Confederate battle flag over the building that houses its Supreme Court. [Clarion-Ledger]
* Mama said knock you out: if you’re trying to figure out how to get a job after graduating from New England Law School, moonlighting as a champion boxer will help you beat down the competition. [Boston Herald]
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Enabler of Fashionistas
Love fashion? Why not ditch the law and help young designers make a name for themselves?