Career Alternatives
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Yo! ATL Raps
A former Dewey & LeBoeuf associate started a company that just received $15 million in venture capital financing. But can it compete with Westlaw and Lexis? -
Career Alternatives, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: How To Tell Your Parents You're Not Going to Law School
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools, Television
Career Alternatives For Attorneys: Television Screenwriter
Interested in being a screenwriter for television or film? Check out our interview with Adam Perlman, a Biglaw attorney who quit his job to be a writer.
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Career Alternatives, Comment of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity
Comment of the Week: The Babies of Biglaw
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Art, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Depositions, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Morning Docket, State Judges, Television, Videos
Morning Docket: 09.21.12
* Martin Bienenstock, Dewey’s former bankruptcy head, offered some free legal advice to the firm’s bankruptcy advisers: “[P]lease get real about the unfinished business claims.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* In other interesting Dewey news, you’re never going to guess what Steve DiCarmine’s been doing since the firm went under. He of the orange skin tone is making it work at Parsons. [Am Law Daily]
* Remember Kenechukwu Okoli, the guy who slapped a Paul Hastings partner in the face during a depo and then sued him for assault? Yeeaah, that suit got dismissed. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* NerdWallet has created an online law school comparison tool, but users will only get to choose from 50 schools, none of which are in the so-called U.S. News second tier. Guess they don’t think Cooley is the second-best school in the country. How rude. [Bucks / New York Times]
* Cecilia Gimenez, the woman from Spain who accidentally turned a fresco of Christ into a portrait of a monkey, is now seeking royalties from funds the church levied as entrance fees to see her “work of art.” [Telegraph]
* Bridget Mary McCormack, a candidate for Michigan’s Supreme Court, has a simple tip for putting together the best judicial campaign video ever: all you need to do is reunite the cast of The West Wing. Check it out….
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Career Alternatives, Craigslist, Job Searches, Pregnancy / Paternity
Terrible Job Potpourri: Your Womb Is More Useful Than Your Law Degree
Speaking of terrible jobs, does having a J.D. mean you can charge a higher fee when renting out your womb? -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools
Girl Postpones Law School To Drive A Wiener: Good Call or GREAT Call?
Driving the Wienermobile makes a lot more sense than going to law school... -
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Morning Docket: 08.21.12
* That’s one hell of a “rainy day fund.” Greenberg Traurig is asking for $24M over the next two years, and has no plans to do it again in the near future. [Daily Business Review]
* Lots of law firms have been listening to that Petula Clark song about how great things are downtown, because that’s where their offices are headed. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Republicans are begging Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin to quit, but he’s vowed to stay the course. “[A]bortion is never an option,” not even for his campaign. [New York Times]
* Dipping and squeezing is serious business in the condiment world, and that’s why there’s a patent lawsuit over this innovative ketchup packet. [Huffington Post]
* Career alternatives for attorneys: sci-fi salvaging savior? This entertainment lawyer is taking out-of-print fantasy novels and turning them into e-books. Sometimes being a nerd is pretty cool. [New York Daily News]
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Career Alternatives, Fabulosity, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Job Searches, Law Schools, Videos, Women's Issues
A Guide for Surviving On-Campus Interviewing With Style
On-campus interviewing season is here, so here are some great style tips courtesy of CakeStyle, a company co-founded by a Harvard Law grad... -
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Career Alternatives: Rattlesnake Venom Extractor, a.k.a. 'Pure Badass'
if you get tired of being a lawyer, there are always other career options, like milking poisonous snakes… -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools
Your J.D. Didn't Build That
A J.D. isn't very versatile, but law schools have no incentive to tell you the truth about that... -
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Morning Docket: 08.15.12
* What do Tiger Woods’s sexts, Anthony Weiner’s wiener, and the newsworthiness exception to copyright infringement have in common? They’re all in this colorful Ninth Circuit dissent. [National Law Journal]
* Dewey have any idea when this “clawback” deadline will stop being extended? Partners have again been granted another extension to sign on the dotted line, but this time for only 48 hours. [WSJ Law Blog]
* If your reason for resigning from your position as a congressman has to do with “increasing parenting challenges,” becoming the managing director of Biglaw practice group likely isn’t a wise choice. [POLITICO]
* A shareholder suit filed against Goldman Sachs over mortgage-backed securities and early TARP repayment was dismissed. I didn’t watch the Daily Show last night, but I’m sure Jon Stewart had a great joke. [Reuters]
* Musical deans? Hot on the heels of Jeremy Paul’s announcement that he was leaving for Northeastern, Professor Willajeanne McLean has been appointed as interim dean at UConn Law. [Connecticut Law Tribune]
* Law school didn’t build that: as it turns out, a juris doctor isn’t as versatile a degree as it’s made out to be. Just because you managed to get a good non-law job, it doesn’t mean a J.D. helped you. [Am Law Daily]
* Jaynie Mae Baker, the Millionaire Madam’s sidekick, has struck a plea deal with the DA. She won’t be going to jail for her adventures in high-class hooking, and might walk away without a criminal record. [New York Post]
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Career Alternatives, Drinking, In-House Counsel
D.C. Attorney Gives Up Law for Her True Passion: Booze
An attorney is putting her legal career aside to follow something she’s been passionate about since her college days: wine. -
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The Life and Times of Erika Awakening, Professional Pickup Artist and Harvard Law Grad
What would cause a Harvard-educated attorney on a rather prestigious career track to become a pickup artist? Let's find out.... -
Career Alternatives, Law Schools, Shoes, Weirdness
Cooley Law Grad or Troll... Is There Even a Difference?(C/O '93 Grad Claims He's Employed as a Shoeshiner)
A Cooley Law graduate claims that he's been employed as a shoe shine boy for close to 20 years. Fact or fiction? -
Career Alternatives, Food, Law Schools, Reality TV, Solo Practitioners, Television
A Lawyer Attempts to Slice, Dice, and Julienne Fry All of the Competition on 'MasterChef'
Yet another attorney has decided to make a foray into the wonderful world of reality TV. Meet Jason Maur, a lawyer appearing on this season of MasterChef. -
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Career Alternatives: An Attorney Chef? That's So Crazy It Just Might Work
Do you want to work as in attorney and a chef -- at the same time? That's crazy… so crazy, it just might work. -
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Why Didn't a Lawyer Think of This?
Unemployed woman runs for office. Hey, she needs a job... -
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Caption Contest Winner: You Have to Sing for Your Supper
Over the weekend, you voted on the finalists, and now it’s time to announce the winner of our most recent caption contest...