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Lawyer Offers Advice To Pageant Queens, So Long As They're Not 'Chunkers'
A lawyer offers tough love for beauty pageant contestants to help them succeed. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Baseball, Basketball, Fashion, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sexual Harassment
Non-Sequiturs: 07.10.14
* According to his former lawyer, The Situation’s tan is as fake as his checks. [Defamer /Gawker] * The folks at New Republic explain the Notorious R.B.G. phenomenon in such excruciating detail as to make it really kind of awkward. [New Republic] * Lawyer who asked trainee 78 times to have sex with him and then secretly filmed her around the office gets an eight-month suspension and a fine. Seems like it should be more than that… [The Age] * Dealing with outfit “compliments” and maintaining your confidence. Frankly, learning how to deal with passive-aggressive jerks is an important skill for any working lawyer. [Corporette] * Law schools are in trouble, but something’s blocking reform: the ABA. Seriously, this article is probably a shocker if you haven’t been reading ATL for years. [Forbes] * Day 3 of the Sterling trial: wherein Donald calls his wife a “pig.” [mitchell epner] * Here’s why law students should care about legal funding. So they don’t screw up funding their cases as much as they did their education. [LFC 360] * Remember the brutal fan beating last year of a San Francisco Giants fan? A jury finds that the Los Angeles Dodgers acted negligently. [ESPN] * Corporate litigator leaves her gig to start a “Cat Cafe.” Which is exactly what it sounds like. [Denver Cat Co] - Sponsored
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Blogging, Career Alternatives, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Internet -- A 'Silk Route' For The Ages
Young lawyer saddled with loans quits lucrative law firm job; what happens next will... make sense with the benefit of hindsight.
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine
The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 1)
Why are so many lawyers in therapy, and are lawyers good clients for therapists? A lawyer turned clinical psychologist tackles these topics and more. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Celebrities, Music
Which Awful Hit Band Did This Lawyer Leave Biglaw To Join?
A talented musician finally realized, "Why would I be a lawyer when I could be a rock star?" -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Why Unhappy Attorneys Who Still Strive For Perfection Have Difficulty In Leaving The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind discusses how perfectionism can be a barrier to leaving an unhappy career in the law. -
Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyers
From The Career Files: A Law Degree Can Help You With A Wide Variety Of Career Paths
Marc Luber challenges Jim Saksa's Slate article, "You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree," with several viable career alternatives for JDs. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Romance and Dating, Women's Issues
Former Biglaw Associate Starts Escort Company
Who is this wonderful woman, and which Biglaw firm does she hail from? - Sponsored
How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report. -
Career Alternatives, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, New Jersey
Morning Docket: 05.20.14
* Oregon’s ban on gay marriage was struck down yesterday, making it the thirteenth victory in a row for the marriage equality movement. The countdown to a SCOTUS case continues. [New York Times]
* After increasing its first-year class size by 22 percent just to pay the bills, folks at GW Law are starting to wonder what sort of long-term survival plan its new dean will propose. [GW Hatchet]
* Part of South Carolina’s Commission on Higher Education voted to reject the licensing InfiLaw’s takeover of Charleston Law, citing concerns about the diploma mill company’s rep. [Post and Courier]
* If can’t get a job after law school graduation, here are some jobs for your consideration — ones you didn’t need a law degree to consider in the first place, mind you. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* Owners of the New Jersey mall where a young attorney was gunned down during a car jacking are attempting to get part of his surviving wife’s lawsuit dismissed. This is all really quite sad. [Star-Ledger]
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Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
People Actually Trying To Defend 'You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree'
People are trying desperately to perpetuate the lie that you can do anything with a law degree. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Be A More Certain Lawyer By Exploring Options
Rob Jordan gives advice to attorneys on how to best position themselves to clarify or confirm their career paths. -
Career Alternatives, Lawyer Advertising, Legal Ethics, Texas, Weirdness
'The Psychic Lawyer': Probably Not A Psychic. Is He Even A Lawyer?
It's not clear what being a lawyer has to do with this psychic's routine -- or that he is, in fact, a licensed attorney. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Law Schools, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sex
This Guy Left The Law To Make Crazy Sex Toys
Who is the man who left the law to bring the world the delights of latex fetish clothing, vibrators, and blowjob machines?
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Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools
Lawyer With Six Figures Of Debt Forced To Work As Professional Babysitter
Take heed before you apply to law school, lest you become a nanny with six figures of debt…. -
Biglaw, Canada, Career Alternatives, Food, In-House Counsel, Kasowitz Benson, Law Schools, Layoffs, Morning Docket, Sports, You Go Girl
Morning Docket: 02.21.14
* A source says the casualties at Kasowitz were a matter of “managing the pipeline” after work involving the credit crisis dried up. Don’t worry, he says the firm’s still really busy. Aww, someone will believe you. [New York Law Journal]
* Sorry, folks, but if you want to work in Biglaw, taking classes during law school like “Law and Unicorns” isn’t going to cut it. Try to stick to the boring stuff, and you probably won’t get dinged as often. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Oregon’s AG is refusing to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage because it “cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge under any standard of review.” That’s just fabulous, darling. [Bloomberg]
* Career alternatives for attorneys: Olympic gold medalist. Jennifer Jones, in-house counsel at National Bank Financial, helped Canada’s curling team take the win this week in Sochi. You go, girl! [The Star]
* Say hi to this century’s Stella Liebeck. A woman is suing Dunkin’ Donuts after suffering second and third degree burns to her crotchal region after spilling her hot apple cider. [New Jersey Law Journal (reg. req.)]
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Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Three Reasons Why Looking For A Job Can Doom Our Efforts To Leave The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind gives three reasons why unhappy lawyers should not jump onto job boards right away. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Money, Real Estate, Travel / Vacation
Departure Memo Of The Day: Where The Wild Things Are
Check out this departure memo: great opening line, or greatest opening line? -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: If Not Law Jobs, Then What? 7 Tips To Move Forward – Part 2
Kate Neville, founder of Neville Career Consulting, offers helpful tips for law school graduates who would like to expand their career options in the second part of this series. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
If Not Law Jobs, Then What? 7 Tips To Move Forward (Part 1)
In the first of a two-part series, Kate Neville offers seven tips for associates who want to leave the law but don't yet know where to go. -
Blogging, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Media and Journalism, Videos, YouTube
The Perils -- And Pleasure -- Of 'Reply All'
When can "Reply All" be a GOOD thing?