Clerkships
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Clerkships, Federal Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Rankings, Supreme Court Clerks
The Top Five Law Schools for Jobs, Cost, Clerkships, and More
Another look at the ATL Top 50 Law Schools, broken out by individual data points. Is your law school on any of these top five lists? -
Art, Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Books, Clerkships, Headhunters / Recruiters, Howrey LLP, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Privacy, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 06.10.13
* Edward Snowden, the computer technician who leaked details on the programs the NSA didn’t want you to know about, sacrificed his life to save your privacy’s soul. Thanks a bunch, Technology Jesus! [CNN]
* While we wait for Fisher, DOMA, and Prop 8, if you’d like some background info on the people behind the most controversial and talked about SCOTUS cases of the term, give this one a read. [NBC News]
* If a justice claims he’s never met a homosexual and he’s got a gay law clerk, telling him to “look around [his] chambers” to find one is the NKI. My, how times have changed since the mid-80s. [New York Times]
* In 2012, Justice Sotomayor earned $1.9 million in royalties from her memoir, My Beloved World (affiliate link). Yeah, her world is probably so beloved because she’s rolling around in money. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Howrey going to make use of this empty wall space? If you’re in the market for some art, this bankrupt firm’s decor will be up for auction in D.C. later this week. [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]
* When you’re dealing with the most beautiful people in Biglaw, the price for pretty is high: Davis Polk was slapped with a million-dollar lawsuit over a recruiter’s fee. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Gerald Shargel, criminal defense attorney to the Mafia stars, is retiring his shingle to join Winston & Strawn. Biglaw better keep him entertained — he gets bored easily. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Cory Booker, one of everyone’s favorite Yale Law School grads, announced his candidacy for a New Jersey Senate seat over the weekend. Best of luck in the special election! [The Note / ABC News]
* The feds are seeking a four-year sentence for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in his campaign funds misuse case. No MJ memorabilia is worth prison time, no matter how big a fan you are. [The Hill]
* “[I]f you ever call me on my cellphone again, I’ll strangle you.” Yikes. Looks like this Kentucky judge won’t have the chance to wring his hands around lawyers’ necks any time soon. [Courier-Journal]
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Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y.
A Quick Update on Law Clerk Hiring
The Southern District of New York provides a model for other courts to follow.
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Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y.
What's the Latest News in Law Clerk Hiring?
Some S.D.N.Y. judges have made a sensible tweak to (what remains of) the Law Clerk Hiring Plan. -
Clerkships, Job Searches, Ridiculousness
How Not To Write A Cover Letter
What a cover letter might look like if penned by a Nigerian prince. -
5th Circuit, Clerkships, Edith Jones, Law Schools, Politics
Righteous Indignation: The 'Righter' Side of Law
A column for our conservative-minded readers, but can its author alter the usual ATL ideological balance? -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Vanderbilt
Which Law Schools Had the Most Clerkship Placements?
Believe it or not, there are some surprises in the top 10 of this list! -
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Morning Docket: 04.12.13
* Earlier this week, after some political wrangling, Senator Chuck Grassley proposed the Court Efficiency Act in the hope of paring down the D.C. Circuit. But really, come on, what are the odds of that happening… again? [National Law Journal]
* Biglaw partners, rejoice, for it seems that your legal secretaries will be unable to sue you for defamation over emails written to your wives. Spousal privilege, baby! (N.B. This doesn’t apply to your girlfriends.) [New York Law Journal]
* Which law schools placed the highest percentage of grads in federal clerkships? This info comes from the rankings guru himself. We may have more on this later. [Morse Code / U.S. News & World Report]
* The Rutgers basketball scandal claimed another scalp yesterday after the school’s former general counsel resigned. Rutgers Law dean John Farmer will be stepping in for a brief assist. [Star-Ledger]
* So, do you remember that environmental report Steven Donziger allegedly had made up in the Chevron case? Yeah, the consulting firm just disavowed all of the evidence in the report. Oops! [Businessweek]
* Say so long to your retirement money, sweetie: Junie Hoang, the actress who sued IMDb for revealing the fact that she was over the hill, received a less than favorable jury verdict. [Houston Chronicle]
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Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools
Clerkship Hiring Is Getting Earlier and Earlier
So how early can law students apply for clerkships under the just revised Law Clerk Hiring Plan? Pretty darn early.... -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Which Law Schools Employed the Most Grads in 'Elite' Jobs?
If you'd like to be paid in prestige, then this list is for you! -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Job Searches, Law Schools, LSAT, Rankings, Reader Polls, U.S. News
What Would a More Relevant Law School Ranking Look Like? You Told Us
What does the ATL readership believe should matter when it comes to ranking law schools? -
Anthony Kennedy, Clerkships, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Janice Rogers Brown, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Stephen Reinhardt, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Sparkle Bright Like A Diamond
Who are the latest Supreme Court law clerks? And which law school just placed its first SCOTUS clerk ever? -
Clerkships, In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
House Rules: Foot In Mouth Disease…
House Rules reminds you to never become complacent with your writing.
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Clerkships, Football, General Counsel, Harvard, Non-Sequiturs, Rank Stupidity, Rankings, State Judges
Non-Sequiturs: 02.12.13
* BREAKING: Law enforcement appears to have cornered Chris Dorner in Big Bear. Two injured in a shootout. [NBC News] * Ranking the rankings? Who’s a bigger joke: National Jurist or Cooley? If only we had a ranking system for rankings. Hmm, that gives me an idea… [Brian Leiter's Law School Reports] * A 2009 Harvard Law grad and Proskauer associate Megha Parekh just took over as the General Counsel of the Jacksonville Jaguars. She’s a much better hire than Blaine Gabbert. [Big Cat Country] * Looking for a clerkship in the present state of anarchy in the post-Clerkship Scramble world? This new website can help. [PrawfsBlawg] * Call 911 for a sexy emergency! [Legal Juice] * Papal resignation is a little more complex than you’d think. But what’s all this stuff about Benedict XVI having to “take the Black” and move somewhere called “The Wall?” [Volokh Conspiracy] * When is a blogger a journalist? This question becomes pretty important when a state boasts a shield law for journalists. [Simple Justice] * The profiled study here asks whether judges prefer plain language or legalese? Unfortunately, it doesn’t consider the fact that some judges prefer neither. [Associate's Mind] * After the jump, watch some video of what happened when hackers hit the Montana emergency alert system and said zombies were taking over…. -
Clerkships, In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
House Rules: To Clerk, Redux...
Clerking can be a magnificent career opportunity. Don't turn it down just because you worry about what people might think. -
Clerkships, In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
House Rules: To Clerk, Or Not…
Should you apply for a clerkship as an experienced attorney? Some thoughts from David Mowry. -
Brett Kavanaugh, Clerkships, D.C. Circuit, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Merrick Garland
The Law Clerk Hiring Plan: Really, Really Dead Now
Can the Law Clerk Hiring Plan survive, now that one super-prestigious court has announced that it's abandoning ship? -
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Non-Sequiturs: 01.07.13
* Here’s the answer to the question everyone’s been asking since December: the Supreme Court will be hearing the gay-marriage cases on March 26 (Prop 8) and March 27 (Windsor). No extra time for args? [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Wherein Scott Greenfield responds to Mark Herrmann’s thoughts on bench memos — or, in Greenfield’s words, why our important appellate decisions shouldn’t be left “in the hands of children” (aka law clerks). [Simple Justice] * Will the latest massive mortgage settlements lead to lawyer layoffs? [Going Concern] * Cy Vance’s ears must’ve been ringing when this opinion came out, because the judges on this appellate panel said the prosecution’s case was based on “pure conjecture bolstered by empty rhetoric.” [WiseLawNY] * Apparently a Santa Clara law professor is getting pummeled in the comments on various law blogs because of his thoughts on law school. As Rihanna would say, “Shine bright like Steve Diamond.” [Constitutional Daily] * Meditation and mindfulness are more mainstream than ever in the practice of law, but given all the tales of stressed out lawyers’ alleged misconduct we hear about, you certainly wouldn’t know it. [Underdog] * And from our friends at RollOnFriday, you can see what the folks at Norton Rose do in their spare time…. Thanks to the Norton Rose / Fulbright & Jaworski merger, lawyers at Fulbright will soon be working Gangnam Style with all of this fabulosity. Aren’t you excited to be joining them in doing the hallway horsey dance? -
Clerkships, Federal Judges
Inside Straight: Reforming The Bench Memo Process
Wherein Mark Herrmann makes a plea to the federal courts as to law clerks and the drafting of bench memos. -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2013 and OT 2014
Some justices are done hiring for the 2013 Term and already into 2014....