Contract Attorneys
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Contract Attorneys, Holidays and Seasons
5 Tips For Surviving The Holidays As A Contract Attorney
The holidays bring unique challenges (and opportunities) for contract attorneys. -
Contract Attorneys, Labor / Employment
Contract Attorney Wins Battle. . . Status of War Unclear
Do you think Quinn Emanuel losing its Motion to Dismiss is good news for contract attorneys? Not so fast, my friend... - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Gender, Labor / Employment, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Paul Clement, Trials, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 12.12.13
* “This should be a red flag for everyone in legal education and the law firm world.” According to NALP, the percentage of women associates has dropped for the fourth consecutive year. That’s just lovely. [National Law Journal]
* Next summer, the co-CEOs of Hogan Lovells from legacy firms Hogan & Hartson and Lovells will make way for a single CEO structure. If approved by vote, Stephen Immelt will be in charge. Congratulations! [Am Law Daily]
* And the peasants rejoiced, for one of the FLSA overtime suits filed by a document review attorney has survived a motion to dismiss. Quinn Emanuel must have been genuinely shocked by this judge’s ruling. [Am Law Daily]
* “One thing we understand is law and economics.” Yet another law school finally, finally gets it. George Mason University School of Law has agreed to freeze its tuition — for the time being. We may have more on this development later today. [InTheCapital]
* George Huguely V, the UVA LAX bro convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, has got one hell of a lawyer. Paul Clement is arguing his client’s right to counsel was violated at trial. [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
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BuckleySandler, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Pro Se Litigants, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys
Which Law Firm Is Getting Sued By A Contract Attorney Now?
A contract attorney sues a law firm, alleging everyone was out to get him. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Banking Law, Biglaw, China, Contract Attorneys, Crime, Document Review, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Public Interest, Real Estate, Sex Scandals, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 12.10.13
* Stan Stallworth, the Sidley partner accused of sexual assault, has hired a prominent criminal defense attorney to represent him in the case while the firm stands by its man. [Am Law Daily]
* Wall Street regulators are considering approval of a formidable version of the Volcker Rule that would ban banks from proprietary trading. Voting occurs later today. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Skadden Arps has asked a judge to toss an FLSA lawsuit filed against the firm by one of its document reviewers. Aww, silly contract attorney — there’s no way you’re getting overtime pay. [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* Weil Gotshal is still leaking like a sieve. This time, Bruce Colbath, a partner from the firm’s New York office, defected to the Antitrust and Trade Regulation practice group at Sheppard Mullin. [Market Wired]
* Lawyerly Lairs, China Edition: Raymond Li, chair of the Greater China practice at Paul Hastings, just purchased a townhouse for about $95 million. He paid for it in straight cash, homie. [Wall Street Journal]
* They’re extremely tardy to the party, but if the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar gets its way, law schools will be subject to random audits of their employment stats. [ABA Journal]
* It’s a tough job that “can really beat you down,” but an organization called Gideon’s Promise just made it a whole lot easier for law students to secure jobs as public defenders in the South. [National Law Journal]
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Billable Hours, Contract Attorneys
Padding and the Contractor
If padding hours is a problem in Biglaw, imagine what would happen if you paid lawyers by the hour. -
Cars, Contract Attorneys
If This Van's A-Rockin' Don't Come A-Knockin'
You won't believe the extremes one West Coaster is going to for an hourly wage.... -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Biglaw Firm To Farm Out Real Work To Contract Attorneys -- By Associate Request
Don't come complaining to us; after all, you apparently asked for it.... - Sponsored
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Contract Attorneys, Craigslist, Job Searches, Unemployment
This Craigslist Post Expresses The Rage Of A Lost Generation Of Lawyers Through Genius and F-Bombs
Most people will dismiss this guy's post as an unhinged rant. Most people are also stupid. -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Disasters / Emergencies, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Jersey Shore, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Magic Circle, Morning Docket, Patents, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 11.26.13
* You’d think that when discussing major reforms to the patent system, the director of the USPTO would be there, but you’d be wrong. You’d also be wrong if you thought we had a director right now. [National Law Journal]
* Welcome to the future of Biglaw: Allen & Overy has realized that it’s a waste of money to keep hiring in a weak market, so the firm is recruiting its alumni to serve as contract attorneys in times of higher legal demand. [Legal Week]
* Dean Gregory Maggs, the interim leader of George Washington University Law, is being lauded for increasing first-year enrollment by 22 percent in a time of crisis. Excellent work, sir. You flood that job market. [GW Hatchet]
* Just because you have a law degree doesn’t mean you’re “entitled to rise up and become partner.” Getting a job in the new normal involves having a good attitude and social graces. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Ladies, if you get pregnant after a fling with an Olympic medalist and move out of state, please know your “appropriation of the child while in utero [will be deemed] irresponsible, reprehensible.” [New York Times]
* GTL stands for “Gym, Tan, Laundry,” but the owner of these Jersey Shore nightclubs thinks it stands for “Gym, Tan, Lawsuit” — thanks to losses uncovered by its insurer in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. [Newark Star-Ledger]
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Contract Attorneys, Document Review
7 Tips For New Contract Attorneys
If you find yourself about to take the plunge as a contract attorney, this is a helpful guide. If you're already a contract attorney, go ahead and read this and if you never knew any of these tips, then you're the one screwing up the job for everyone else, and this is your chance to set things right. -
Cheapness, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Technology
7 Signs You've Been Doing Document Review Too Long
If you're interested in the life of a contract attorney, this sums up the psychological toll the job takes. -
Contract Attorneys, Job Searches, Law Schools
This Law School Is Finally Being Honest About Job Prospects
Which law school has created a matchmaking service to place recent grads in contract attorney jobs?
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Document Review, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, LSAT, Magic Circle, Morning Docket, Sex, Sex Scandals, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 11.01.13
* The Magic Circle isn’t very magical across the pond in New York City. Four out of five firms from the U.K. — Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Linklaters — have yet to pull rabbits out of their
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Contract Attorneys
Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Contractors
Most people realize that contractor working conditions aren't pleasant... but how many realize they're also hazardous to your health. -
Contract Attorneys, Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans, Unemployment
This Pretty Much Sums Up The Plight Of The Unemployed Lawyer
Ever wonder what it was like to be an out-of-work attorney? Wonder no more. -
Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Labor / Employment, Quote of the Day
Document Review Is Apparently Only For The Most Superior Of Legal Minds, Says Quinn Emanuel
Do contract attorneys have legal expertise or are they mindless document monkeys? You be the judge. -
Contract Attorneys, Outsourcing
Is This 'Attorney' Job Heading Offshore?
Examining the persistent threat that contract attorney jobs will move overseas. -
Biglaw, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, In-House Counsel
The Brave New World of Electronic Discovery
Now that I am in-house, I would have a conniption fit if a firm tried to staff a slew of expensive associates on what is essentially monkey work. -
Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Craigslist, Depositions, Document Review
5 Threats Contract Attorneys Pose For Biglaw Associates
Contract attorneys are doing more than just doc review these days, and it's starting to encroach on traditional associate work.