Covington & Burling
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Biglaw, White & Case, Wikipedia
Law Firm Wikipedia Wars
On Sex and the City, Samantha was never seen scrolling through comments on news blogs to make sure her clients’ reputations weren’t being maligned. Instead, she attended fancy New York parties and talked up her roster of good-looking clients. But SATC is dated. The work of public relations professionals has been made harder (and less […] -
Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), No Offers, Summer Associates
Updated NALP Forms: What Were the Real Offer Rates?
It’s a wonderful time of year. No more innuendo: NALP forms have been updated, and firms have had to come clean with their statistics on summer hiring. Look up your firm here. Let’s crowdsource this baby. You look at your firm and tell us in the comments if somebody surprisingly massacred their summer class, and […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Morning Docket, Parties, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket 11.25.08
* Covington & Burling’s Eric Holder is now definite as Obama’s choice for Attorney General. Look out for the official announcement after Thanksgiving. [Politico] * Former Hunton & Williams partner Emerson Briggs gets 70 months in federal prison for doing very bad things with his firm laptop. [Legal Times] * California AG Jerry Brown is […]
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Contests, Guantanamo Bay, Pictures, Reader Polls, War on Terror
'Tighty-Whities' Caption Contest Winner
A clear winner emerged from the 2499 votes on ATL’s Tighty-Whities caption contest: “And now my junior partner has something he’d like to say…” The man in the photo is David Remes, a partner at Covington & Burling — but not for long, as reported by the Legal Times. From the WSJ Law Blog: David […] -
Contests, Guantanamo Bay, Pictures, Reader Polls, War on Terror
'Tighty-Whities' Caption Contest Finalists
We’re currently running a caption contest for the photo at right. We’re not the only ones with an ongoing legally-themed caption contest. If one flips to the back of the current infamous New Yorker issue, the cartoon for their caption contest (Contest #153) is set in a courtroom. We’ll keep an eye on that contest, […] -
Affirmative Action, Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Racism, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Yolanda Young
Covington and Its 'Staff Attorney Ghetto'?
Sorry we’re late to the party on this HuffPo post, bearing the provocative title “Law Firm Segregation Reminiscent of Jim Crow.” It’s by Yolanda Young, a former staff attorney at Covington & Burling. Her claim, in a nutshell, is that Covington fills the ranks of its “staff attorney ghetto” with African-Americans, while the ranks of […]
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