Craigslist
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Bankruptcy, Craigslist, Job Searches
Paging All Bankruptcy Lawyers....
Are you a bankruptcy attorney who needs to empathize more with your clients — e.g., by declaring bankruptcy yourself? Check out this job posting — which won’t be our Job of the Week anytime soon — courtesy of that gold mine of employment opportunities, Craigslist: Bankruptcy Attorney Position (Dallas) Small Consumer Bankruptcy firm in Dallas […] -
Craigslist, Job Searches
Pro Se Litigants Also Want Cheap Legal Advice
We’ve done a number of posts on terrible job offers. You can pretty much go onto Craigslist once a week and find some firm trying to get legal services on the cheap. Usually, it’s a firm or a solo practitioner that’s trying to take advantage of the legal recession by lowballing prospective associates. Yesterday, an […] - Sponsored
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Craigslist, Elena Kagan, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Soliciting a Date from the Solicitor General: Man Woos Kagan -- Over Craigslist?
There’s a long tradition of seeking Supreme Court love via Craigslist (see here and here). And the tradition continues. From a Craigslist posting entitled 40-something SJM ISO Elena Kagan (we’ve added some links to clarify various references): I’ve had a crush on you for almost twenty years (and you deservedly made fun of me when […]
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Craigslist, Weirdness
Update on the Georgetown Law Grad Who Sold his J.D. on Craigslist
What do you think the resale value on your law degree is? Earlier this year, a San Francisco lawyer put his degree up for sale on Craigslist and found out. The Georgetown grad was miserable working for a large law firm in Silicon Valley. So he quit and posted his degree in the Craigslist “For […] -
California, Craigslist, Job Searches
A Round-Up of Terrible $10/Hour Lawyer Jobs in California
We’ve done a lot of stories on terrible legal jobs advertised on Craigslist. But they keep getting worse. Last week, a posting went up that was so bad it was possibly illegal: Entry level plaintiff’s civil litigator wanted (Downtown San Diego) We are looking for aspiring, licensed lawyers with a passion for trial advocacy on […] -
Craigslist, Job Searches
Did You Go to Law School to Earn $12 an Hour?
In a cover story last year for Washingtonian magazine, on the subject of lawyer incomes, Kash and I posed a question: Are lawyers like white-collar auto workers? Answer: no. Autoworkers are better paid. Check out this latest job listing, from craigslist for Orange County: Full time associate attorney start at $12 an hour. Welcome to […] -
Clerkships, Craigslist, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? A Craigslist 'Missed Connection' at the SCOTUS
Our obsession with Supreme Court clerks is longstanding, dating back to our blogging for Underneath Their Robes (where we used to profile SCOTUS clerks). And it seems we’re not alone in lusting after the Elect. Apparently oral argument makes people think of other oral activities. Check out this “Missed Connection” from Craigslist: Law clerk at […] -
Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Crime, Law Schools, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
University of Michigan Law Student Should Have Come to ATL First
I know a lot of readers think we have an ax to grind with the University of Michigan Law School (even though we take pot shots at Head Coach Sweater Vest at every opportunity). We like Michigan. Maybe if more U-M Law students trusted that, a certain student would have come to ATL instead of […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Crime, Lesbians, Romance and Dating, Technology
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is
Several readers drew our attention to this fascinating article from our local free weekly, the Washington City Paper: Wanted: Gullible LawyersBy Arin Greenwood I was hired over e-mail. A boss I never met promised me $14,000 a month. How could I fall for that? Two tipsters have done an especially good job teeing it up, […]
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