Food
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Federalist Society, Food, Law Schools, Nauseating Things
An Explosive Federalist Society Lunch at Michigan Law?And another scatological law school tale at UT.
You’d think those in the law would know by now not to send out embarrassing emails. But a Federalist Society officer at the University of Michigan Law School, whose name we’ve replaced with a pseudonym, seems oblivious. Apparently, Fed Soc served up some E-coli tainted lettuce at a recent lunch: Subject: [lawopen] Fed Soc Lunch/ […] -
Art, Food, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Easter!
To those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter! Last year we gave you a law-related Peeps creation, by lawyer Frank Salamone. We continue the tradition this year: So, what’s the backstory behind this year’s Peeps diorama? - Sponsored
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Food, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Schulte Nixes Seamless Before 8:30
Most Biglaw New York lawyers would die of malnutrition without SeamlessWeb. Malnutrition, people! Because nobody has time to run down 50 floors to grab a bite to eat after hours. Given the recession, charging 6:30 steak dinners to clients is no longer cool. But Schulte Roth & Zabel could be taking its anti-Seamless policy a […]
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Admin, Announcements, Food, Holidays and Seasons
Happy Thanksgiving from Your Friends at ATL
Greetings, Above the Law readers. Please accept our wishes for a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We hope you aren’t spending much time in front of the computer today (or tomorrow, which is effectively a holiday too). But if you are — for some depressing reason, like work — feel free to bemoan your fate in the […] -
Career Alternatives, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools
Cupcake Stop Is a Great Detour from the Legal Profession
Last week, we brought you the story of an intrepid New York Law School graduate who started his own business. Think cupcakes on wheels. Today, the proprietor of Cupcake Stop, Lev Ekster, stopped by our office with his delicious wares. Yumyumyumyumyum. Ed. note: For the record, I really hate donuts. I don’t even particularly like […] -
Career Alternatives, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools
Comfort Food for the Economy
When students at New York Law School can’t find work, sometimes they resort to tearing the clothes off of 1Ls. So we applaud Lev Ekster, an NYLS alumnus, for his non-violent approach to the economic crisis: Recent law school grad Lev Ekster is going from court to cupcakes. When the New York Law School student […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Food, Gay
Glitter and Be Gay, at WLRK
It’s Friday afternoon, and things are kinda slow. So please forgive the randomness. Remember Kirkland & Ellis’s big gay party from last month, featuring cocktails and hors d’ouevres, but open only to LGBT lawyers? A source at our former firm writes: Hors d’ouevres? That’s nothing! At Wachtell Lipton, the gay partners (and whatever associates/summers are […] -
Breasts, Feminism, Food, Gender, Kids, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Lactation Rooms
We continue our series profiling the perks or fringe benefits of life at a large law firm. This one may be the breast one yet. From a (male) tipster: A friend of mine ran across this Simpson Thatcher perk: “The Firm maintains a lactation room for new mothers in each of its New York, Los […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Food, King & Spalding, Rudeness, Summer Associates
X-Summers: Crab Stabber AKA Senorita Foulmouth
Time for another summer associate story. We’re still taking submissions on these, so if you have one, check the submission guidelines and fire away. Here’s our latest X-Summer: 1. Superhero name: Crab Stabber AKA Senorita Foulmouth 2. Special power: Crazed Crustacean Impaling / Spanish Profanity 3. Summered: King & Spalding, Houston, Summer 2004 or 2005 […] -
3rd Circuit, Fashion, Federal Judges, Food, Hotties, Judicial Divas, Marjorie Rendell, Reality TV, Television
Advice for Clerkship Seekers: Bring Duck and Apple Wontons to Your Interview With Judge Rendell
Yes, we did catch Judge Marjorie O. Rendell on the Food Network earlier this week (see screenshot above). As we previously mentioned, she recently appeared on Dinner: Impossible, in her capacity as First Lady of Pennsylvania. Chef Robert Invine was given a challenging task. He was directed “to prepare a stately array of hors d’oeuvres,” […] -
3rd Circuit, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Food, Hotties, Judicial Divas, Marjorie Rendell, Miguel Estrada, Television
Has a Federal Judge Ever Appeared on the Food Network?
If the answer is no, that’s about to change, as of tonight. A culinarily-minded tipster alerts us: Tonight at 10:30 EST, the fabulous Judge Midge Rendell will appear on the Food Network. Check out tonight’s episode of Dinner: Impossible: “Chef Robert Irvine faces his most daunting assignment yet. In a surprise meeting, the governor of […] -
Asians, Denny Chin, Federal Judges, Food, Running, S.D.N.Y.
Judge Denny Chin: Born To Run
Time for a quick break from Biglaw and bonuses. Earlier this week, Judge Denny Chin (S.D.N.Y.) dismissed a lawsuit by a Florida man who blamed the Atkins diet for his heart troubles. As the WSJ Law Blog points out, Judge Chin offered some dieting tips in the opinion: In a footnote, Judge Chin wrote that […]
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