Goodbye
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Biglaw, Contests, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Women's Issues
November Lawyer of the Month: Mommie Dearest
The winner of November's Lawyer of the Month contest realized how empowering it can be to accept that you can't have it all. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Departure Memos
Small firm columnist Tom Wallerstein on why you shouldn't underestimate the importance of the farewell email. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
In Defense of the Clifford Chance Mommy's Husband
Do you really think this "family" thing is any easier for Biglaw fathers?
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Biglaw, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
Departure Memo of the Day: Parenting Gets The Best Of One Biglaw Associate
An associate leaves Biglaw to focus on her family, because doing both sometimes seems impossible... -
Biglaw
Departure Memo of the Day: 'Here's To The Crazy Ones'
That's a pretty great start to a departure memo, right? Let's just say that this leading law firm got zapped -- by a laser.... -
Biglaw
Departure Memo of the Day: Leaving Is Its Own Reward
This glowing departure memo kind of makes you want to work for this firm... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools
A Law Dean Switches Schools -- Not At The End of the Year, But Right Now, Weeks Before Classes Start
A law school dean unexpectedly jumps ship, in the middle of the summer... -
Blogging, Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Weirdness
Whither Clerkship Scramble? Popular Blog Mysteriously Disappears
A popular blog about clerkships, the Clerkship Scramble, recently vanished from the internets. What happened? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Charlotte, Madonna, Music, Rudeness, Small Law Firms
Epic Departure Memo Follow-Up: A Five-Page Fax Says The Boss Is A Great Guy
DeMayo defense in a five page fax... -
Charlotte, Madonna, Music, Rudeness, Small Law Firms
Lawyer Who Lusted After Madonna Tickets Gets Slammed In Employee's Epic Departure Memo
When somebody who knows where the bodies are buried quits, hilarity ensues... -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Exercise, Travel / Vacation
Into the Wild: Where In the World Is Tyler Coulson?
Do you remember our Lawyer of the Month for March, Tyler Coulson? He’s the former Sidley Austin Chicago associate who decided that he’d rather walk from Delaware to California than do another day of lawyering. Is he still alive, or did he get eaten by a bear? -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Pictures, Sheppard Mullin
Departure Memo of the Day: Take a Picture of Your Bank Account Because It'll Never Look This Good Again
The economy must be heating up, because lawyers are leaving their jobs to do all kinds of crazy things. I mean, maybe the legal economy is still crappy, since these people aren’t leaving for other legal jobs. But there must be a general sense of optimism if all of these people have decided to just […] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Money, Public Interest, Student Loans, Travel / Vacation, Weirdness
The Skadden Associate Who Picked Up and Moved to Nepal: An Update
On Wednesday we wrote about the great departure email sent out by Brian Emeott, a former corporate associate at Skadden in Chicago. Emeott, a 2004 graduate of Harvard College and 2008 graduate of Harvard Law School, picked up and moved to Kathmandu, Nepal. Brian’s wife, Claudine Emeott, resigned from her own job in December and […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Travel / Vacation, Weirdness
Another Great Departure Memo: Skadden Associate Trades Chicago for... Nepal?
Young lawyers of Chicago: What the heck is going on with you people? You seem to be losing it. Has the brutal Chicago winter driven you crazy? Do we need to put The People’s Therapist on the next plane to O’Hare? Let’s look at the evidence. You’re quitting prestigious and lucrative law firm jobs to […] -
Career Alternatives, Fast Food, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools
The Cupcake Stop... Stops
Today is a sad day for businesses established by lawyer-entrepreneurs. First we learned that David J. Stern, the South Texas Law grad who went on to become “Florida’s Foreclosure King,” will be relinquishing his crown and closing his once-thriving practice. And now we hear that Lev Ekster, the New York Law School alum who founded […] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Exercise, Travel / Vacation
Want Out of Biglaw? Take a Hike!
Reading law firm departure memos is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get. Sometimes you taste bitterness. Sometimes the flavor is spicy hot. Sometimes you get a little Costa Rica crunch. And sometimes you get… this, which was sent to everyone at Sidley Austin yesterday by an associate leaving […] -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Media and Journalism, Privacy
Departure Memo: Kashing Out
As I mentioned on Friday, today is my last day as a daily contributor at Above the Law. I’m off to write about The Not-So Private Parts for Forbes. It’s been two and a half years since my first post for ATL. What have I learned about lawyers since? After the jump is a list […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Pranks
Departing with Flair
Have you had the privilege of voluntarily leaving your Biglaw job? I have, and let me tell you, the last day is a special kind of awesome. You kind of walk around, taking a survey of things you no longer have to deal with. Many of your friends and colleagues look at you with envy […] -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Holy Crap, Pregnancy / Paternity
Breaking: A Dramatic Farewell Email
And proof of Paul Hastings layoffs.