Holidays and Seasons
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.06.11
* The three defendants in the civil wrongful-death action brought by Robert Wone’s widow are keeping their mouths shut. [National Law Journal] * But their former house is open — and once again on the market, for the tidy sum of $1.6 million. [Who Murdered Robert Wone?] * Professor Eugene Volokh wants to know, with […] -
Facebook, Gay, Gay Marriage, Holidays and Seasons, Job Searches, King & Spalding, Non-Sequiturs, Paul Clement, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 04.18.11
* House Speaker John Boehner and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, now at King & Spalding, have joined forces to fight marriage equality by defending DOMA. Talk about two people who will not be taking their talents to South Beach. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * The tax returns of Barack Obama […] - Sponsored
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Holidays and Seasons, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit of the Day, Pranks, Trademarks, Twittering
Cease and Desist Follow Up: Check You Calendar
As many of you figured out, the cease and desist letter from Chris Webby, claiming ownership of the hashtag #webby, was an April Fool’s hoax. This week’s sign that the apocalypse is upon was a hologram launched by the Webby Awards people. Here’s the official reveal. Really, we thought a few more of our loyal […]
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Holidays and Seasons, Insider Trading, Non-Sequiturs, Tax Law, Videos, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 03.17.11
* Is associate hiring bouncing back? Not so fast. [Young Lawyers Blog] * Tape-recorded trash talk at the Raj Rajaratnam trial. [Dealbreaker] * Here’s a good response to Mark Herrmann’s request for examples of crappy behavior by partners: “Miss a deadline, and then throw your secretary and associate under the bus when called out for […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey Results: Another Working Holiday
Thank you for all your responses (or attempted responses) to this week’s Career Center survey on whether or not you worked on Presidents Day. We received 715 responses before the flood of respondents managed to take the survey offline. Based on the responses we did receive, the majority of respondents – 73% – reported working […] -
Courtship Connection, Gay, Holidays and Seasons, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection: One Hit, Two Misses
Given the track record of Above the Law’s lawyer-matchmaking series, some may think we should change the name of the series to the Courtship Misconnection. In one of our first Washington, D.C. couplings, on Superbowl Sunday, a male lawyer fumbled his date with a “disarmingly feisty and unabashedly vivacious” female associate. (Beware the women who […] -
Romance and Dating, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Love and the Small Law Firm
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. Valentine’s Day was yesterday, and everywhere you turned, someone was trying to spread the message of love. Rachel Ray was on Good Morning America, showing us how to cook breakfast in bed. Every grocery store […] -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Money, Romance and Dating, Women's Issues
Advice for 'Sugar-Mama' Attorneys and Their Low-Income Male Life Partners
This is a very modern Valentine’s Day story, and one that is only possible in the prestige-obsessed world of Biglaw and a few other similar professions. A woman is an associate at a law firm. She’s probably an associate at a Biglaw firm, since she claims to earn a six-figure salary. She’s engaged to a […] - Sponsored
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Holidays and Seasons, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Protip: Do Not Buy A Vibrator For Any Lady At Your Office
Valentine’s Day is coming up. Married men are looking forward to their annual opportunity to have oral sex (don’t act like I’m the only one). Single guys are wondering what kind of depressed and ovulating women will show up at their local bar, alone. And ladies are just hoping for something that will turn all […] -
Cardozo Law School, Holidays and Seasons
Cardozo Students Need Walking Instructions
You know, I get it. It’s snowing. It sucks. Trust me, I hate it more than you. Every winter I feel racism boiling inside me as I think of the white people who forcibly removed my ancestors from their tropical paradise (“paradise” in my mind’s eye, of course), setting in motion the series of events […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: A Working Holiday
We received over 1,300 responses to this week’s Career Center survey on whether you made MLK Day “A Day On, Not A Day Off” — for your employer. The majority of respondents, 66 percent, reported working on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Not surprisingly, the top reason for putting in extra billable hours was that […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey: Did you work on MLK Day?
When it comes to working on holidays, we all know that Biglaw attorneys are some of the worst offenders. In today’s Career Center survey, brought to you by Lateral Link, tell us if you were off on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or if it was just business as usual. Then check back later this […] -
Admin, Civil Rights, Holidays and Seasons, Public Interest
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Today we honor the birthday of the late great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Dr. King was born on January 15, 1929 (so he would have been 82 today). The holiday of MLK Day is observed on the third Monday of January. Legislation for a holiday honoring Dr. King was first introduced […]
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Reader Polls, Small Law Firms
ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Winner!
Above the Law’s second annual holiday card contest was a great success. Thanks to everyone who responded to our call for nominations, thanks to the finalists who created such great holiday cards, and thanks to all the voters. The campaigning was vigorous. And the final winner actually wasn’t one of the two firms that was […] -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Contests, Fenwick & West, Holidays and Seasons, Small Law Firms
ATL Holiday Card Contest: Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions
Our law firm holiday card contest is still underway, but we’re in the home stretch. Voting closes tomorrow, January 9, at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern time). If you haven’t done so already, review the finalists and vote over here. In the our earlier post, we promised a post in which we’d (1) give shout-outs to some […] -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Reader Polls, Small Law Firms
ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Finalists!
The holidays may be behind us (sigh), but Above the Law’s second annual holiday card contest remains in full swing. Thanks to everyone who responded to our call for submissions. The response was overwhelming. Perhaps too overwhelming: we received dozens and dozens of nominations. I have literally spent several hours reviewing them all — hours […] -
Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Drinking, Holidays and Seasons, Rudeness
Associates: Try Not to Leave Behind Evidence of New Year's Debauchery
(Admittedly, that advice would have been more helpful on Friday than it is now, but then I wouldn’t have had anything to write up today.) Every year there are people who use New Year’s as an excuse to go out and act like fools. I know, the bubbles in the bubbly are hard to handle. […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Holiday Gift Open Thread: Did You Get Anything Good?
Thus far we’ve looked at holiday gifts from the perspective of the giver. What (or how much) did you give to your secretary this year? Is it appropriate to get a present for your boss (and if so, what)? How about some holiday gift ideas for other lawyers in your life? But it’s not really […] -
Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, pls hndle thx, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Pls Hndle Thx: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com Dear ATL, Since the holiday season is getting well underway, I was wondering… What is the expected gift-giving at the office? Presumably every associate out there will give a nice sum in the form of cash, check or gift card to his […] -
Elizabeth Wurtzel, Food, Law Schools
A Politically Correct Holiday Cake
Check it out below — and guess where it’s from….