Kids
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Animal Law, Attorney Misconduct, Baseball, Biglaw, California, Contracts, Death Penalty, Disasters / Emergencies, DUI / DWI, Kids, Lateral Moves, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 02.05.14
* Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees, has left Akin Gump’s dugout. He hopes to hit it out of the park and slide into his new home at Jackson Lewis. Please, no more baseball references. :( [Am Law Daily] * Thanks to Virginia, the electric chair may be making a comeback when drugs for lethal injection aren’t available. OMG, that’s so freakin’ lame. Bring back the breaking wheel or death by disembowelment. [Gawker] * A lawyer won’t have to pay an ex-law student $1M after making a hyperbolic challenge in a TV interview. Better luck reading the Leonard v. Pepsico case next time, pal. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Protip: when you’ve been suspended for your “contemptuous attitude,” bragging that one of the judges who disciplined you thinks you’re “probably the best DUI lawyer” isn’t smart. [Santa Barbara Independent] * If you watch The Walking Dead, you’ve probably wondered if all of the killing was legal — because you’re a lawyer, and you can’t enjoy anything anymore. Here’s your answer, from a UC Hastings Law prof. [GQ] * If you’d like your chickens to live a life of luxury before you eat them and their eggs, then you’re going to love this law in California. If not, you can move to Missouri. See Elie squawk about it here. [ATL Redline] * Ian Whittle, a recent George Mason Law grad, took a break from watching the saddest Super Bowl ever to save a little girl from drowning in a pond. Check out the news coverage, after the jump. [CBS 6 WTVR] -
Asians, Books, Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Drinking, Drugs, Elena Kagan, Jed Rubenfeld, Kids, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 02.03.14
* Woody Allen’s lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, responds to Dylan Farrow’s account of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her famous father. [Gawker; Gothamist] * Sound advice from Professor Glenn Reynolds on how not to increase applications to your law school. [Instapundit] * What is a “nitro dump,” and will it provide information about who (or what) killed Philip Seymour Hoffman? [ATL Redline] * “Is Elena Kagan a ‘paranoid libertarian?’ Judging by [Cass] Sunstein’s definition, the answer is yes.” [Reason via Althouse] * A petition of possible interest to debt-laden law school graduates: “Increase the student loan interest deduction from $2,500 to the interest actually paid.” [WhiteHouse.gov] * Vivia Chen wonders: Is Amy Chua, co-author of The Triple Package (affiliate link), being attacked as racist in a way that it itself racist? [Time] * Yikes — journalists around the country have been receiving “a flurry of subpoenas in recent months,” according to Jeff Kosseff of Covington & Burling. [InsideTechMedia] * Congratulations to Orrick’s 15 new partners — an impressively diverse group, from a wide range of practice areas and from offices around the world. [Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe] - Sponsored
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Kids
Lawyer Parents Require Signed And Notarized Affidavit Before Tooth Fairy Visit
There's nothing potentially scarring about making a child sign legal documents to engage in basic childhood traditions. Nothing at all.
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Alex Kozinski, Biglaw, Clerkships, Crime, Feeder Judges, Gay, Kids, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals
A Law Clerk With A Gilded Résumé, Charged With Solicitation And Attempted Rape Of A Young Boy
Shocking allegations against a former law clerk to a feeder judge and former Biglaw associate who graduated law school with a 4.0 and served as editor in chief of the law review. -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Clerkships, Crime, Gender, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Rape, Ted Olson, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 01.13.14
* While we’re celebrating recently anointed Biglaw partner classes, let’s take a minute to call out the firms that haven’t bestowed the honor upon a single woman this year. Cheers, jerks. [Am Law Daily]
* The results of the NLJ’s Law Firm Billing Survey are out, and lo and behold, one of the top partners in the country is pushing $2,000 an hour for his services. Congrats, Ted! [National Law Journal (sub. req.)]
* Everyone’s buzzing about the federal law clerk who’s been accused of attempted aggravated rape and solicitation of a minor under 13. Don’t let that legendary 4.0 GPA go to waste. (More on this later.) [Times-Picayune]
* Congratulations to Gerchen Keller Capital, the litigation finance firm founded by former SCOTUS clerks and hedge-fund alumni, on raising $260 million for its new fund. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Iowa is thinking about allowing law school grads to practice immediately instead of having to take and pass a bar exam. Paired with its recent tuition cuts, the Hawkeye State is looking better and better. [Des Moines Register]
* If you’re in the unfortunate situation of still having to look for a law job once OCI has ended, then you might want to start considering applying for some of the other law jobs that don’t want you. [Mashable]
* The incarceration of a blogger known for making salacious allegations against federal judges raises First Amendment concerns. [New York Times]
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Kids, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Gets A Public Spanking For Using Staff Members As Babysitters, Chauffeurs
Babysitting a judge's kid in chambers during business hours is normal, right? -
Attorney Misconduct, Bar Exams, Kids, Legal Ethics, Pornography
Heaven Forfend Kentucky Allow A Porn-Addicted Attorney
Kentucky won't let a registered sex offender with a kiddie porn conviction take the bar exam. What's up with that? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Holidays and Seasons, Kids, Litigators, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Year-End Reflections
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Crime, Kids, Nauseating Things, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Pornography, Sex
Ex-Biglaw Partner Who Possessed Kiddie Porn Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Trafficking
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Kids, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Growing Pains: Juggling Family And Firm Life
How can you balance your personal life with working at a small law firm? -
Cars, Crime, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Kids, Sentencing Law, White People
In Defense Of The Rich White Boy Who Killed Four People And Got Away With It
Instead of blaming the kid for killing four people, can we figure out a way to blame the parents? -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Kids, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Grading One Law School Graduate's Financial Stupidity
A law school grad explains why he's been so stupid with money. -
Biglaw, Facebook, Family Law, Kids, Public Interest, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Vicious Infighting
Entitled Lawyer Confronted By Obnoxious Lawyer And We All Lose
Two lawyers square off online about public interest law and both come across as entirely annoying.
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California, Department of Justice, Kids, U.S. Attorneys Offices
The Riddler And The Penguin Get Caught -- Thanks To Batkid
A sickly little scamp has a helluva day and makes everyone feel like a million bucks, all because of pretend -- and no one pretends harder than the U.S. Attorney's Office... -
Bad Ideas, Facebook, Kids, Lawsuit of the Day, Nude Dancing, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
Apparently Hiring Strippers For Your Son's Sixteenth Birthday Is FROWNED UPON In This ESTABLISHMENT
What, you think you should bring a clown to a teen birthday party? -
Family Law, Holidays and Seasons, Kids, Quote of the Day, State Judges
Family Court Judge Dresses Up Like Fairy Godmother, Grants Wishes
This is beautiful. We wish more judges were like this. -
D.C. Circuit, Kids, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Supreme Court, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 10.28.13
* Chief Judge Philip P. Simon of the Northern District of Indiana has ruled that being a federal judge is better than being an equine semen collector. Agreed. [The Kentucky Trial Court Review] * The Supreme Court lets tradition trump technology. Because if the Founders wanted cameras in the courtroom they would have written it into the Constitution. [Washington Post] * NBC is developing a TV show based on Shon Hopwood’s memoir Law Man (affiliate link). Could NBC have a watchable drama? [Variety] * Congress keeps telling us the D.C. Circuit is not overworked. They’re wrong. [People for the American Way] * A poem about the lawyer as shark. Wasn’t this a whole TV show once? [Poetic Justice] * Legal education needs to adapt to reflect the fact that 50 percent of law students don’t intend to use their law degrees to work in traditional legal fields. In other words, legal education needs to adapt to people too stupid to figure out the only jobs that require a law degree are those in traditional legal fields. [New York Law Journal] * Harvard is hosting an event on the “business of college sports.” You can learn all about the business of college sports from this video right here. [Sports Agent Blog] * The judge who forced a family to change their baby’s name from “Messiah” is getting disciplined. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Flash mobs are disturbing enough without being composed entirely of lawyers. [Daily Report Online] * Elie and Staci appeared on CNBC’s Power Lunch today to discuss the Orrick and Pillsbury merger talks and the Clifford Chance memo. Video embedded after the jump… [CNBC] -
Clerkships, Family Law, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools
Recent Law Grad Loses Custody Of Child After Taking Only Job She Was Offered
We bet you won't want to go to law school after reading this sad story. -
Education / Schools, Football, Kids, Sports, Texas
Anti-Bullying Laws Invoked Because One Football Team Can't Stop Another Football Team
Parent accuses 91-0 high school football victors of "bullying." -
Kids, Law Schools, Movies, Videos, YouTube
What Law Students Do With Their Kids: Make Incredibly Cute Viral Videos
Son of a law student can handle the truth, can you?