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Caption Contest Finalists: For Want of a Biglaw Banana
You can afford to pay us six figures, but you can't afford a freaking banana? -
Fabulosity, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Videos, YouTube
The Harlem Shake Takes Law Schools By Storm
Law students from schools around the nation are letting their freak flags fly thanks to this Harlem Shake phenomenon. - Sponsored
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… -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Finalists: The Law School With The Worst Social Life
Where can you find the law school with the worst social scene of them all? Let's find out in our latest caption contest!
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Courthouses, Crime, Reader Polls, Rudeness
Punk Defendant Potpourri: Punching and Cursing in Court Will Get You Held in Contempt
Take our poll and tell us which defendant was more contemptuous. -
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And This Is How We Turn Good People Into Unethical Lawyers
Is this offer more of a poison pill? -
Caption Contests, Contests, Money, Pictures, Reader Polls, Technology
Caption Contest Finalsts: Because The Pay Is Better Than Doc Review
Why review documents when you can win money in the eDi$covery Cab? Check out the finalists in our latest caption contest! -
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Lawsuit of the Day Update: More About Levinson v. WilmerHale
Additional tidbits about both the plaintiff, from former colleagues at WilmerHale, and about the firm, from women who have worked there. -
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The Downhill Road from 1L to 3L
How do 1Ls and 3Ls view law school? Quite differently, as it turns out. - Sponsored
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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You Be The Judge: Can Judges Order Fines For Outside Their Jurisdiction?
Should judges be allowed to impose fines that benefit those outside the jurisdiction? Even if the fine is going to charity? -
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Are Breasts Now Considered Deadly Weapons?
Weapons of mass distraction or weapons of mass destruction: you decide! -
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Should You Brag About Your Law School Grades On Facebook?
Facebook is obliterating our old rules about what is and is not appropriate to talk about. -
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The Lapsed Lawyers Survey Results
Lapsed lawyers: Why did they choose the law in the first place? Why did they leave? What are they up to now? Survey says.... -
Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans, Trendspotting
Why Take Out Student Loans When You Can Finance Law School as a 'Sugar Baby'?
Go get a sugar daddy or a sugar momma to pay for your law school tuition -- because what else are you going to do with yourself?
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
New Data on Hours, Billing Rates, and Corporate Legal Spending
Here's some encouraging news for large law firms and the lawyers who work in them. In-house readers, however, may be less enthused. -
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Above the Law’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year Competition: The Winner!
Who won ATL's Lawyer of the Year competition for 2012? Find out here! -
Caption Contests, Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures, Police, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Winner: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
The Grinch didn't just steal Christmas this year. Check out the winner of our latest caption contest! -
Caption Contests, Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures, Police, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Finalists: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
The Grinch didn't just steal Christmas this year. Vote for our latest caption contest finalists! -
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Morning Docket: 12.27.12
* Justice Sonia Sotomayor just ruined Hobby Lobby’s new year by refusing to block the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptives mandate. All of the members of the company’s legal team will have to scrapbook and crochet for hours to get over this loss. [Reuters]
* Harvard Law graduate Barack Obama is being feted as CNN’s “Most Intriguing Person of 2012,” but he’s currently trailing in fourth place in the most important year-end poll of all: Above the Law’s Lawyer of the Year competition. Get out there and vote! [CNN]
* Federal district court judges aren’t being confirmed as quickly as they once were, and it’s partly because our president isn’t submitting nominees as quickly as those who came before him. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* But even if the president nominated judges more quickly, he’d continue to face harsh opposition from the NRA, which matters because the gun group has an entire party in its pocket. [Opinionator / New York Times]
* A legal problem and a journalism problem wrapped up in a little pretty bow: David Gregory of NBC’s “Meet the Press” is being investigated for displaying an alleged 30-round magazine on the air. [Washington Post]
* One of New York’s most prestigious private schools agreed to settle the sex abuse suit brought against it by former students. Simpson Thacher partner Phil Culhane must be doing a victory dance. [New York Daily News]
* You got a fast car, and now this case will pay all our bills. Toyota settled a class action suit over unintended acceleration, and it’s touted as one of the largest product-liability settlements in history. [New York Times]
* Ay dios mio! You know that you’re never going to enjoy another vacation when you catch a hotel employee spreading his seed all over your clothes. But what did you expect? It’s Mexico. [Courthouse News Service]
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Above the Law's 2012 Lawyer of the Year Competition: The Finalists!
Who should be Above the Law's Lawyer of the Year for 2012? Please vote in our poll! -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Reader Polls
The Hours Open Thread: How Much Did You Bill In 2012?
Was 2012 a 'normal' year for billable hours, or did the election push you one way or another?