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Contests, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Student Loans
Landslide Choice For Worst Law School In New York
Last week, we asked you to pick your choice for the worst law school in New York. It turned out to be one of most active polls on the site. So many of you had strong opinions. Your choice for the worst law school was overwhelming, but the battle for the worst school in the five boroughs was heated. Let's check out the results.... -
Contests, Grade Reform, Law Schools, Reader Polls
What's The Worst Law School In New York?
There are 11 ABA accredited law schools in New York City and Long Island (including Pace, even though the law school is in White Plains). It's a bit douchy to argue over who's best, but it's pretty fun to argue over which law school is the worst. Nobody thinks that they go to the absolute worst law school in the city. But that means one student body is dead wrong. Let's find out who.... - Sponsored
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Career Center Survey Results: Who Worked on Thanksgiving Day?
According to the over 900 respondents to the Career Center survey, only 16% reported working on Thanksgiving Day. That means a whopping 84% of you took the day off for feasting with family and friends. However, of these respondents, 24% said they did have to work the day after Thanksgiving, but still, that’s an impressive […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Money, Reader Polls
Bonus Season Blues
Perhaps you’ve already heard that Cravath announced its 2011 bonus scale on Monday (swiftly followed by Skadden and Milbank), and apparently it’s 2009 all over again. We can’t help but wonder if this bonus season’s dyspepsia is typical of lawyers and law students generally.... -
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Career Center Survey: Did You Work on Thanksgiving Day?
Who was busy stuffing themselves silly with turkey and all the trimmings? And who was busy loading up on billables? Tell us by taking our short and confidential survey, brought to you by Lateral Link. Then check back later in the week for the survey results. In the meantime, you can visit the Career Center […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Reader Polls
When Will The Bonuses Come Out? Most Of You Think This Month.
On Friday, our new Breaking Media research guru Brian Dalton started running a poll asking you, our readers, when you thought the bonuses would start flowing. It'll be an interesting test case to rate the predictive power of Biglaw reader groupthink. The numbers say that you expect bonuses to drop any minute now.... -
English Grammar and Usage, Reader Polls
Grammer Pole of the Weak: That's Irregardless...
Welcome to the latest edition of Above the Law’s Grammer Pole of the Weak, a column where we turn questions of legal writing and English grammar and usage over to our readers for discussion and debate. This week, we turn to a question of grammar. Have you been using the word "irregardless" instead of "regardless"? -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
A Prominent Partner Gets Out the Vote and Avoids 'Lawyer of the Month' Honors
A mere 11 votes separated the winner and the runner-up in last month's Lawyer of the Month competition. Given the closeness of the vote, maybe Laura Flippin should have focused more on voter turnout, to boost the tallies of her rivals. It seems that Ira Schacter did just that. Check this out.... - Sponsored
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Smaller Legal Markets (Part 2)
We hope you’ve enjoyed following the Career Center’s Top Partners series through which we’ve recognized Biglaw partners from around the country who exemplify what it means to be an exceptional partner who associates are actually happy to work for. Thanks to all the readers who took the time to submit such glowing nominations and give […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Smaller Legal Markets (Part 1)
After making our way across the country, which included stops in New York, Washington, D.C., and California, the final leg of this Career Center series on the Top Partners to Work For will cover some of the smaller legal markets. Today we head back to the east coast to focus on Boston’s best Biglaw partners […] -
Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Reader Polls
2011 Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest Winner
The voting for the best legally themed Halloween costume was close this year. Very close. The contest pitted a group against a couple. It pitted NYU Law against the University of Minnesota Law School — Big City v. Heartland. And when all the votes were counted, the final margin was seven votes, out of over […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – California (Part 2)
Today we wrap up coverage of the top California partners to work for, as selected by our readers (see Part 1 here). These six partners have diverse practices that range from real estate, to labor and employment, to IP, and work at some of the nation’s finest firms: Cooley, DLA Piper, Sheppard Mullin, Jones Day, […] -
Contests, Drinking, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
October Lawyer of the Month: Drunk and Disorderly
It’s time to announce the winner of October’s Lawyer of the Month competition. Our readers had a motley crew of female lawyers behaving badly to choose from, and one male attorney who probably would have loved to keep company with them all. But which kind of lawyer do our readers like the best? Drunk, naked, […]
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Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures, Reader Polls
Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: 2011
Oh Halloween, a time when the keenest minds have an opportunity to dress up as obscure legal concepts that will baffle their friends. But not Above the Law readers. Oh, we get the jokes, all the jokes. Which is probably a little sad.... -
English Grammar and Usage, Eugene Volokh, Reader Polls
Grammer Pole of the Weak: Punctuation and Quotation Marks
In last week's Grammer Pole, we called upon you to choose between nationalities instead of Supreme Court justices. When it comes to the placement of punctuation marks in relation to quotation marks, do you favor the British approach or the American approach? Let's review the differences.... -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – California (Part 1)
Welcome to the West Coast edition of the Career Center’s Top Partners to Work For. For the past few weeks, we have revealed the best partners to work for in New York and Washington, D.C., as nominated by you, our readers. Now we make our way across the country to present you with the first […] -
Contests, Drinking, Fashion, Fashion Victims Unit, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Weddings
Lawyer of the Month: October Reader Poll
It seems like lawyers got a little wild last month, especially the ladies. In fact, our candidate pool for October’s Lawyer of the Month contest was mostly dominated by women. Score one for women’s equality in the legal profession, even if we’re out there embarrassing ourselves. Only one of our candidates is a man, but […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Washington, D.C. (Part 2)
Today we take one last look at some of the finest Washington, D.C. partners to work for (if you missed Part 1, click here). Not only are these six partners great at what they do, but perhaps more importantly, they are great people as well. And they work at some of the top law firms […] -
Clarence Thomas, David Souter, English Grammar and Usage, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Grammer Pole of the Weak: Getting Possessive with SCOTUS
Welcome to the latest edition of Above the Law’s Grammer Pole of the Weak, a column where we turn questions of English grammar and usage over to our readers for discussion and debate. Last week, we found out that 52% of our readers thought it was acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition, but […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Washington, D.C. (Part 1)
Today we head into the nation’s capital to bring you six of the best partners to work for as chosen by our readers. These partners go above and beyond the call of duty, and do so while working at some of the finest law firms: Akin Gump, SNR Denton, Hogan Lovells, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, […]