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Job Searches, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms
Gradenfreude: Two of the Best Rejection Letters I've Received
Because it stings just a little more when a firm sends a rejection letter to "Mr. [INSERT NAME HERE]." -
Immigration, Screw-Ups
San Diego Accidentally Locks Up Lawyer for Hours
San Diego accidentally detains a lawyer for hours. He's a little miffed. - 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… -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, Screw-Ups
Inside Straight: On Blabbing
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann shares a few examples of how NOT to protect client confidences.
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Biglaw, Screw-Ups
DLA Piper Literally Doesn't Know What Countries Some Of Their Offices Are In
DLA Piper has so many offices that the firm don't even know where all of them are located... -
Constitutional Law, Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Fordham Con Law Clusterbleep
Are professors ever punished for massively screwing up exams through abject laziness? -
Grade Reform, Law Professors, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups
Would You Like To See The Grades Of All Your Classmates? Then You Should Have Gone To This Top Law School!
Grading disaster at Michigan... -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
Benchslap Update: Skadden Partners Learn Their Fates
Remember the two Skadden partners who got hit with a big benchslap, an order to show cause why they shouldn't be sanctioned? What punishment did they get from the court? -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Sheila Birnbaum
Benchslap of the Day: Skadden, Smacked, Eats Crow
Responding to a big-time benchslap by a federal judge, a high-profile Skadden partner issues a giant mea culpa. - Sponsored
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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Above the Law's Top Ten Most Popular Posts of 2012
It's hard to believe that another year has passed, but here we are. That said, let's check out the ten biggest stories of the past year as decided by our readers. -
Attorney Misconduct, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Guns / Firearms, Legal Ethics, Money, Morning Docket, Pictures, Politics, Prostitution, Reality TV, State Department, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Television, Violence
Morning Docket: 12.17.12
* “To do nothing in the face of pending disaster is to be complicit. It’s time to act. It’s time to vote.” What a convenient time to discover that the Department of Justice tabled new gun control proposals in favor of an upcoming election campaign. [New York Times]
* Rumor has it that the president will nominate Senator John Kerry to be secretary of state for his second term. Upon hearing the news, Hillary Clinton updated her Tumblr page before she caught a case of the vapors, fainted, and got herself all concussed. [CNN]
* “If you don’t know, then you have to plan for the worst.” Everyone’s pissed off about the possibility of being pushed off the fiscal cliff, but on the bright side, it’s creating a mountain of billables. [National Law Journal]
* Remember the judge who resigned after he accidentally showed a colleague a picture of the “judicial penis”? He was removed from office by a judicial ethics panel. How very effective. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
* And for the talent portion of the competition, Alicia Guastaferro, the pageant princess who was picked up for prostitution after getting caught with an attorney, will have her hooking charges dropped. [Huffington Post]
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Arthur Miller, Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
NYU Law Comes to Reasonable Resolution After Latest Exam Screw-Up
Famous NYU Law professor makes a mistake when handing out exams, but he corrects it quickly and gracefully... -
Caption Contests, New Jersey, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest Winner: Spelling For Dummies Lawyers
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Biglaw, Legal Ethics, Screw-Ups
Another Client Controversy for Greenberg Traurig
Another day, another drama related to Greenberg Traurig....
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Caption Contests, Contests, New Jersey, Pictures, Reader Polls, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest Finalists: Spelling For Dummies Lawyers
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Health Care / Medicine, Screw-Ups, Sex
Talk About A 'Hot' Line: Florida Governor Gives Out Phone Sex Number To Those Seeking Info On Meningitis Outbreak
Today, we’ve got yet another story about a law school graduate who inadvertently gave out the number for a phone sex line, but this time he’s not a defense attorney -- he’s the Governor of Florida…. -
Caption Contests, Contests, New Jersey, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest: Spelling For Dummies Lawyers
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Associate Advice, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Call the Carrier
Do partners blow minor mistakes out of proportion? Or is there is a reason for this? -
Cellphones, Judge of the Day, Pictures, Screw-Ups, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Technology
Ex-Judge of the Day: Nobody Wants to See the 'Judicial Penis'
This ex-judge got in trouble for accidentally showing a colleague a photograph of the "'judicial penis." -
Defamation, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, Screw-Ups, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 10.05.12
* Do we really need another “50 Best Law Schools” ranking list? Meh. But we know you want to find out if your school made the cut. [Business Insider] * What’s the hardest part of being a public defender? Is it a) the low pay, b) the long hours, or c) getting punched in the face by an unhappy client? [Huffington Post] * This lawyer is involved in a mess of defamation accusations because he made the mistake of paying attention to anonymous comments. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Only amateur fibbers simply pretend they have cancer. If you want to be the real deal, you gotta tell all your friends you also don’t have health insurance and get them to raise three grand to pay for your imaginary chemo. [Legal Juice] * So, I would never fake an injury to get to use a wheelchair, because of the serious karma issues it would probably create in my life (e.g., above blurb). But I will say I went to Disneyland once with a physically disabled friend, and it was freaking amazing. I’ve never waited in so few lines in my life. [Consumerist] * I think the lesson here is that it’s generally poor parenting to name your child after the sound a bomb makes. [CBS Cleveland via Legal Blog Watch] -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups, Technology
Law Firm Website Weirdness: What's Going On?
Why are so many major law firms' websites on the fritz this morning?