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Pictures, Weirdness
Photo of the Day: This law office needs an Urban Dictionary.
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Exercise, john quinn, Summer Associates
Quinn Emanuel Babes in the Woods: How Two Summer Associates Got Lost on a Firm Hiking Trip
One of the perks of working at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is an annual hiking trip to an exotic location. Quinnies have hiked in Zion National Park, Havasupai, Durango, and Interlaken, Switzerland, among other places. Last month, the firm went on its fifteenth trip, to Mount St. Helens in the Pacific Northwest, and did […] - Sponsored
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Law School Deans, Law Schools
Fordham Students Left With Bitter Taste in Their Mouths After Dean Treanor's Departure for Georgetown
Yesterday, we brought you the news of Fordham Law School Dean William Treanor’s appointment as dean of Georgetown Law School, when we posted a message that went out to Georgetown law students at 4 p.m. We soon learned that we blindsided Fordham students and alumni with the news. They weren’t happy to get the “Surprise! […]
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Facebook, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weirdness
The Truth Will Set You Free? A Broke, Adulterous, Disgraced Georgetown Law Marine Issues a Public Confession on Facebook
It’s a Scarlet Letter tale for the digital age. A Georgetown law student’s life has completely unraveled. His way of dealing with losing his wife, his mistress, his supposed baby, his military assignment, and good standing at Georgetown Law School? A public confession on Facebook. He posted the note with the details of his sad, […] -
Law Schools, New Jersey, Reality TV, Television
Real Ex-Law Student of New Jersey: Albie Manzo
New Jersey is taking over the world of reality television programming. Though it would surely be sheer torture to be locked in a room with a bunch of Jersey folk, their ridiculous antics and outsized attitudes make for great entertainment when confined to the small screen. The Real Housewives of New Jersey is by far […] -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups, Summer Associates
Welcome, Summer Associates! We're Glad You're Here, But Clients Aren't.
It’s summer time! A lucky few are being paid to warm seats in law firms across the land. (Very few — thanks to the minimal numbers of offers extended to law students in Recession Land.) Some firms are very excited about their summer associates, to the point of issuing press releases about them. Firms are […] -
Biglaw, Facebook, Patton Boggs
Law Firm Facebook Pages Reveal How Associates Really Feel
Earlier this year, in one of its many format changes, Facebook forced users to make their profile info more public via Community Pages. Facebook created pages based on users’ lists of interests, jobs, and favorite things to help people find others “who share similar interests and experiences.” So if you, for example, listed “document review” […] -
Contracts, Screw-Ups
Cornell Contracts Exam Should Fail for Ambiguity, Vagueness
With all the students just dying to get into Cornell Law School, I figured I’d give you guys a taste of what exams will be like for the few of you lucky enough to get in. A contracts exam there turned into something so complicated that you need to be an expert in statutory interpretation […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Law Schools, Rankings, Screw-Ups, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (Fourth Tier)
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end We’ve come to the end of the U.S. News Law School Rankings. The Fourth Tier. The schools that are friends to those who will do anything in order to go to law school. Here is an open thread to discuss […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Real Estate, Screw-Ups, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Stroock Strikes Back? The Firm's Client Sues Andrew Cuomo in Federal Court
We’ve previously covered a sticky situation involving an alleged drafting error by real estate lawyers at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. The dispute pits the buyers of luxury condos at the Rushmore, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, against the development company Extell, Stroock’s client. (Our prior coverage appears here, here, and here.) When we last […] -
Contempt, Fashion, Gender, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
Quote of the Day: It's better to have the gavel.
“I have the p*ssy, so I make the rules.” — A t-shirt that resulted in a contempt-of-court charge in Chicago. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs 04.28.10
* A correction on a Linda Greenhouse column? Someone tell Judge Kozinski that no journalist is perfect. [National Review] * Deconstructing the Downfall downfall. [Infamy or Praise] * This Swedish lawyer’s fairy tale does not have a happy ending. [Lawshucks] * William Ayers’s lawsuit against University of Wyoming pays off. [Fox News] * Whoops! [Instapundit] […] -
Email Scandals, Harvard Law Review, listserv, Minority Issues, Racism
Harvard Law School 3L's Racist Email Goes National
Every time you put something into an email, please remember that someone you send it to may hit Forward. If your email makes the case for a biological reason for racial disparities in intelligence, someone might hit Forward and send it to Black Law Student Associations across the nation. That’s what happened to a Harvard […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
ATL Courtship Connection: Blind Date FAIL
It was bound to happen. New York is big, but it’s not that big. I sent two law school students (from different institutions) out on a Courtship Connection date on Monday night, armed only with a descriptor of their date. She said she’d be in a black dress, and he said he’d be in a […] -
Facebook, Lawyer of the Day, Music, Television
Lawyer of the Day: Brandon White Stranded in Gilligan's Trial
Facebook is a godsend for office workers. It’s where we flee when we’re bored. It’s where we go for updates on our friends’ lives. And it’s where we vent when work sucks. Florida state prosecutor Brandon White was marooned in a terrible trial last week, and decided to work through his frustrations creatively, by composing […] -
Fashion, In-House Counsel, Lawyer of the Day, Screw-Ups
In-House (and Inactive) Lawyer of the Day: Jonathan Moss
Gucci wants g’s for the use of its big G. Gucci sued Guess Inc. in 2009 for trademark infringement, for allegedly selling knock-offs of its designs and for using the interlocking “GG” pattern. Guess may be the company making knock-offs, but Gucci’s the company with fake lawyers. Gucci recently fired in-house lawyer Jonathan Moss because […] -
Environment / Environmental Law, Screw-Ups
Gibson Dunn Discovers a Typo
Steven Donzinger has been working on behalf of Ecuadorian natives for seventeen years, representing them in a lawsuit against Chevron alleging the oil company has destroyed their rainforest. It’s a much-covered case, and Harvard Law grad Donzinger has usually been cast as the hero fighting the big bad oil company. But it looks like Donzinger’s […] -
Email Scandals, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Screw-Ups, Tax Law
Here's One Way To Reveal Your Firm's Non-Equity Partners
It’s one of the few things still shrouded in secrecy at most firms: which partners have equity in the firm and which don’t. Actual partners, of course, get a share in the firm’s profits, and are part of the PPP calculations reported by Am Law. Non-equity partners get the partner honorific, but in actuality they’re […] -
Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Shirley Strickland Saffold
When weighing in on cases, it’s best for judges to limit their opinions to their Opinions. They’ve been warned before to be careful on Facebook and on blogs they author. But the case of Ohio judge, Shirley Strickland Saffold, shows they should exercise caution with anonymous online commentary as well. An online commenter named “lawmiss” […] -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Cooley Law Dropout Learns a Lesson in Res Judicata
Whenever we write about Thomas M. Cooley Law School, commenters cannot resist reminding us of Cooley’s business model. The school admits a large number of 1Ls. If they can’t hack it, they are dismissed. So what happens to the kids who couldn’t hack it at Cooley? Well, sometimes they sue the school for discrimination. But, […]