Television
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Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Television, UVA Law
Quote of the Day
From Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal: Getting rejected by Harvard Law School was “the greatest thing that ever happened to me.” Winning admission to HLS is the dream of many a college student (not just Elle Woods). Being a Harvard Law alum puts you on the fast track to a prestigious law […] -
Asians, Contests, Hotties, Law Schools, Reality TV, Survivor, Television
Survivor: The Lawyer and Law Student Edition
The cast for the latest season of Survivor, which premieres on September 17, has been announced. This season, the show’s nineteenth, takes place on the tropical island of Samoa. Four of the 20 contestants, or a fifth of the field, are either lawyers or law students. Is appearing on a reality television show the best […] - Sponsored
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Contests, Money, Reality TV, Television
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Ken Basin, Harvard Law '08, Sure Does.
Meet Ken Basin. This legal prodigy, just 24 years old, is an associate at Greenberg Glusker, one of the top entertainment law firms in the country. Basin graduated last year from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude and with a Sears Prize, at the tender age of 23. Basin isn’t just a handsome legal genius; […]
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Entertainment Law, Gay, Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Florida Television Judges?
Back in October 2007, we wondered: Why does Florida produce so many TV judges? It is because of their penchant, noted by PD Howard Finkelstein, for being rude and abusive? The following are former Floridian jurists who left the state bench for the boob tube: Marilyn Milian, of the People’s Court (previously discussed here); Alex […] -
Hotties, Reality TV, Television, UVA Law
Gibson Dunn Associate Turned Reality TV Star Wants To Have Her Cake and Eat It Too
We’ve written about numerous lawyers turned reality TV stars here at ATL. When we’ve done so, we’ve identified them and/or their employers by name. E.g., Jeremy Anderson (Hunton & Williams / The Bachelorette), Charlie Herschel (Weil Gotshal / Survivor), Victor and Tammy Jih (O’Melveny / Quinn Emanuel / Amazing Race), Yul Kwon (McKinsey / Survivor), […] -
Hotties, Reality TV, Television, UVA Law
Biglaw Associate and Her Househusband Star in New Fox Reality TV Show
The Fox Reality Channel has launched a rip-off twist on Bravo’s very successful “Real Housewives” series: Househusbands of Hollywood. From the New York Daily News: The reality series, premiering Aug. 15 at 9 p.m., features five stay-at-home men who run the house while their wives head to work. It features former L.A. Dodger Billy Ashley; […] -
Contests, Television
Help put a lawyer and a law student on Mad Men!
Are you a fan of the show Mad Men? We’ve only seen one episode, on an airplane, but we’ve heard great things. Television critics have praised it to the heavens. Our colleagues at Fashionista are also big fans. So are many law students and lawyers. Meet Leo Mulvihill (below left), a law student at Drexel […] -
Kids, Law Schools, Television
Teen Prodigy: Smart Enough to Go To Law School at 19, Dumb Enough to Go To Law School
Kate McLaughlin will be the youngest 1L at Northwestern Law School this fall, at just 19 years old, reports the Orange County Register. McLaughlin, who graduated from high school at 12 and from UC San Diego at 17, rocked the LSAT (score: 174) and is going to law school because she wants to save the […] - Sponsored
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Football, Going Concern, Sports, Tax Law, Television
A Tax Break For Burning Down Your House? Yep. That Sounds Like A Buckeye To Me.
Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN commentator and former quarterback of The Ohio State University football team, let the fire department burn down his house. As fans from Michigan know, this is classic Buckeye behavior. Herbstreit thought he’d get a tax deduction for his charitable gift of flammable substances. “Not so fast, my friends.” Click on the link […] -
Celebrities, Sports, Television
Bingham McCutchen Takes Erin Andrews Mega-case
We already mentioned the Erin Andrews situation this morning. The ESPN anchor was spied on through a peephole at a hotel. Andrews is considering her actions, and she has retained counsel. Bingham McCutchen will be taking on this high-profile case. Here is the statement from Bingham’s Marshall B. Grossman: While alone in the privacy of […] -
Celebrities, Politics, Television
Watch Out, Ari Emanuel: Cravath Branches Into Celebrity Representation
Based on the anemic associate bonuses recently announced by Cravath, one might think that the firm is hurting. We hear that work at CSM is a little slow — and that there may be some anxiety over the staggering cost of the firm’s $900 million lease at Worldwide Plaza. But don’t shed tears for Cravath […] -
Alex Kozinski, Pornography, Television
Truly Ripped from the Headlines
A tipster asked us: “Did you catch this week’s Law & Order – SVU? The judge had to recuse himself because they found porn on his computer during the course of a porn-addiction case.” Sound familiar? It may remind you of this recent case (although the L&O episode involved dolphins rather than donkeys). More after […] -
Crime, Law Schools, Parties, Shoes, Television, The Eighties
Tulane Law School: Showing Mr. Rogers How They Roll In Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood
I know a couple of Tulane Law School graduates, and those people can party. And gamble. And eat what they kill. Now, the Louisiana Children’s Museum knows how Tulane rolls too. The Tulane law school student body just received this email: Students, we need your help with a theft that occurred at Barrister’s Ball. As […]
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ATL Idol, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Which Legal Fiction Makes Your Life Worse?
[Ed. note: This post is by SOPHIST, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Sophist’s avatar (at right).] Why does my television constantly tell me that being an attorney is: glamorous, “fun,” and yet so easy that any idiot can do […] -
ATL Idol, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Email Scandals, Media and Journalism, Television
Anchors Away: Philadelphia News Anchor Charged with Hacking Co-Anchor's Email
[Ed. note: This post is by MARIN, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Marin’s avatar (at right).] If you’ve ever secretly read somebody else’s email 537 times, turns out you’re not alone. Larry Mendte, former CBS3 Philadelphia news anchor and […] -
Feminism, Gender, Litigators, Litigatrix, Movies, Television
Farewell, Ally McBeal; Enter the Litigatrix
That’s the title of our latest column for the New York Observer, which reflects upon recent television and film portrayals of women litigators. It touches upon some of the same themes highlighted in Amy Kolz’s excellent American Lawyer article from last year, but it’s more focused on fictional female litigators, as opposed to real-life ones. […] -
Hotties, Jeremy Anderson, Reality TV, Romance and Dating, Television, The Bachelorette
SMU Law Grad to Vie for the Bachelorette's Heart
Several loyal ATL readers (and Bachelorette watchers?) tipped us off to a lawyer being among the 25 bachelors competing on the ABC reality TV show this season. The eligible bachelor is 30-year-old Texan Jeremy Anderson. ABC cites his profession as “real estate attorney.” He’s a December 2007 grad of SMU Dedman School of Law. Speaking […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
'The Court Supreme': Boston Legal Invades One First Street
Cameras in the courtroom at the U.S. Supreme Court? Over Justice Souter’s dead body. So you’ll have to settle for fictional depictions on television. From a very interesting report by Tony Mauro, for the Legal Times: Nearly a decade ago, when his show “Ally McBeal” was at its peak, lawyer-turned-Hollywood-producer David E. Kelley was invited […]