Travel / Vacation
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Admin, Travel / Vacation
Hello My Internet Friends
Hello, Above the Law community. I’m back from hiatus. I’m away for a whole week and what happens, law firms stop laying people off. Coincidence? Dear God I hope so. I didn’t follow any legal or non-legal news during my absence, so I’ll be counting on you guys to bring me up to speed. But […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Travel / Vacation, Trendspotting
Open Thread: Is the 'Bar Trip' Barred By the Recession?
Now that aspiring lawyers have taken the bar exam, they can relax and try to forget about it until the fall, when results come in. One way of relieving stress is “the bar trip”: a post-bar exam vacation to an exotic locale, for sun, surf, or snow, depending on one’s travel preferences. The bar trip […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Travel / Vacation
Vacation Memo: Elie
Well, it’s my five-year wedding anniversary (yesterday). You know what that means. I’m responsible for a lot of wood. In a desperate attempt to convince my wife to hang around for a sixth year, I’m taking the week off. Yeah, the whole week. It’s pretty cool to not be working at a law firm anymore. […]
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Lawsuit of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex, Travel / Vacation
Lawsuit of the Day: Egyptian sperm are really strong swimmers
Stroking of breasts can (eventually) culminate in pregnancy. But, as far as we know, the breaststroke can’t. Magdalena Kwiatkowska might disagree. She’s filing a lawsuit because her teenage daughter became pregnant during a recent trip to Egypt. From the Daily Mail (via Transracial): A mother is suing a hotel claiming her teenage daughter fell pregnant […] -
Associate Advice, Travel / Vacation, Weirdness
The Return of Hope During the Recession: Adventures at The Ashram (Part II)
[Ed. note: This post is authored by ATL guest columnist Hope Winters. Hope is an early retired lawyer, turned Senate staffer, turned corporate lobbyist. She lives in Washington, DC. Read her previous work here. Read part I of this piece here.] After this dinner I’m still starving from, we hop into the car to drive […] -
Associate Advice, Travel / Vacation, Weirdness
The Return of Hope During the Recession: Adventures at The Ashram (Part I)
[Ed. note: This post is authored by ATL guest columnist Hope Winters. Hope is an early retired lawyer, turned Senate staffer, turned corporate lobbyist. She lives in Washington, DC. Read her previous work here.] Well, as I told you in my last piece, I have been desperately searching for inner peace during these incredibly depressing […] -
Layoffs, Travel / Vacation, Trendspotting, Unemployment
Funemployment Rate Reaches 9.4%
Many have noted that the jobless rate hit 9.4% today, and many are calling that excellent news. Bloomberg reports: The U.S. lost fewer jobs than forecast in May, reinforcing signs that the deepest recession in half a century is starting to abate…. “The recession is very close to an end,” said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist […] -
Admin, Announcements, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, Travel / Vacation
Career Center: How Safe Is Your Vacation Time?
Last week, we brought you information about which firms respect your weekends — and which don’t. This week, we tackle a related topic: vacation. As noted earlier today, it’s an area where firms have been making changes lately. At which firms are your vacations safe? And at which firms might vacation time be at risk […] - Sponsored
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Travel / Vacation
New Vacation Policy At Sedgwick Could be Disingenuous
Recently, we’ve seen a lot of law firms take creative approaches to cutting costs. At Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, the firm’s new approach to attorney vacations could save a bit of money, especially if the firm decides to go through a round of layoffs. While discussing the Morrison & Foerster face-time policy, a commenter […] -
Travel / Vacation
The New Schulte Vacation Policy
Maybe work is booming at Schulte Roth & Zabel? The firm is changing its vacation policy to make it more stringent. Could it be that the firm wants all hands on deck? A tipster reports the major changes: * Personal days are now limited to 5 per year (there was previously no limit). Any days […] -
Admin, Announcements, Travel / Vacation
Out of Office Memo
We’re running late to the airport, so we’re keeping it short and sweet. If you’re looking for an entertaining vacation memo, try this one or this one instead. Your above-signed scribe — who has been writing more for these pages lately, as some of you have noticed — will be out of the office, from […] -
Admin, Announcements, Gambling / Gaming, Travel / Vacation
Vacation Memo
TO: ATL Readers, Commenters, Tipsters CC: The General Public, The Grammar Police, NYPD, LVPD FROM: Elie Mystal SUBJECT: Whereabouts and Other Sundries I will be out of the office from right about now until Monday, February 23rd. I have not been fired (so far as I am aware). My performance is not under review. I’m […] -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Travel / Vacation
How Does A Turkey Write A Vacation Memo?
We here at ATL are big believers in push-back. Tell the partners and your colleagues about your personal needs and desires, and try your best to take some control over your work schedule. The firm can survive without you. But the theory behind successful push back is that you are not the most important person […]
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Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
Associate Life Survey: Summer Escapes
In last Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you were taking any vacations this summer. We received just under 900 responses, and the overwhelming majority of you reported that you will be escaping the office for at least a little while this summer. Overall, 86% of you have taken, or will […] -
Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Reader Polls, Technology, Travel / Vacation
Would you want a vacation from your Blackberry?
Bloggers tend to be so hyper-connected that being away from Internet service for more than two hours can feel like an eternity. Due to the numerous e-mails flying around law firms, and the expectation of rapid response, lawyers tend to have a similar connectivity addiction. The Blackberry is the sweet, sweet drug that feeds the […] -
Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
Associate Life Survey: Summer Vacation?
In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, it’s time to focus on time off. ATL has previously reported on firms trimming the length of their summer programs, in part because of economic doldrums, but also at least purportedly in part because of vacation cycles. As one firm’s managing partner put it: “We believe that the […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Fabulosity, Travel / Vacation
Post-Bar Travel: Open Thread
With bar exams taking place at the end of this month, a bunch of almost-lawyers are furiously studying away. It’s not the worst way to spend the dog days of summer… but it’s pretty bad. If you’re in that boat, we wish you luck (and encourage you to spend your study breaks here at ATL). […] -
Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
Featured Survey Results: Vacation Daze
We received 1,046 responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on vacation time. Roughly two thirds of respondents reported that their firms offered four weeks of vacation, but sixteen percent are at three-week firms, six percent are at firms with only two weeks of vacation, and a handful are at firms with but […] -
Barack Obama, Non-Sequiturs, Travel / Vacation
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.08
* Feddie really, really likes Dahlia Lithwick. [Southern Appeal] * Pretty smells may reduce stress in the workplace. We doubt it would work in law schools. [Neuromarketing] * What would Obama ice cream taste like? Slate.com readers go crazy naming a Ben and Jerry’s flavor after the political hero. [Slate] * The legality of laptop […] -
Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
Featured Job Survey: On Vacation
We received quite a few tips and comments after posting yesterday’s table of clerkship bonuses, so we have updated the table (four times) to reflect new information on Arnold & Porter, Covington & Burling, King & Spalding, Patterson Belknap, Wilson Sonsini, Debevoise, Katten Muchin, and Munger Tolles. We also updated the running table of maternity […]