Videos
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Lawyer Advertising, Plaintiffs Firms, Videos
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Personal Injury Firm Might Break Your Funny Bone
We don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who hurt themselves in stupid ways. When we’ve featured personal injury firms in our lawyer advertising feature before, it’s usually been to make fun of them. In this case, the personal injury firm, Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, is in on the joke: Their commercials got picked […] -
Media and Journalism, Music, Nina Totenberg, Videos, Weirdness
Nina Totenberg and Her NPR Colleagues Go Gaga for Gaga
Word on the street is that President Obama is about to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. This makes sense; there are many good reasons to nominate Kagan. But what if Obama were to think outside the box in terms of SCOTUS nominations? What if he nominated, say, Lady Gaga to the […] - Sponsored
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Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Videos
Congratulations to Our 2010 Law Revue Video Contest Winner: Northwestern!
Over 16,000 votes were cast in our second annual Law Revue video contest. We now bestow the 2010 Law Revue Video Contest crown upon…. Wait, hold on a sec. Unfortunately, there were allegations of voting irregularities. And according to our friends at Vizu, which hosted our poll, it appears that the allegations may have merit….
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Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Videos
Law Revue Video Contest: Honorable Mentions(And a reminder to vote!)
There’s just one day left to vote in ATL’s Second Annual Law Revue Video contest. Check out the seven finalists — from Columbia, Northwestern, NYU, SMU, Wash. U., Windsor, and Berkeley — and vote before midnight on Thursday. Columbia and Northwestern are currently in a fierce competition for the crown. There have been some not-so-funny […] -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Technology, Videos
A New Argument In Favor of Cameras in the Courtroom: Bloggers Suck
The Ninth Circuit sent waves through the legal community earlier this year when Judge Vaughn Walker proposed broadcasting the Prop 8 trial. In January, the Supreme Court swept in and shot down that idea. We were not pleased with the SCOTUS decision; we said at the time: The right to an open and public trial […] -
Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Videos
Law Revue Video Contest: The Finalists
On Thursday we showed you the dishonorable mentions from our second annual Law Revue contest. Many of you thought that “les dishonorables” were not that bad. Hopefully, you’ll like the finalists even better. This year we chose seven finalists from seven different law schools. But there will be no repeat for last year’s champion, UVA […] -
Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Rank Stupidity, Videos
Law Revue Video Contest: Dishonorable Mentions
We launched our second annual Law Revue contest earlier this month. Over 20 law schools entered the competition, including a couple from the Great White North — a special “eh” to our Canuck readers! — with each school submitting up to two videos. Last night, your ATL editors had a special after-hours viewing. It wasn’t […] -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Television, Videos
2009: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times(Or: Elie critiques capitalism -- on Fox Business News.)
Although our colleague Elie Mystal is on vacation this week, he took some time today to sit down with Fox Business News, where he discussed how some large law firms enjoyed record profits in 2009 — thanks, in part, to record layoffs. An added bonus: he offered weight loss advice! No donuts involved. Check out […] - Sponsored
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Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Technology, Trials, Videos
Cameras in the Prop 8 Courtroom: Why Not?
A disclaimer: we’re not sure how we feel about Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge brought by superlawyers Ted Olson and David Boies to Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. We are somewhat sympathetic to Jonathan Adler’s position: gay marriage makes perfect sense as a policy matter, but the constitutional case is […] -
Gay, Gay Marriage, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Trials, Videos
Prop 8 Blackout
Because when you want to argue against average Americans having access to a basic civil right, you want to make sure nobody sees you doing it. From the Associated Press: The Supreme Court is blocking a broadcast of the trial on California’s same-sex marriage ban, at least for the first few days. The federal trial […] -
Ridiculousness, Television, Videos
New ABC Show About Biglaw
As some of you know, I like television shows about lawyers. Granted, I liked them a lot better before I knew they were full of crap, but I still like them. But not like this. This, my friends, is going to suck. Some complaints after the jump. -
Boalt Hall, Job Searches, Law Schools, Videos
Hope for Second-Year Law School Students?(And: If Hitler Were a Berkeley 2L)
In parsing the fate of law school students, there’s no point in talking about the 3Ls. Their chances of success in the job hunt are about as bright as Obama’s prospects of winning the war in Afghanistan. In other words, abandon hope all ye who enter here. The 1Ls can actually pray the economy will […] -
Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law Revue, Videos
BC Law Prof. Fitzgibbon Speaks via Email; BC Law Students Spoof via YouTube
It’s too early to take nominations for this year’s law revue contest. But an early contender will surely be a video we received from students at Boston College Law School. It’s a spoof of BC law professor Scott Fitzgibbon’s anti-gay marriage commercial. Here’s the set-up, from the BC Student Bar Review (that’s a social organization, […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Media and Journalism, Shameless Plugs, Videos
A Conversation with Am Law Founder Steven Brill
As previously mentioned in these pages, your above-signed scribe has been named a Legal Rebel — one of “50 leading innovators” in the legal profession, as selected by the ABA Journal. The profile, written by Rachel Zahorsky, appears here. For more background on the Legal Rebels project, see our prior post, or the Legal Rebels […] -
Gay, Intellectual Property, Music, Videos, Weirdness
Some Random Friday Fun
Mainly we’re posting this because it’s a Friday afternoon and rainy (at least here in New York). We figure you need some entertainment to launch you into the weekend. But there is a legal angle to this music video. It might have spawned intellectual property litigation, if Disney — and Miley Cyrus — didn’t have […] -
Layoffs, Videos
How to Avoid Getting Fired
I don’t speak Russian, so I have no idea what this commercial is about. But it seems like it should be about what associates should do when the “firing partner” is making the rounds: If a Russian speaker wants to translate for us in the comments, that would be great. But I’ll definitely be implementing […] -
Contests, Law Schools, Student Loans, Videos
Why Did You Decide to Go to Law School?
Many of you are probably asking yourselves that very question. Especially if you are deeply in debt and/or without legal employment. We decided to go to law school because, well, we didn’t have anything better to do. Law school has been described, quite accurately, as “the great American default option.” If you’re in the same […] -
Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Videos
Law Revue Video Contest: The polls close at midnight!
Happy Sunday. Thanks for visiting Above The Law this weekend. We just wanted to remind you that voting in the (first) Annual Law Revue Video Contest ends tonight at the stroke of midnight. Or actually at 11:59 p.m. So if you haven’t yet watched the best in Law Revue humor and found what makes you […] -
Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Videos
Above The Law's Inaugural Law Revue Contest 2009The Finalists
It’s the moment (some of) you have been waiting for. We’re ready to announce the six finalists in ATL’s First Ever Law Revue Video Contest. We received many (many, many) submissions. We ordered sushi delivered to our SoHo office and pulled Biglaw hours to watch them all. As you may imagine, after many (many, many) […] -
Career Alternatives, Videos
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Bellydancer?
Back in rosier economic times, we started a series of open threads on career alternatives for attorneys, i.e., things you can do with a law degree that don’t involve Biglaw or contract work. These days, we’re starting to think of the series as things you might do if you can’t find Biglaw or contract work. […]