Weirdness
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Erwin Chemerinsky, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting, Weirdness
Breaking: Erwin Chemerinsky to UC Irvine After All!
This email message, from Professor Erwin Chemerinsky to Duke law school faculty and students, went out ten minutes ago. Also, here’s some coverage from the Los Angeles Times. ———- Forwarded message ———- From: “Erwin Chemerinsky” To: [redacted] Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:07:53 -0400 Subject: news It is with excitement and sadness that I am […] -
Harold Koh, Law Schools, Weirdness
What's Up At Yale Law School?
So maybe being from Yale Law School doesn’t make you God’s gift to the legal profession (at least according to this commenter). But we still care about developments at our alma mater — and were intrigued to hear about an urgent meeting, to be held at YLS later today: TO: The Yale Law School CommunityFROM: […] - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Fabulosity, Movies, Weirdness
Breaking: Cameron Diaz at Cadwalader!
Are you in the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft? If so, then please rush up to the 39th floor — and take your camera phone! Cameron Diaz is on the 39th floor of Cadwalader’s New York office, using a conference room for some movie being made on South End Ave. Don’t know […]
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Education / Schools, Law Schools, Television, War on Terror, Weirdness
Best Law School Course Ever?
We’re not being sarcastic. This course, to be offered at Georgetown Law in spring 2008, sounds awesome. To the average law student, it’s probably way more interesting than securities regulation (or even ERISA — one of our favorite law school classes). [FN1] From the GULC course catalog: The Law of “24”Professor W. SharpLL.M Course 853 […] -
Law Schools, Weirdness
And You Thought Your Classmates Were Freak Shows
Well, this guy — Eduardo Arrocha, who just started as a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley Law School — really IS a freak. Quite literally. Here’s why Arrocha is leaving the Coney Island Circus Sideshow to go into law: “I know it sounds weird, but I want to be a freak lawyer. I hope to […] -
Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Musical Chairs, Sam Sparks, Samuel Kent, State Judges, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: Federal Judges Fleeing the Bench?
What’s up with all these federal judges seeking to leave their life-tenured quarters? We understand that the pay’s not great (which is why we urge them to marry rich). But being an Article III judge is still nice work if you can get it. Despite the power and prestige, two federal judges are moving on […] -
Advertising, Crime, Lawyer Advertising, Lawyer of the Day, Music, Weirdness
Lawyer of the Day: Peter 'P'Ta Mon' John
If the Nixon Peabody song were lawyer advertising — which, of course, it is not — it would be the best lawyer advertisement ever. And this, which a helpful reader emailed to us, would be second best: In case you can’t read the fine print at the bottom — which offers some helpful tips on […] -
Admin, Announcements, Weirdness
ATL Way Back Weekend
We tend not to write much over the weekend — usually just a post here or there. But this weekend we’ll try something new. Some radio stations have what they call “wayback weekends,” during which they play music from past decades. We’re going to borrow this idea and declare today and tomorrow to be ATL’s […] - Sponsored
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Email Scandals, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Summer Associates, Weirdness
A Summer Associate Farewell Email: 'WHEREAS, I Am a Tool'
Summer associate stories. Wacky farewell messages. Two great tastes that go great together. Some brief background, from a tipster: This kid was a summer at Davis Polk, and his farewell email has made the rounds in both DC and NYC. For anyone who knows him, it is no surprise…. [He] believes that we should not […] -
Harvard, Sex, Summer Associates, Weirdness
X-Summers: The Vanimal
You know the drill. We’re still taking summer associate stories; if you have one to share, please review our submission guidelines, and then email us. Here’s the latest: 1. Superhero name: The Vanimal 2. Special power(s): Ridiculous self-aggrandizement; creeping out female colleagues; writing erotic correspondence. 3. Summered: Balch & Bingham, “several summers back.” 4. Claim […] -
Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Weirdness
The New York Deluge
We often miss New York, where we lived for five years before moving down to Washington. But not all the time. We didn’t miss it last month, for example, when there was that huge steam pipe explosion. Or today, when the city was thrown into chaos by massive rains and flooding. From a Gotham tipster: […] -
Summer Associates, Weirdness
A Very Odd Summer Associate Assignment
Remember the massive steam pipe explosion in New York City last month, which displaced a number of the city’s major law firms? It has spawned an amusingly bizarre project for one summer associate. This befuddled individual then turned to the law school listserv for help. (Random aside: Unless you WANT something posted to Above the […] -
Advertising, Hogan & Hartson, Plaintiffs Firms, Weirdness
Remember Those Weird Radio Ads Mentioning Hogan & Hartson?
We discussed them back in this post, and wondered: What are they all about? Well, now we have some answers. But the mystery isn’t completely solved, since we know neither the identity nor the grievances of the ex-Hogan client who is so unhappy with the firm (or its fees) that they’re taking out (presumably expensive) […]
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Asians, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Weirdness
From the Far East, More Sentencing Innovation
Remember those dancing Filipino prisoners? Well, these days Asia is abounding with new and interesting approaches to crime and punishment. From the AP: Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring “Hello Kitty,” the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday. […] -
6th Circuit, Gender, Sports, Weirdness
Motion to Reschedule on Account of Being Whipped?
We come not to rank on this motion, but to praise it. It’s cute, it’s funny, and it’s appropriate Friday fodder: Could one make fun of this hapless husband, for letting his wife drag him on a 350-mile bike tour? Sure. But this motion, while chuckle-worthy in a sitcom sort of way, isn’t TRULY embarrassing […] -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Michael Jackson, Sports, Venable, Weirdness
Venable: DC's Weirdest Law Firm?
What’s up with Venable? Strange things seem to be afoot over there. From last Friday’s Washington Post: He’s back!!! Or is it possible Michael Jackson has been quietly lurking in our region ever since his early-a.m. Smithsonian tour last week? The sometimes-reclusive, sometimes-exhibitionist performer was spotted Wednesday evening in the downtown law offices of Venable […] -
Asians, Exercise, Music, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Videos, Weirdness
Sentencing Reform: Dancing Will Set You Free
We’re guessing you’ve all seen this video of 1,500 Filipino prisoners dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” It has been discussed all over the blogosphere and MSM. E.g, Gawker; Concurring Opinions; Times of London. (We’re just surprised that sentencing guru Doug Berman — who, by the way, moderated a great panel on the federal sentencing guidelines […] -
Advertising, Hogan & Hartson, Plaintiffs Firms, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Have You Been Injured... By Hogan & Hartson?
If so, call 1-800-759-8611. NOW! No, this isn’t a joke. From a source: I heard this radio advertisement running on 50,000 watt WABC radio in New York. I heard it twice on the morning of the 16th, about 6:30am and about one hour later, and once again (3rd time) I believe [on Wednesday]. It went […] -
7th Circuit, Diane Wood, Frank Easterbrook, Gay, Lawsuit of the Day, Perverts, Richard Posner, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Bernier v. Morningstar
What do you get when you put the three smartest judges on the Seventh Circuit — Frank Easterbrook, Richard Posner, and Diane Wood — on the same panel? In this case, something weird. Very weird. It’s amusing to imagine this trio of legal geniuses wrapping their minds around such a bizarre fact pattern. Questions Presented: […] -
Aaron Charney, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Weirdness
Brokeback Lawfirm: Is Charney v. S&C Being Used for MySpace Spam?
From a reader who uses MySpace (no, not a 14-year-old girl in Manassas): Totally random, and not necessarily newsworthy, but the attached MySpace profile appeared randomly on my “cool new people” list when I logged in. Strange, huh? (Random spam like this, in the form of fake profiles — usually of attractive women from ex-Soviet […]