Many of the hours that Biglaw attorneys are familiar with are of the billable (and unhappy) variety. But some firms try to make up for the misery by plying their employees with alcohol. Welcome to the latest perk to be discussed in these pages: happy hours. [FN1] A few questions, from an associate-to-be: This fall […]
* Biglaw gets all Facebook. [LexBlog] * The Bush Administration is just bound and determined to keep children from having health insurance. [New York Times] * Another arrest in Newark shootings. [CNN] * Competition for Westlaw and Lexis? [WSJ Law Blog] * Saddam aides to face trial. [BBC]
Most law firms, big and small, that have adopted AI are making the same mistake: they bought a tool for their lawyers and called it a strategy.
Okay, folks, you know what to do. Here are the next five law firms up for discussion (in Vault 100 order, with prestige scores in parentheses): 21. Arnold & Porter LLP (7.012)22. Jones Day (6.932)23. Morrison & Foerster LLP (6.898)24. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (6.752)25. Clifford Chance LLP (6.747) The virgin territory of the […]
It’s fall recruiting season, and rumors are flying about every law firm under the sun. Here’s something from the ATL mailbag about Linklaters: I’m going through [the on-campus interview program at my law school] and each day I kept hearing the same thing. Apparently Linklaters’s summer associates had such a terrible time the last few […]
Over on AutoAdmit (via Concurring Opinions), folks have been talking about Wikiscanner. This neat application allows you to see recent edits to Wikipedia and who made them, in terms of the editor’s IP address (which often reveals their employer). As Professor Dave Hoffman notes at Concurring Opinions, law firm lawyers seem to love playing with […]
Woof woof! This just in, from Fox News (via AFP via Drudge): The lead attorney for pro football star Michael Vick said Monday that the Atlanta Falcons quarterback will plead guilty to dogfighting and related charges and will “accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made.” Billy Martin, heading up Vick’s […]
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In Lawyerly Lairs, the ATL feature that takes you inside the luxurious homes of legal luminaries, we focus a lot on New York City. We’ve previously peeked inside the residences of Schulte partner Rick Presutti, ex-S&C associate Aaron Charney, Cravath partner John Beerbower, Columbia law profs Hans Smit and Sarah Cleveland, and lawyer-turned-TV-personality Greta Van […]
As you may recall, earlier this year there were rumors about there not being enough work to go around in the San Francisco office of Bingham McCutchen. Some of these rumors were prompted by the firm offering buyouts to some associates. The rumors of slowness are starting to resurface: I am a 2L at [a […]
Although the pace seems to be slowing, our open threads on Vault 100 firms continue to generate a decent quantity (and quality) of comments. So we’ll press on, for the benefit of those of you who are now in the throes of the law firm application process. Please pose questions about and share insights into […]
It’s easy if you try. No billable minimum below us. Above us only sky (high bonuses). The billable hour has its critics. See, e.g., this great piece by Scott Turow. Alternatives to the billable hour are slowly emerging. But nobody seems to think it’s going away anytime soon. If you’re a first-year associate at Ford […]
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
To all of you who have been complaining about the clerkship bonus policy of Latham & Watkins, the firm has heard your pleas. And it has taken action. But if you’re starting at the firm in 2007, you might not reap the benefits of your whining advocacy. An LW offeree passed along this information to […]
[Ed. note: This is basically a repost of a prior posting. But the deadline has been extended until 5 p.m. today, so if you missed out last week, here’s your chance.] As some of you already know, Above the Law offers a daily newsletter, via email. We encourage you to subscribe. You can sign up […]
* Who needs lawyers? [WSJ Law Blog] * Take the deal, Vick. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Buyer’s remorse on the surveillance law? [New York Times] * I want a new drug website. [BBC] * Being the creepiest guy on earth is apparently not a crime. [CNN]
Some of you have been asking for updates on Shanetta Cutlar, the high-powered Department of Justice lawyer who has generated some colorful stories in the past. If you’re not familiar with her, click here, and browse through the archives. We don’t have anything terribly new to report on her. We hear that she has been […]
We briefly mentioned that Carol Lam, one of the controversial U.S. Attorney firing victims, is now the interim general counsel of Qualcomm. If you’d like to know about the scandal that caused her predecessor, Lou Lupin, to resign, check out the WSJ Law Blog: It’s something no lawyer wants to get — a ruling from […]