August 2013
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Email Scandals, Law Schools, Music, Parties, Rudeness
The First School-Wide Angry Email Of The Year
Look what NYU students found in their inboxes this morning... -
Election Law, Food, Football, Free Speech, Non-Sequiturs, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 08.30.13
Ed. note: Above the Law will not be publishing on Monday, September 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. * Municipal election fraud is being alleged in Tuscaloosa after a sorority bribed people with free drinks to get a University of Alabama Law grad elected (defeating the incumbent, another lawyer — and wife of a UA Law professor). The big question here is how f**king terrible is voter turnout in Tuscaloosa that a sorority can rig an election? [AL.com] * A banned food truck launched a First Amendment suit after officials banned the truck for using an ethnic slur in the name. I haven’t seen a food truck shut down like that since “Steak Me Home Tonight.” [WSJ Law Blog] * The NFL looks to London. Tax laws are one of many obstacles. [Grantland] * From partner to delivery boy. But hey, definitely go to law school kids! [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] * A thorough look at the legality of the pending Syria strike. Obama administration addresses these grave concerns with the phrase, “Talk to the hand.” [Foreign Affairs] - Sponsored
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Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Libraries / Librarians, Technology
5 Non-Obvious Things to Do When You Start Law School
Alison Monahan from "The Girl's Guide to Law School" offers five tips for new law students.
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Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Finalists: Go Camping, Catch Your Own Fish, Hunt Your Own Lawyers
If you go camping, you don't need to bring your lawyer -- this town sells 'em fresh. -
Football, Sports
Retired Football Players Just Got Jacked Up!
Jefferson, are you injured or are you hurt?–James Caan, The Program Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.–Joseph Heller A few years ago, ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown used to do this bit where their assorted chuckleheads would sit around reviewing the biggest […] -
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Technology
Let Freedom Ka-Ching! On The 50th Anniversary Of 'I Have A Dream,' AT&T Can Use The Speech To Sell Phones, But You Can't Post It
"I have seen the promised land... and it has unbeatable deals!" -
Banking Law, Career Alternatives, Hotties, Job Searches, Pictures, Quote of the Day
Things You Can Do With A Law Degree: Sexy Money Bunny
Once again proving that the law deans were right: you can do ANYTHING with a law degree, even this! -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, California, Cozen O'Connor, Craigslist, Disability Law, Drugs, Environment / Environmental Law, Eric Holder, Gay Marriage, Howrey LLP, Kasowitz Benson, Law Schools, LSAT, Marijuana, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.30.13
* The Department of Justice won’t be harshing anyone’s mellow in Washington and Colorado just yet, because Eric Holder has more important things to do than to get involved in people’s pot. [CNN]
* The IRS will now treat all legal gay marriages the same as straight marriages for tax purposes, no matter where the couples live. That’s absolutely fabulous! [Federal Eye / Washington Post]
* Howrey going to deal with all of Allan Diamond’s unfinished business claims made as trustee on behalf of this failed firm? By claiming as a united front that “[c]lients are not property,” even if we secretly think they are. [Am Law Daily]
* In this wonderful post-Windsor world, the parents of a deceased Cozen O’Connor attorney are appealing a judge’s ruling as to the dispensation of their daughter’s death benefits to her wife. [Legal Intelligencer]
* Reduce, re-use, and recycle: environmentally friendly words used to reduce a Biglaw firm’s carbon footprint, not the number of its lawyers. Say hello to the Law Firm Sustainability Network. [Daily Report]
* Disability rights groups are coming forward to defend California’s LSAT anti-flagging law because the amount of extra testing time you receive should be between you and your doctor. [National Law Journal]
* If you thought Charleston School of Law was going to be sold to the InfiLaw System, then think again. The law school is up for grabs on Craigslist. Alas, the “[s]tudent body has been used.” [Red Alert Politics]
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Summer Associates
The Chart That Should Make Everybody Doing On-Campus Interviewing Absolutely Freaking Terrified
This infographic on OCI will make you say FML. -
Baseball, Cardozo Law School, Drinking, Football, Gay, Gay Marriage, Non-Sequiturs, Pornography, Sentencing Law, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 08.29.13
* The NFL has reached a $765 million settlement with the over 4,500 retired concussion victims whose injuries paved the way for the league’s success. [Sports Illustrated] * Dennis Rodman confidante Kim Jong-un had his ex-girlfriend executed on pornography charges. Kind of puts the whole “revenge porn” thing in perspective. [The Telegraph] * A lawsuit against Curt Schilling, based on allegations that he deceived the state into giving his company $75 million, will go forward. Like most conservative Republicans, Schilling saw no problem with taking millions in handouts from the government so long as poor people don’t get $4.50 a day for food. [Comcast SportsNet] * Judge Mark Bennett (N.D. Iowa) ripped the Department of Justice for creating massive drug sentencing disparities because the DOJ went years without a policy for when prosecutors should double the prison time for repeat offenders. In Northern Iowa, that’s a LOT of meth heads in prison. [Des Moines Register] * Attorneys for the Governor of Pennsylvania equate gay marriage to letting 12-year-olds marry. Just because a demographic calls everything “gay” doesn’t make them gay. [ABA Journal] * Study shows academics use lots of adjectives and adverbs. This is really a very terrific and awesome study. [TaxProf Blog] * Polygraphs are inadmissible, but remember invisible jets are A-OK. [Texts from Superheroes] * REMINDER: OK NYU, Columbia, Fordham, Cardozo, and NYLS students! It’s time to send nominations to us for where you want us to go on the Great Above the Law/Kaplan Bar Review Bar Crawl. Send bar nominations to [email protected], subject: “Bar Crawl.” See you on September 18th! [Above the Law] -
Billable Hours, Crime, Prostitution, Quote of the Day
Lawyers Are Basically Really Successful Muggers
Successful closing argument plays on the jury's common sense and firm belief that lawyers are essentially crooks. -
Biglaw, Rankings, Women's Issues
People Are Thrilled To Work In Biglaw (Except The Women)
Which firm's associates are the most satisfied with their jobs? Find out here. -
Drinking, Videos
Want To See Judge Joe Brown Drunk? Well, Here You Go....
Caught on video during a night on the town, Judge Joe Brown reveals himself to be... kind of awesome.
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Job Searches, Rankings, U.S. News
You've Been Having Bad Dreams If Being A Lawyer Is Your 'Dream Job'
As it turns out, being a lawyer is more of a nightmare than a dream. -
Advertising, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
5 Things To Find Out About Your New Firm Before Making A Lateral Move
Lateral candidates, look before you leap. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Deans, Law Schools, listserv
The Secret Law Dean Rules For Participating On The Deans' Listserv
What are the rules for when deans email in secret? -
Politics, Texas
Driving Through Flyover Country: Conservative Pluralism And Finding The Good Life
If you are from urban areas, especially on the coasts, there are massive swaths of America that feel like a foreign country. -
Allen & Overy, Books, Depositions, Magic Circle, Ridiculousness, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Videos, YouTube
50 Shades of Biglaw: Watch This Managing Partner Read Erotica Out Loud
Based on his videotaped deposition, this retired managing partner could have a second career as a reader of erotic audiobooks. -
Associate Advice, Banking Law, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Law School Deans, Law Schools, listserv, Minority Issues, Morning Docket, Racism, Shira Scheindlin, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 08.29.13
* Is Justice Ginsburg, our favorite judicial diva, foiling her own jurisprudential legacy by refusing to retire from the Supreme Court before another president takes office? [Daily Beast]
* Year-over-year, there’s been a double-digit drop in demand for legal services, so now is a great time to start speculating about which firm will be the next to conduct layoffs. [Am Law Daily]
* Don’t despair, the results of the Am Law Midlevel Survey are out, and associates are more satisfied than ever — except for the women. They’re “leaning out,” so to speak. [Am Law Daily]
* New York City (d/b/a Mayor Michael Bloomberg) wants Judge Shira Scheindlin to stay her stop-and-frisk rulings pending appeal, because racial profiling is an effective crime fighting tool. [New York Law Journal]
* If you want to know why law school is three years long instead of two, it’s because back in the day, the T14s of the world were convinced it’d “stop the proles from sullying the image of the bar.” [The Economist]
* In an effort to keep law school deans’ listserv drama and email scandals to a minimum, the American Bar Association just doled out some rules to keep their ivory tower talk in check. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* “[I]f I die because of this, my life will have been worthwhile.” The HSBC whistleblower is willing to face death to talk about big banks’ alleged money laundering — and to see Marni Halasa. [Huffington Post]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Law Professors, Money
Money Doesn't Buy Happiness -- At Least It Didn't In 2007
I don't think money buys happiness, I think poverty charges you in sadness.