2013
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, UVA Law
Best Law Schools for Getting a Biglaw Job (2013)
If you're hoping to land a Biglaw job after graduation, these are the go-to schools to do it from. -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, Screw-Ups
Inside Straight: On Blabbing
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann shares a few examples of how NOT to protect client confidences. - Sponsored
Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for. -
Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Deaths, Department of Justice, Election Law, Federal Judges, Job Searches, JPMorgan Chase, Law Professors, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Morning Docket, Musical Chairs, Politics, Privacy, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.25.13
* The horror! The horror! Sacrilege! Constitutional law nerds nationwide will weep at the very thought of someone suggesting that our country’s governing document be amended to abolish life tenure for Supreme Court justices. [Los Angeles Times]
* Quite frankly, it’s pretty amazing how quickly the preclearance section of the Voting Rights Act went from being seen by states as something that wasn’t “onerous” to being “arbitrary and burdensome.” That’s politics for you. [It’s All Politics / NPR]
* Jim Woolery, an M&A superstar formerly of J.P. Morgan, has made the jump to Cadwalader after only two years at the bank. Upgrade or downgrade from his Cravath partnership? [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Some law professors stop teaching classes to tend to their divorce proceedings, but others law professors teach classes from their hospital beds so their students aren’t thrown to the wolves. [Tex Parte / Texas Lawyer]
* It you want to be employed, make damn sure you nail your interview because “[t]he stakes are higher than ever” — fewer than 13 percent of permanent law jobs were obtained from OCI in 2011. [National Law Journal]
* Greenlight Capital’s case against Apple might have been perceived as a “silly sideshow” by some, but it looks like Judge Richard Sullivan of the S.D.N.Y. purchased front row tickets. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Speaking of silly sideshows, the DOJ recently joined the fray with Floyd Landis and his False Claims Act suit against Lance Armstrong. Perhaps it’s time for the disgraced biker to take his ball and go home. [Bloomberg]
* Alan Westin, privacy law scholar and professor emeritus of public law at Columbia, RIP. [New York Times]
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Charles Fried, D.C. Circuit, Law Professors, Lindsay Lohan, Non-Sequiturs, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 02.22.13
* In the E.D.N.Y., Pitbull prevailed over lovable, legal loser Lindsay Lohan. Lohan’s knack for the epic legal fail carried over to her attorney, Stephanie Ovadia, who was fined $750 for plagiarism by Judge Denis Hurley. [Billboard] * Charles Fried is pretty sure Senator Ted Cruz is crazy for saying there was only one Republican on the Harvard Law faculty. But the joke’s on Fried… no one considers a Reagan appointee a Republican anymore, you silly goose! [New Yorker] * Here are some outtakes from Michelle Olsen’s coverage of the D.C. Circuit (the main event, if you will, was published here). Sadly, unlike some outtake reels, the D.C. panel did not address the problem of snow blindness in cats. [Appellate Daily] * Brian Leiter and Paul Campos had a little dispute. This article sums it up and has some interesting thoughts on just how little law professors care now about their own teaching methods. Don’t read this if you’re averse to honesty. [The Faculty Lounge] * Fisticuffs erupt over messing with the thermostat. This is an official warning to the other ATL editors if that office is too hot next week… [LegalJuice] * The whole “publish or perish” racket is rough. Bill Araiza needs a hug. [PrawfsBlawg] * The ideological center of the U.S. House of Representatives is Staten Island. Woe to the Republic. [New York Daily News] -
Blackberry-Crackberry, Quote of the Day, Sex Scandals
CHECK YOU PHONES... For FBI Sext Messages
If people at the CIA can get away with banging would-be terrorists, why can't FBI agents send sext messages? -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Partner Profit Reports: K&L Gates Swing Wide Open
K&L Gates offers very detailed financial disclosures. What is motivating their opening of the kimono? -
D.C. Circuit, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Jury Duty, Politics, Prisons
Next Week, Congress Will Ruin The Country In The Following Ways
The sequester is going to be one big disaster muffin. How will it screw up the legal profession? Pretty badly actually. -
Football, Police, Sports
The Extrajudicial Proclivities Of The NFL And NCAA
Due Process doesn't seem to be in the NCAA's playbook. - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work. -
Advertising, Law Schools, Sponsored Content, This Is an Ad
Preparing for Finals: Using an Exam-Day Game Plan
Looking for advice on taking law school exams? Look no further. -
Biglaw, Music, Partner Issues, Reality TV, Romance and Dating, Television
The Departing Skadden Partner, His Ex-Wife, And The Substance Of African-Americans
A Skadden partner seems to think it's the interracial nature of his relationship is weird. Really, it's just the weirdness that's weird. -
Biglaw, Caption Contests, Contests, Food, Pictures
Caption Contest: For Want of a Biglaw Banana
You can afford to pay us six figures, but you can't afford a darn banana? -
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Technology, Video games
Historical Hypocrisy: Donkey Kong, King Kong, & The Public Domain
A trip down memory lane to the early days of video game intellectual property. Dare I say, Techdirt goes ape for this story? -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools
Law School Throws 'Job Idol' Competition, Grand Prize: Not a Job
There's something very meta about law firms laying down money to watch student interview for jobs they won't get. It's like playing the Sims instead of going outside and interacting with other people.
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Diving Into Generative AI: A Practical Guide For Law Firms Starting From Scratch
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
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Crime, Judicial Divas, Politics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: From the Bench to the Big House?
A state supreme court justice just got convicted of multiple felonies. What did she do? -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Morning Docket: 02.22.13
* Law School Transparency? Nay, Biglaw Transparency! Peter Kalis, global managing partner of K&L Gates, just opened the kimono wide on his firm’s financial performance in an “unusually detailed” fashion. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Talk about a pain in the pocketbook: according to American Lawyer, profits per partner and revenues are slowly swirling down the drain at several Biglaw firms, with shrinkage of 16 percent in PPP at one firm. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* The ABA is just now thinking of trying to find someone who will audit the graduate employment data that law schools release each year. Gee, it only took 15 fraud lawsuits to get the ball rolling. [National Law Journal]
* Oh my God, you guys, carrying six figures of law school debt on your shoulders is “unsustainable” in the long run, especially when your salary sucks. This is new information that no one’s heard before. [News-Gazette]
* Former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten is now Tulane Law’s new assistant dean for experiential learning. For the school’s sake, hopefully he’ll be able to control his students better than he did his AUSAs. [Tulane Hullabaloo]
* “You’re a cold-blooded murderer and I’ll stare you down until I die.” Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife. A sequel to the Lifetime movie is likely forthcoming. [Reuters]
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Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Ridiculousness
National Jurist Needs To Delete Their Law School Rankings And Apologize To Us All For Wasting Our Time
National Jurist rankings are so bad they should apologize. -
Immigration, Labor / Employment, Magic Circle, Non-Sequiturs, Pepper Hamilton, Privacy, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 02.21.13
* A study finds that over 93 percent of attorneys, judges, and legal writing professors think the writing they’re reading is bad. One could argue this is evidence of a crisis in writing skills. Or one could argue that lawyers are a**holes who think every voice other than their own is wrong. It’s a 50/50 […] -
Antonin Scalia, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Freedom of Information Act / FOIA, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Apparently Scalia Doesn't Hold the Government in Very High Regard These Days
Does the federal government do pointless things? That's what Justice Scalia seems to think. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Recalculating
The harrowing tale of a lawyer trying to find a FedEx office and battling his GPS. -
Biglaw, john quinn, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Partner Profit Reports: Quinn Emanuel, Bingham, Perkins Coie
How did large law firms fare financially last year? Here are reports from Quinn Emanuel, Bingham, and Perkins Coie.