May 2014
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Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Student Loans
Student Debt Collector Takes Out Loan For Unaccredited Law School
When trying to be prudent just isn't enough. -
Antonin Scalia, Defamation, Environment / Environmental Law, FTC, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.30.14
* Confessions of a litigious mind: Trial attorney admits he was trained as a spy. [What About Clients?] * A Fordham Law professor running for governor. [New York Times] * Are messenger bags unprofessional for lawyers? My firm bought us messenger bags with firm logos so this wasn’t a question for me. [Corporette] * New carbon regulations on the horizon and industry is already gearing up for a fight. [Breaking Energy] * FTC charging Jerk.com with deceiving customers. What a paradox, because if the FTC is right this seems like truth in advertising. [IT-Lex] * Larry Klayman is suing the entity he founded, Judicial Watch, for defamation. Somehow Orly Taitz is involved. [South Florida Lawyers] * Hey recent grads! Do you need to frame your shiny new diploma? Mountary is offering a 20 percent discount to ATL readers. Just enter the code “atl20″ at checkout. [Mountary] * Bruce Allen Murphy has a new biography on Justice Antonin Scalia that proposes that far from forging a conservative Court, Justice Scalia's actions have undermined building a conservative team of justices. Also he reminds us that Scalia was totally an affirmative action hire. Video after the jump.... [YouTube] - Sponsored
AI Presents Both Opportunities And Risks For Lawyers. Are You Prepared?
Get up to speed on AI’s rapid growth, risks, and potential — and take your knowledge of artificial intelligence to the next level. -
Federal Government, Politics, Privacy, Technology
Did Edward Snowden Have Options?
And how well did Snowden think through his options before acting?
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Blackberry-Crackberry, Cellphones, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology
Cicero On Being More Than Just A Lawyer
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day life of a lawyer. And the longer you are a lawyer, the more it will come to define you – if you let it. But it is a limiting definition, even for the best and brightest of lawyers. Take Marcus Tullius Cicero, likely the most famous lawyer in history. […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Intellectual Property, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Episode 14: Protecting Property Of The Intellectual Sort
Make sure you are prepared by taking some common sense and low-cost precautions. -
Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Law Students, Summer Associates
From The Career Files: 10 Things To Remember About Your Summer Employment At A Biglaw Firm
Ian E. Scott offers 10 valuable pieces of advice for Biglaw summer associates. -
Christopher Christie, Drugs, Marijuana, New Jersey, Politics, Quote of the Day
Is Chris Christie High?
Chris Christie offers a bizarre defense for keeping weed illegal in New Jersey. -
Celebrities, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Videos
Preet Bharara's Awesome Harvard Law Commencement Speech
Who knew a U.S. Attorney could be so entertaining? - Sponsored
Happy Lawyers, Better Results The Key To Thriving In Tough Times
How happiness, a positive workplace, and alignment with the right role can transform not just your own career, but also the success of your clients… -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Partner Issues
Which Biglaw Attorneys Make The Most Bank?
If you haven't changed your mind yet about your Biglaw career path, now would be a good time to do it. -
Books, Caption Contests, Contests, Libraries / Librarians, Pictures
Caption Contest: Getting Trashed At The Law Library
We're not talking about a group of law students celebrating the end of finals like the law nerds that they are. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
A Messy Divorce Offers An Inside Look At Biglaw Partner Pay
Divorce litigation reveals the partner pay structure at one leading law firm. -
Copyright, Movies, Technology
Hell Freezing Over? Disney Realizing That Fans Celebrating 'Frozen' By Infringement May Be A Good Thing
A giant media conglomerate realizes it's a good thing when everyone is talking about their product. -
Biglaw, Deaths, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Munger Tolles & Olson, Securities and Exchange Commission, Technology, Texas
Morning Docket: 05.30.14
* As you may have heard, Apple is buying Beats Electronics for $3 billion. Apple is being represented by Weil, but don’t worry, no one forgot about Dre — he’s got Munger Tolles and Skadden Arps on his side. [Am Law Daily]
* Haynes and Boone will have a new managing partner as of January 1, 2015, and to make sure he fulfills the good old Texas stereotype of things being bigger, he wants to grow the hell out of the firm’s Houston office. [Dallas Business Journal]
* Stephanie Avakian, a WilmerHale partner in the New York office, was tapped by the Securities and Exchange Commission to become its deputy director of enforcement. Yay! [DealBook / New York Times]
* “We can’t turn law schools into graduate school for the study of law,” says a law prof who thinks legal education is straying from being professional education. Aww, write a paper about it. [Harvard Crimson]
* A Los Angeles couple has been accused in the hit-and-run death of Judge Dean Pregerson’s son. The judge isn’t “looking for blood,” but some jail time would probably help. [L.A. Now / Los Angeles Times]
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Celebrities, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Ronan Farrow's $1.5 Million Bachelor Pad
Ronan Farrow leads a charmed life; check out his $1.5 million apartment. -
Biglaw, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.29.14
* A court in India has been asked to decide if a Hindu guru is dead or in a really, really deep meditation. In related news, Mike Myers is arguing to studios that The Love Guru was just “deeply meditating” at the box office. [The Telegraph] * Patton Boggs, or Squire Patton Boggs more accurately, is losing its health care policy group to Akin Gump. Remember when Patton Boggs had lobbyists? [Legal Times] * Take the “doctor” out of Juris Doctor and make law an Associate’s Degree. Sound crazy? Well, there are some good points in this quasi-satirical look. [The Legal Watchdog] * A crocodile was injured by an overweight accountant. That is all. [TaxProf Blog] * We’ve written before about the ongoing effort in Dallas to overturn wrongful convictions, but now that model is starting to pick up steam and reach other cities. [Christian Science Monitor] * Aspiring writers: don’t miss the AAWW Publishing Conference, taking place in New York on Sunday, June 8 (discount code for ATL readers: “aawwfriends”). [Asian American Writers Workshop] -
Biglaw
How Can A Black Person Get Ahead In Biglaw?
In today's bad news for black people, they're not going to make partner. -
Advertising, Biglaw, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Working Overseas: Asking The Right Questions Before You Take The Plunge
What are some of the questions you should be asking before you accept that offer? -
Biglaw, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Technology
I Know It's A Shock, But Law Firms Are Jeopardizing Client Information
"Please don't steal our client's intellectual property. K thanks!" -
Holland & Knight, Kramer Levin
When What Goes Up Can't Come Down: Who Pays For Climbing Misadventures?
Why climb a mountain? Because it's there... and to spark litigation. -
Biglaw, Quote of the Day, Technology
This Guy Wants To Kill All Your Biglaw Job Opportunities
Tech guru worked as a first-year associate in Biglaw just to figure out how to code a program to automate first-year tasks.