* Want to get a JD and really care about koalas? This school has you covered. [Washingtonian] * Things get real legally when you know it is a drought. [SLTrib] * The "It's my money and I need it now!" energy is strong with this one. [WSJ] * Sometimes your adversaries are attendees. Tough luck. [Bloomberg]
Woof, this law is ugly.
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 and firm.
Don’t the rich know that NIMBY by proxy isn’t the cat’s meow?
Sad news.
Is there a limit on how many cat puns we can have purr episode?
Your feel good story of the day, courtesy of the lawyer cat.
We highlight steps lawyers should consider to move toward their desired outcomes.
How does someone let this happen twice?
None of this makes sense and that's fine.
Weighing in on emotional support animals.
The judge said it “showed almost incomprehensible violence and malice.”
Legal operations face challenges in billing and spend management. Without advanced e-billing software, manual invoice reviews can lead to non-compliance with outside counsel guidelines and over-payment of legal fees.
* Even Jordan Weissmann of Slate, who is relatively pro-law school, accepts that there are some people who shouldn't bother going. [Slate] * Yet another prosecutor with a temper: sorry he whipped out a gun at the office, but "Assistant Prosecutor Chris White is really [really, really] afraid of spiders." [Charleston Gazette-Mail] * Moot Court: the movie! Unleash your inner gunner and check out this documentary next month. [DOC NYC] * Roadkill: it's what's for dinner (and apparently there's no law or regulation against this). [Grub Street / New York Magazine] * Professor Michael Koehler on "The Uncomfortable Truths and Double Standards of Bribery Enforcement" (beyond the FCPA). [FCPA Professor] * Nationwide Layoff Watch: sports bloggers. Grantland, RIP. [Bloomberg] * ICYMI, here's your chance to be a D.C. judge (Superior Court, not D.D.C. or D.C. Cir.). [D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission] * Elsewhere in interesting employment opportunities, Practical Law / Thomson Reuters is looking for an experienced IP lawyer to join its Intellectual Property & Technology Service. [Glassdoor] * We wish all our readers a happy (and safe) Halloween -- and remind you to submit legally themed costumes in our annual competition. [Above the Law]
Longtime readers were not surprised by the recent controversy surrounding a Florida lawyer.
* Another GOP debate is over (did you get drunk?), and you know what was conspicuously absent? Talk about Wall Street. [Dealbreaker] * Is it even possible to balance motherhood and a career in the law? Anyway you slice it, seems like a raw deal to me. [The Atlantic] * There isn't much quality bestiality coverage anymore. Good thing there is this case of a farmer and his pig from 1642 we can talk about to fill that gap. [Slate] * Can you believe "The Roberts Court" has been a thing for 10 years? Here's a retrospective. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * The dislike button is coming to Facebook... and might put lawyers out of business. [Law and More] * Elie went to a fashion show, and it was everything. [Fashionista] * Carey Gabay, a lawyer in the Cuomo administration, passed away yesterday from a gun shot wound suffered before the West Indian American Day Parade last week. [New York Times]
Why is the answer to everything always prison?
This is why God made personal injury lawyers.