Father Ultimately Trolls Law Student Daughter
A daughter makes the mistake of listening to her dad -- and pays for it, dearly.
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Early Word On October Term 2014
Supreme Court clerkships for October Term 2014 are going fast; see any names you know?
Private Practice Lawyers: Rater Your Work With In-House Counsel
Please share your thoughts in this brief and anonymous survey.
Paranoid Attorneys Ask Prudence For Advice
Two attorneys come up with fantastic problems and need some good advice to fix them.
Quote of the Day: In Plain View
If you're being treated to daily views of a naked woman, what should you do?
Dear Prudence: My Husband Is Contemplating Ruining Our Lives By Going To Law School
Dear Prudence sets the record straight for the wife of a future law student when it comes to student debt and entry-level jobs.
Quote of the Day: Don’t Worry Her Pretty Little Head About It
It makes sense for anyone contemplating law school to make sure he or she has a passion for the profession. Your friend would have to consciously be avoiding stories about unemployed law school graduates if she knows nothing about this. But perhaps, since you say she is a worrier, she doesn’t want to dwell on […]
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Above the Law Is 1 for 2 at Helping Would-Be Lawyers Do the Right Thing
And we might have had a perfect score if it not for that pesky God character floating around. In the past few weeks, we’ve brought you two stories about would-be lawyers trying to make critical life decisions. There was the first-year law student who was considering dropping out of law school after just one semester. […]
Prospective Law Student Must Choose Between LSAT and Dead Grandma
Pure lunacy is on display today in the Dear Prudence column on Slate. A prospective law student is set to take the December administration of the LSAT. But his or her grandmother — for ease of reference, I’ll use the male pronoun throughout this post — recently lost a battle with Alzheimer’s. Hence this question […]
In Defense of Going to Law School: A Prudential Perspective (Part 2)
On the Quote of the Day posted over the weekend, a commenter wrote: “In my head I’ve changed the name of this blog from ‘Above the Law’ to ‘The law is f**king stupid and dumb and anyone who goes into it is an idiot forever and did I mention it’s dumb.’ There are still reasons […]
In Defense of Going to Law School: A Prudential Perspective
A prudential perspective, because it appeared in Slate’s advice column, Dear Prudence (alongside an inquiry from a woman dating a wonderful man who unfortunately has a “micropenis”): Dear Prudence, I am just a little over a year away from becoming a lawyer, and I’m miserable because I hate it. I wasn’t forced into the profession. […]
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.