Desperation

And This Is How We Turn Good People Into Unethical Lawyers

Is this offer more of a poison pill?

An Interview With the 2L Who’s Advertising Himself on Google

Yesterday we brought you the story of a 2L at Cardozo Law School who has taken out Google ads promoting himself, in an attempt to find a summer associate job. We reached out to Eric Einisman to ask him: What was he thinking?

One 2L’s Innovative Approach to Job Hunting

A reader alerted us to the following Google ad, which showed up in a Gmail sidebar next to a law-related email chain. Whoa! Is this for real? Is a second-year student at Cardozo Law School actually advertising himself via text ads on Google, promoting himself as "[a] great choice for Summer Associate"?

From Laid-Off Lawyer to… Cleaning Lady!

A Dealbreaker reader was out and about on the Upper West Side, and something caught his eye. He moved in for a closer look, snapped a photo, and sent it to Dealbreaker. Our colleague Bess Levin has been having a grand old time ever since. Me? I just want people to see it before they […]

How Much Would You Pay Somebody To Give You A Job?

Are there any cynics out there who are sick of all this good news about how the legal economy is recovering? Hell, even a supposed teen porn purveyor is counting on a full recovery sometime in the near future. If all this happiness and roses makes you feel a little bit ill, look no further […]

Here’s One Job Brooklyn Law Students Are Definitely Qualified For

The Good Wife is one of the few legal dramas out there that is worth a damn. The writing is good, the situations are believable yet not so realistic as to be boring, and the acting is quality. The producers of the Good Wife brought their show to the campus of Brooklyn Law School this […]