Dress Codes
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Biglaw
Can Lawyers Wear T-Shirts On Video Client Calls?
POLL: Where do you draw the line on acceptable attire on video calls? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.27.21
* SCOTUS decides it’s up to Congress, not the CDC, to put a moratorium on evictions. [SupremeCourt.gov]
* Wearing a low cut mask? Ok? But a crop top?! [Washington Post]
* Living in Oregon and get fired because you refuse to take the vaccine? Yeah, you’re probably on your own afterward. [Oregon Live]
* Spreading Stupidity: I hope this plan for a pipeline that waters lawns in a drought evaporates. [Vice]
* First year attorney loses two prospective clients because she is a woman and asks if that’s normal. To read the responses and give her your own feedback, check out this thread. [Reddit]
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Holidays and Seasons
I Wonder If The Big City Lawyer Will Choose Love Or Career?!?!?
It's made-for-cable holiday movie season, so we tackle the burning question.
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Courts
Lawyer: Requiring Me To Wear A Tie Is Egregious! Judge: Sir, You're Wearing Pajamas.
Well, that took a turn. -
Biglaw, Fashion
Biglaw Firm Lays Off Stuffy Dress Code Instead Of Lawyers
This law firm is ditching its suits and ties for t-shirts and sneakers. -
Law Schools, Rudeness
The Yale Law Student With The Profane T-Shirt Speaks
It turns out that his accuser wasn't exactly a paragon of fashion virtue. -
Law Schools, Rudeness
Have Yale Law Students Gotten Too Big For Their Britches?
One Yale law student has seriously ticked off some members of the Yale Club of New York City. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.26.15
* WMU Cooley Law School wants you to know the legal job market is BOOMING! Never change, Cooley. [Cooley Law School Blog]
* The NCAA expressed its concerns with Indiana’s new religious discrimination bill. Somehow the NCAA has the moral high ground. Huh. How did that happen? [Washington Post]
* Judge grants motion to extend time… in verse. [Western District of Texas]
* Do you love pre-1972 rock? So does satellite radio! Because it’s all about love and rebellion and not paying copyright royalties. [Managing IP]
* Did this really need to be a CLE? Are we really abusing the “business casual” regime this much? This is why we can’t have nice things. [ABA]
* Congressperson caught on tape executing the worst parking job ever. Lat’s take on this story: “Guess they don’t teach parking at Yale Law School.” [Roll Call]
* Picking apart Better Call Saul’s take on RICO. [Foster PC]
* If you’re looking for a hot tip for your Fantasy SCOTUS league, then scour confirmation hearing transcripts. Because Chief Justice Roberts either gave away his thoughts on the marriage equality cases. Or he coyly misled the Senate, but that never happens. [Slate]
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Bankruptcy, Fashion, Federal Judges, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Morning Docket, Sports, Video games
Morning Docket: 06.10.14
* Hmm, somebody didn’t review those documents quickly enough: the City of Detroit’s bankruptcy trial has been delayed for about a month’s time by Judge Steven Rhodes because the parties needed additional time to get their acts together. [Bloomberg]
* The NCAA may have lost the battle in the Keller EA Sports video games case with its $20 million settlement offer, but it’s clearly out for blood to win the war in the O’Bannon case with its tough cross-examination tactics for the lead plaintiff. [USA Today]
* GW Law, a school that recently increased its class size by 22 percent and allowed its average LSAT score to slip by two points, yoinked its new dean right out from under Wake Forest’s nose. [GW Hatchet]
* The legal profession isn’t exactly diverse, and law schools want to change that — the more pictures of “diverse” students they can display on their websites, the better. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* Who really cares what prospective jurors wear when they show up for jury duty? The lawyers arguing that being turned away for wearing sneakers affected their clients’ rights in a case, that’s who. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Fashion, Fashion Victims Unit, Gender, State Judges, Women's Issues
Ladies, Just Because It's Summertime Doesn't Mean You Can Show Skin in Court
When temperatures soar, so do women's hemlines. When cold fronts drop, women's necklines do too. But be wary of following these trends if you're an attorney... -
Boutique Law Firms, Fashion, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Dress Code
Navigating the confusing waters of dressing for the job.