Dress for Work

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.18.15

* Are you one of the millions of Americans wasting time at work compiling your draft order in anticipation of fantasy football season? Then there's a case in Florida you should pay attention to... [ATL Redline] * One Texas clerk's bid to make their small-minded beliefs more important than the Supreme Court's ruling has cost taxpayers a mere $43,000. [Dallas Morning News] * How can you look professional, but still shop ethically? [Corporette] * In obvious, but depressing, news -- the lonely road to partnership for black lawyers. [New York Times] * The IRS is wrong by 200% -- don't worry, I'm sure they'd be sympathetic if you were off by a mere 200% on your tax return. [Tax Prof Blog] * Wherein part of your law school grade is determined by how well you know Strunk and White. Madness, madness, I say. [Chronicle of Higher Education]

By Kathryn Rubino
Antonin Scalia

Non-Sequiturs: 09.21.12

* You can kiss your dreams of seeing Prop 8 being taken up by the Supreme Court goodbye if the justices decide to proceed with “more cautious DOMA challenges.” [Slate] * Well, at least one person is getting annoyed by the endless back and forth between Posner and Scalia. But that’s just one person. We’ll continue to beat that horse until it’s extra dead. [Althouse] * Is this like the new WebMD, but for law? With prompts like, “Can that crazy neighbor buy a gun?,” it looks like a suitable place for legal hypochondriacs to call home. [myRight] * Oh yay, I don’t like to get into election law and politics, so it’s a good thing that The Simpsons did all my work for me on this one: “Stopping all Americans from voting is for the protection of all Americans.” [PrawfsBlawg] * Kat over at Corporette wants to know what your top five tailoring alterations are — because after all, it’s pretty hard to dress for success in Biglaw if your pants are dragging on the floor. [Corporette] * You’d have to be super-dee-duper high to think that disguising your pot plants as Christmas trees in the middle of the desert to throw the police off your tracks would actually work. [Legally Weird / FindLaw]

By Staci Zaretsky
Cars

Captain Lawyer to the Rescue

Parents wield an unbelievable amount of power in the naming of their children. And as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility. Bizarre names can ensure that your child sits alone and friendless in the cafeteria for the better part of his formative years. Great names can spur children on to greatness. Naming […]

By Natasha Lydon
Fashion

Small Firms, Big Lawyers: The Small-Firm Dress Code

The other day, Staci wrote about dress codes at some of the large firms. Specifically, Quinn Emanuel made some noise by putting out a minimalist dress code, requiring only shoes “because our insurance company requires them!” (Yes, it’s their exclamation point.) This was in stark contrast to other Biglaw dress codes, like the paternalistic one […]

By Jay Shepherd
Biglaw

Quinn Emanuel: Shoes Needed, Class Optional

At Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, no shoes, no shirt, no problem! Well, actually you’ll need the shoes, but the rest can be sacrificed if you need to for your own creativity. When thinking of how lawyers are supposed to look, most people conjure visions of sharply-dressed men and women in suits, carrying designer leather […]

By Staci Zaretsky