Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
Attention must be paid to Elizabeth Wurtzel. Check out the bestselling author turned lawyer's latest controversial essay.
Lawsuit of the Day: Penguin v. Wurtzel (and Other Authors)
Why is Elizabeth Wurtzel being sued by her former publisher, and how much does Penguin want from her? And which other high-profile authors are also being sued?
How AI Is Transforming The Legal Profession (2025)
A survey of professionals reveals the impact of legal work, clients, concerns, and future roles.
Quote of the Day: Sort of Like Being ‘Of Counsel’?
Elizabeth Wurtzel, Gen X icon and former Biglaw litigatrix, shares her views on the vice presidency.
Non-Sequiturs: 08.15.12
* Andrew Shirvell questioned himself for over an hour today in defense of himself from Chris Armstrong’s defamation lawsuit. I’m telling you, life is so much easier when you don’t care about a person’s sexual orientation. [Detroit Free Press] * It looks like Boies Schiller somehow filled the spot left by Elizabeth Wurtzel. [Thomson Reuters News and Insight] * Election Law professor Rick Hasen is disappointed with the Pennsylvania voter ID decision today. [Election Law Blog] * Grumpy baby boomer blogs angrily about law and life, a.k.a. my future. [Grumpy Baby Boomer] * How to dress like a female lawyer from a television show. Funny, I didn’t know “breast implants” were a fashion accessory now. [Levo League] * The Daily Caller dug up an article Michelle Obama wrote about critical race theory while at Harvard. She makes some pretty good points, especially considering the perspective of a young black person trying to deal with Harvard Law School in 1988. But I suspect the context of the article, the theory, the history, the university, and everything else will be missed by most of the readers of the Daily Caller. [Daily Caller] * Here’s a new social network for law students. [Indiana Lawyer] * Buy Tyler Coulson’s book (affiliate link), save a dog. You don’t want to kill puppies, do you? [PR Web] * Lat is on a proposed SXSW panel about haw law firms should (and should not) be using Twitter and other social media. I hope firms don’t listen to him, because it’ll make my job easier. [SXSW PanelPicker]
Elizabeth Wurtzel Bids Bye-Bye to Boies Schiller
Elizabeth Wurtzel, the bestselling writer turned Biglaw litigator, is no longer at Boies Schiller. What led to her departure?
Quote of the Day: What Do Liz Wurtzel and Justice Scalia Share in Common?
If you think that the liberal writer and the conservative justice have nothing in common, think again....
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
Imagining the Future Legal Career of Casey Anthony
One of Casey Anthony's lawyers suggests that Casey, having been exposed to the criminal justice system, might look into a legal career. We imagine what such a career might look like.
Kids, Get High Off Drugs, Not Debt. It’s More Fun And People Are Nicer To You When It’s Time To Recover.
Let’s say that instead of taking on huge debts while I was in law school, I had taken up a wicked cocaine habit. Let’s say I had done loads and loads of blow from 2000 to 2007 and then went into a 12-step program. If I had been lucky enough to avoid an overdose or […]
Who Are This Year’s Celebrity Summer Associates?
In a few months, Chelsy Davy, the on-again-off-again girlfriend of Prince Harry, will be starting as a trainee solicitor in the London office of Allen & Overy. The blonde beauty’s arrival at A&O will set tongues wagging, no doubt. Meanwhile, here in the States, summer associates are arriving at their law firms — and surely […]
A Politically Correct Holiday Cake
Check it out below — and guess where it’s from….
Your Law Firm’s Website Is Failing You.
Here’s What The Best Ones Are Doing Differently.
Non-Sequiturs: 11.23.10
* Wachtell pwns Cravath — not just in bonuses, but also in the Delaware Supreme Court. [DealBook / New York Times] * Crowell & Moring is partnering with UDC Law to help at-risk youth. Like UDC Law students? [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * Law students: when filling out end-of-semester course evaluations, refrain […]
Who Is Yale Law School’s Most Disgraceful Graduate?
A gallery of seven rogues and a poll.
According to the all-powerful ranking gods of U.S. News, Yale Law School is the nation’s #1 law school. In fact, Yale has been the top law school ever since the magazine started ranking law schools. Recently, however, controversy has arisen over possible damage to the school’s reputation. As first reported in today’s New York Daily […]
Did the JetBlue Flight Attendant Go Down the Slippery <strike>Slope</strike> Slide to Criminality?
We touched upon this issue in Morning Docket, both today and yesterday: Is Steven Slater — the JetBlue flight attendant who reportedly unleashed a profanity-laced tirade over the airplane’s public-address system, before fleeing the plane via the emergency-evacuation chute, beer in hand — a criminal? Slater was hit with felony charges of criminal mischief and […]
Liberal Bias in Law Schools: Thoughts from Richard Epstein, John Yoo, and Liz Wurtzel
Last week, Elie and I debated the subject of liberal bias in legal education. Does it exist? Does it matter? Many of you continued the debate, in the comments. Since our discussion, a number of notable thinkers have also tackled the topic. They include what we’d describe as the legal world’s answer to the McLaughlin […]
A Bar Exam Parody / Hypothetical, Courtesy of Elizabeth Wurtzel
For some of you, the bar exam starts tomorrow. Your friends at Above the Law — and our bar-related advertisers, including Kaplan PMBR and BarMax — wish you the best of luck. If you’re looking for more review questions, check out our post from yesterday, based on Professor Laurence Tribe’s unfortunate incident at a Safeway […]