Fulbright & Jaworski

Law Schools

University of Texas Law School Tries To Become Hogwarts

Everything is softer in Texas? Occasionally we have an opportunity to look at how soft law school has become. Gone are the trials by fire immortalized in the book One L. Now it seems that law schools are taking their teaching cues from Harry Potter and Professor Dumbledore. At the University of Texas School of Law, they've divided their classes into "societies" that compete against each other in games, wear special uniforms, have dedicated house mentors, and employ special Care Bears who hug people when they get back from the library. Okay, one of those things isn't true. Of course, the Texas millennials love it....

By Elie Mystal
Biglaw

Law Firm Merger Mania: Fulbright and Pillsbury Are Talking

The last we heard from Fulbright & Jaworski and Pillsbury Winthrop, the former was busy conducting staff layoffs, and the latter was exploring on-shore outsourcing options. Today, we have bigger and more exciting news: the two Biglaw firms may be headed to the altar. What would a combined firm look like? Fulbright has approximately 900 […]

By Staci Zaretsky
Allen & Overy

Letter from London: Prison for Biglaw Partner With Fabricated Kidnapping Story

“Oh, What a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive,” said Judge Guy Anthony, quoting Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmion, as he sentenced British Biglaw attorney Francis Bridgeman to 12 months in prison on Friday. The former Allen & Overy (A&O) and Macfarlanes partner, who had already had his membership of the latter firm's limited liability partnership terminated, then collapsed in the dock....

By Alex Aldridge
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.15.11

* Nikki Finke, the Deadline.com diva, disses Debevoise. [Am Law Daily] * This kind of friendly fun between opposing counsel would surely warm Jay Shepherd’s heart. [The Namby Pamby] * This opinion describes a murder gory enough to turn the stomach of Bruce Reilly (aka the Tulane 1L Murderer). [You Shall Never Know Security] * […]

By David Lat
Rankings

Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 41 – 60 (2011)

We’re doing our annual march through the Vault prestige rankings, to give ATL readers the opportunity to have their say about perks and pitfalls at these firms. If your firm actually let you swap your Blackberry for your iPhone, brag here. Or if your firm has such a strong stench that it makes you nauseous, […]

By Kashmir Hill