Fun Fact of the Day
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Facebook, General Counsel, Goldman Sachs, In-House Counsel, Twittering
Just How Rich Is Twitter's General Counsel?
The current and former general counsels to companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Goldman Sachs earn eight-figure sums. -
Law Schools, Money, Quote of the Day, Student Loans
Startling Statistics About Law Student Debt Levels
How much has law student indebtedness increased over the past few years? A lot.... - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Fun Fact of the Day: The Incredible, Shrinking Law Schools
The stats show that prospective law students are starting to get it.
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Fun (and Depressing) Fact of the Day: Two-Thirds of Americans Are Pretty Freakin' Dumb
Most Americans can't name a single Supreme Court justice. How depressing! -
Bar Exams, Quote of the Day
Fun Fact of the Day: That's Supposed to Be a Discount?
How much does it really cost to take the New York Bar Exam? -
Barack Obama, Holidays and Seasons, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Fun Fact of the Day: Happy Law Day, Everybody! (Except for You, SCOTUS)
Today the president gave official recognition done by our justice system. Unfortunately for the Supreme Court, a separate report shows a surprisingly high number of Americans are not impressed… -
Books, Litigators, Music, Paul Clement, Quote of the Day
Fun Fact of the Day: 'All Apologies' for Killing Obamacare?
What type of music does celebrity lawyer Paul Clement enjoy listening to? The answer might surprise you. -
Basketball, Money, Quote of the Day, Shopping, Shopping For Others, Sports
Fun Fact of the Day: That's a Totally LINsane Deal!
The wife of an Upper West Side lawyer paid $42,388 in an intense online auction so that her husband could meet Jeremy Lin — and take home his game-worn jersey. — the going price for a meet-and-greet session with New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin, along with his game-worn jersey, was noted in a New […] - Sponsored
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If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Books, English Grammar and Usage, New York Times, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Quote of the Day, Rudeness, Sex
Fun Fact of the Day: Talk Dirty to Me
Prosecutable hate speech in 17th-century Massachusetts included calling people “dogs,” “rogues” and even “queens” (though the last referred to prostitution); magistrates took serious umbrage at being labeled “poopes” (“dolts”). — John McWhorter, the noted linguist, in his New York Times review this past weekend of Speaking American: A History of English in the United States. […] -
Money, New York Times, Quote of the Day, Wall Street
Fun Fact of the Day: Lawyers and the One Percent
Apparently lawyers are the fourth most well-represented occupational group among the nation's top one percent. Read on to find out some more interesting facts about the lawyers in the one percent.... -
Media and Journalism, Politics, Quote of the Day
Fun Fact of the Day: Legal Eagles Don't Soar As Pundits
Finally, those prognosticators with a law degree were more likely to be wrong. — one of the findings of a research paper, Are Talking Heads Blowing Hot Air? An Analysis of the Accuracy of Forecasts in the Political Media, analyzing the accuracy of predictions by 26 leading print and television commentators. (The top five most […] -
Conferences / Symposia, LSAT, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Quote of the Day
Fun Fact of the Day: Surprising?
Performance on the LSAT is negatively correlated with networking ability. — Vice Provost and Professor Sheldon Zedeck of UC Berkeley, at a panel entitled Beyond Grades and Scores: Factors Predicting Lawyer Success and Effectiveness, at the annual NALP conference (which concluded yesterday).
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