Holidays

Unfortunately, it seems as if many law firms are not planning on giving workers the day off.

For some, the holidays are not cheerful.

How to engage in this seemingly awkward social interaction.

* Yup, this is STILL happening — rape victims being charged for he cost of their rape kits. [Slate]

* What happens to a university when its law school keeps dragging it down? [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Here come the legal scholars defending the constitutionality of Donald Trump’s dumb ideas. [NBC News]

* Are you going to get work dumped on you right before the holidays? You are going to get work dumped on you right before the holidays. [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* NYU is getting a new president — and a $1.1 million renovation to the president’s penthouse. [New York Times]

* NYPD officer is charged for arresting a man that tried to film him. [Gawker]

* Being convicted of a felony hasn’t made Dinesh D’Souza love Obama more. [Wonkette]

* The stigma of mental health issues when you are a lawyer. [Law and More]

How does moving from Biglaw to a boutique change your work-life balance?

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Thanks to our guests and to our sponsors, Prestige Legal Search and Superior Discovery. Here are some pictures from our fabulous event.

How can you tell if you need to be working on Black Friday?

* To those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter! Welcome the holiday by voting in the ABA Journal’s fifth annual “Peeps in Law” contest. [ABA Journal] * If law firm brackets aren’t your thing, check out Professor Kyle Graham’s brackets for (1) law school classes and (2) law blogs. I’m thankful for ATL’s #1 seed but terrified by who we’re up against (because they’ve ripped me a new one before). [noncuratlex] * Sorry, Judge Steiner, you wuz robbed; you should have been our Judge of the Day. It’s tough to top “allegations of a sexual quid pro quo with a female lawyer and the eye-opening confiscation of carpet from [chambers] for forensic analysis.” [OC Weekly] William Shatner * “William Shatner’s Seductive Powers Don’t Create a Fiduciary Duty.” Robyn Hagan Cain explains why. [U.S. Second Circuit / FindLaw] * Citi settles securities cases for $730 million. Matt Levine is not impressed. [Dealbreaker] * And Ted Frank is incensed by Bernstein Litowitz’s nine-figure fee request. [Point of Law] * If you’re already depressed by public ignorance about the Supreme Court, don’t look at the responses to question 9 of this opinion poll. [Penn Schoen Berland] * Steven Harper — author of a new (and very good) book about the legal profession, The Lawyer Bubble (affiliate link) — offers thoughts on the billable hour in the wake of the DLA Piper overbilling allegations. [New York Times]

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Thanks to everyone who attended the Above the Law New Year's party. Here are some pictures from our fabulous event!

Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum has some advice for lawyers about year-end planning...

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…

Happy Administrative Professionals Day! How is your workplace marking the occasion?

It's International Be Kind to Lawyers Day, and the best way to be kind to lawyers in Biglaw is to show them the money. That being said, where are the spring bonuses?

In today’s Morning Docket: updates on the Justice Breyer robbery, security for the Supreme Court justices, and the Stolen Valor Act goes to SCOTUS.

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