Theater

From Courtroom To Center Stage: How Legal Drama And Startup Chaos Fuel ‘Dirty Legal Secrets’

Zhao brings a fresh, comedic, and thought-provoking look at the real-world chaos behind startup culture.

Dirty Legal Secrets: When Startup Drama Takes Center Stage In Law

The tech startup world is rife with drama, secrecy, and scandal.

On The Retirement Of Miles Ruthberg And The Rise Of Litigation At Latham & Watkins

The legendary litigator's retirement offers a window into the evolution of Latham as a firm, litigation as a practice area, and Biglaw writ large.

Attorney And Playwright Christine Hoang On Representation, Rediscovery, And ‘A Girl Named Sue’

'No one is going to create this space for you... you need to make that space for yourself.'

This Lawyer Gives Them The Old Razzle Dazzle

Know this one?

Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2016): The Winner!

Congratulations to this worthy winner, which demolished the competition just like it trounces opposing counsel in the courtroom.

Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2016): The Finalists

Six great nominees; time to cast your vote!

Non-Sequiturs: 06.14.16

* So, you lucky associate you, expect a bit of extra cash this summer? Here's how you should be spending it. [American Lawyer] * Chris Christie allegedly took document preservation tips from Dick Nixon. [WNYC] * DLA Piper looks to join the ranks of employing droids, announcing a new partnership with Kira Systems to produce an AI tool for conducting due diligence. [DLA Piper] * Oh, the stupid things law schools do. Like how a bunch of Touro 3Ls are ineligible to sit for the bar exam this summer... [Reboot Your Law Practice] * Bands from Google Legal, Kirkland & Ellis, Lieff Cabraser, Simpson Thacher, Kazan Law, and Morgan Lewis are competing in a Battle of the Bands at 1015 Folsom nightclub tomorrow night in San Francisco in support of The Family Violence Appellate Project. [Family Violence Appellate Project] * M&A is having a pretty good 2016. [Fortune] * "The Scrooge Effect" for Biglaw firms that refuse to give pay raises to their associates. [Law and More] * The previously lost Marx Brothers musical, "I'll Say She Is," is currently playing at the Connelly Theater in the East Village. And it stars, Kathy Biehl a practicing New Jersey and Texas lawyer. [I'll Say She Is]

The Life And Times Of Alexander Hamilton

Big night for Hamilton, but how much do you know about the lawyer who was the inspiration for the musical?

Non-Sequiturs: 03.17.16

* Shocker! North Carolina's voter ID law primarily impacted young voters of color. (Actually, I am not surprised at all.) [Democracy Now] * Embrace the nerdiness of Merrrick Garland, you know you want to. [Comic Book Resources] * Does the #HulkvGawk case mean that being an internet smart-ass isn't cool anymore? God, I hope not. [Law and More] * It is easy to blame the poor for their lot in life, much harder to do anything about the underlying issues. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Merrick Garland: theater critic. [The Crimson] * It's science! Here is what data science tells us about Merrick Garland. [Ravel Law] * Looking for an easy way for your clients to pay? A new option is coming your way. [My Case] * Fingers crossed! GOP opposition to President Obama's SCOTUS nomination is cracking. [Huffington Post]

The Beauty Of Watching The Courtroom On Stage

Do you know this Broadway classic?

Lawyers Make For Great Disguises

Remember much about the Bard?

More Fall-Out From A Crooked Broadway Impresario/Lawyer

A nine-figure award is now being reviewed on appeal; who deserves the blame for this fraud?