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Blogging, Books, Canada, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Richard Posner, Sports, Videos, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.13
* Dear professors, please try to understand that most people who experience normal, human emotions are more concerned with the future of American law students than they are with whether or not American law schools can survive by bilking the hell out of foreigners. [PrawfsBlawg] * In Canada, they raided somebody’s Super Bowl party to bust up an illegal gambling ring. They never would have done this during the Grey Cup. [CTV News] * Apparently some kind of law something happened on Downton Abbey last night? I missed it, because staring at a dark stadium is literally more interesting than that freaking show. [Law and More] * Thomson Reuters is getting out of the academic book publishing business. If only law professors would do the same thing. [TaxProf Blog] * Is Washington & Lee’s “experiential” curriculum working? [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Just to be clear, torturing people only works in the movies and television. [Politics USA] * Cleary might become an ATL feeder firm. [Legal Cheek] * Here’s an excerpt from a fun interview with David Lat, in which he talks about asking Richard Posner out on a date. [California Lawyer] And there’s video, which you can watch for CLE credit, after the jump…. Lat participated in Legally Speaking, a series of in-depth interviews with prominent lawyers, judges, and academics, co-produced by California Lawyer and UC Hastings College of the Law. You can watch Lat’s interview with Professor Evan Lee via the embed below. You can check out earlier interviews — with luminaries like Justice Stephen Breyer, Professor Alan Dershowitz, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Professor Harold Koh, Professor Larry Lessig, and novelist Scott Turow — over here. California CLE credit is available for watching each video. -
Art, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patents, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Professional Balloon Twister
From lawyer to balloon twister -- yes, like the kind of you see at children's birthday parties. But how many have twisted balloons at the White House for two presidents? - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Conferences / Symposia, Drinking, Dubious Conferences, Facebook, Glenn Reynolds, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, UVA Law, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.13
* The latest bombshell in the Chevron / Ecuador litigation: an ex-judge cops to participation in a bribery scheme. [Fortune] * I wish this “defense” of posting one’s law school grades on Facebook were more full-throated and “in your face.” [Virginia Law Weekly] * I suspect Professor Stephen Bainbridge is in the minority here. Most of my law professor friends enjoy all-expenses-paid trips to the Cayman Islands. [Professor Bainbridge] * Professor Glenn Reynolds: “As the GOP looks for issues it can win on, how about lowering the drinking age?” I’ll raise a glass to that. [Instapundit] * Ahoy, mateys! Did the Supreme Court grant cert in that piracy case out of the Fourth Circuit? [FindLaw] * Not all liberals hate guns. [New York Times] After the jump, the dashing and handsome Ryan Chenevert — Cosmo’s reigning Bachelor of the Year, and a Louisiana lawyer — offers his thoughts on dating…. Don’t you just love that southern accent?
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Art, Biglaw, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Student Loans, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Lego Brick Artist
Are you good at building stuff with Legos? One former Biglaw associate has turned it into a career. -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Federal Judges, John Roberts, Merrick Garland, Neal Katyal, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in President Obama's Second Term
How will the Supreme Court affect President Obama, and how will President Obama affect the Supreme Court, as we enter the 44th president's second term? -
Advertising, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Sponsored Content, Technology, This Is an Ad, Videos
A Powerful New Resource for Job Seekers
How can you convey your personality to prospective employers? ViewYou can help. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Breasts, Career Alternatives, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Videos, Willkie Farr, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: From Biglaw To Big Breasts
An associate left her Biglaw job to launch a lingerie business aimed at helping women like herself: big-busted but not plus-size women who have a hard time buying bras. -
B for Beauty, Biglaw, Crime, Election Law, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Hotties, Jeffrey Toobin, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Videos, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 01.14.13
* “Without the formation of character, the rest is futile.” An Article III judge’s take on the law school crisis. [Simple Justice] * Because nobody likes sloppy seconds, the merger talks between Pillsbury Winthrop and Dickstein Shapiro are now off the table. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * David Tresch, an ex-Biglaw CIO, was indicted […] - Sponsored
How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
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Biglaw, Blogging, Bloomberg, Book Deals, Books, Career Alternatives, Videos, Willkie Farr, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Novelist and Blogger
Scratch a lawyer and you'll find an aspiring writer beneath the surface. Trying to make the jump from practicing law to a full-time writing career? Here's a case study. -
Biglaw, Blogging, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, State Judges, Supreme Court, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 01.07.13
* Here’s the answer to the question everyone’s been asking since December: the Supreme Court will be hearing the gay-marriage cases on March 26 (Prop 8) and March 27 (Windsor). No extra time for args? [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Wherein Scott Greenfield responds to Mark Herrmann’s thoughts on bench memos — or, in Greenfield’s words, why our important appellate decisions shouldn’t be left “in the hands of children” (aka law clerks). [Simple Justice] * Will the latest massive mortgage settlements lead to lawyer layoffs? [Going Concern] * Cy Vance’s ears must’ve been ringing when this opinion came out, because the judges on this appellate panel said the prosecution’s case was based on “pure conjecture bolstered by empty rhetoric.” [WiseLawNY] * Apparently a Santa Clara law professor is getting pummeled in the comments on various law blogs because of his thoughts on law school. As Rihanna would say, “Shine bright like Steve Diamond.” [Constitutional Daily] * Meditation and mindfulness are more mainstream than ever in the practice of law, but given all the tales of stressed out lawyers’ alleged misconduct we hear about, you certainly wouldn’t know it. [Underdog] * And from our friends at RollOnFriday, you can see what the folks at Norton Rose do in their spare time…. Thanks to the Norton Rose / Fulbright & Jaworski merger, lawyers at Fulbright will soon be working Gangnam Style with all of this fabulosity. Aren’t you excited to be joining them in doing the hallway horsey dance? -
Airplanes / Aviation, Biglaw, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Travel / Vacation, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Technology-Enabled Fashion Apparel Designer
How does one go from practicing law to designing technology-enabled clothing? Find out here! -
Admin, Announcements, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Bonuses, Celebrities, Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, Email Scandals, Fabulosity, Hotties, Kids, Law Professors, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Lesbians, Libraries / Librarians, Litigators, Masturbation, Money, Music, Partner Issues, Pornography, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rankings, Rap, Romance and Dating, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals, Summer Associates, Supreme Court, U.S. News, Videos, Weddings, Women's Issues, YouTube
Above the Law's Top Ten Most Popular Posts of 2012
It's hard to believe that another year has passed, but here we are. That said, let's check out the ten biggest stories of the past year as decided by our readers. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, In-House Counsel, Tax Law, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Tough Mudder
Learn how this former tax attorney gets thousands of people to pay to torture themselves in 10-12 mile physical endurance events.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Sign up and join us for our CLE webinar. From importing your checklist to delivering the closing book, you can bolster client service throughout the…
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Exercise, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Yoga Instructor
Learn about how one lawyer chose happiness, balance, and zen in her life over the practice of law. -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Law Schools, Videos
Messing With Chief Judge Kozinski
Chief Judge Kozinski identifies his favorite opinion, explains why he reads Playboy, offers tips for getting ahead in the legal profession, and warns you not to bring mom to your oral argument. -
Asians, Books, Federal Judges, Jews, Judicial Nominations, Nancy Grace, New Jersey, S.D.N.Y., State Judges, Tax Law, Videos, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 12.13.12
* How much could going over the fiscal cliff cost midlevel to senior associates whose bonuses get paid in January? Here’s an estimate. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Congratulations to the newest member of the S.D.N.Y. bench: former Debevoise partner Lorna Schofield, the first person of Filipino descent to be confirmed as an Article III judge. [AABANY] * Judges in my home state of New Jersey are always so fair-minded. Here’s a great recusal motion, directed at Judge Carol Higbee in the New Jersey Accutane mass tort case. [Reed Smith via Drug and Device Law.] * Make sure you don’t murder any babies before signing up to meet Nancy Grace. [Charity Buzz] * If you’re looking for a stocking stuffer (affiliate link) for a young lawyer in your life, look no further; Dan Hull has a great recommendation. [What About Clients?] If you’re interested in Judaism, Supreme Court clerks, or both, there’s a video for you after the jump…. I find Orthodox Jews who are boxers or professional basketball players more impressive than Orthodox Jews who clerked for the Supreme Court (shocking, I know). In case you’re curious as to who is the first Orthodox Jewish woman to clerk for the Supreme Court, watch this video.... -
Bloomberg, Books, Career Alternatives, Food, Google / Search Engines, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Restaurant Reviewer Surveyor
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Career Alternatives, Money, Travel / Vacation, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Perfumer
In today's look at alternative careers for lawyers, we meet a lawyer who now has his own perfume business on a Caribbean island. -
Biglaw, Blog Wars, Blogging, Bloomberg, Cellphones, Crime, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Music, New York Times, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Videos, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 11.30.12
* Just in case you haven’t seen enough responses to the Case Western Law dean’s New York Times op-ed, here are some more. (Plus, with this, you’re getting the additional bonus of an incredibly sad letter from a young lawyer.) [Associate's Mind] * Oh mon dieu! Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s legal team is now denying that that there was ever a settlement in the hotel maid’s sexual assault suit civil suit, and especially not a $6M settlement — because that’s apparently “flatly false.” [Slate] * You’ve probably led a sad and lonely existence if you’re laying on your death bed and worrying about who will inherit your iTunes library. Don’t worry, they’re headed to a “legal black hole,” anyway. [Legal Blog Watch] * And in other news, some teenagers are so obsessed with their tech gadgets, like cellphones, that they’d allegedly be willing to kill their family and pry the damn thing from their cold dead hands. [Legal Juice] * Please remember to vote for your favorite law blog (coughcough Above the Law coughcough) in the Blawg 100 in the News/Analysis category, and all the rest of the sites you read in other categories, too! [ABA Journal] * After the jump, Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia speaks with law firm consultant Tim Corcoran of the Corcoran Consulting Group about the future of rainmaking and business development in Biglaw…. -
Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Television, Videos, Wall Street, Willkie Farr, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Comedian
Meet a Biglaw and in-house alum who's now a hugely successful, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian.