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Biglaw
It's Like Jones Day Doesn't Even Understand The Concept Of Optics
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Biglaw
Awful Advice On How To Show Companies That Your Law Firm Is 'Diverse'
Pushing all minority associates into the same practice area isn't a good look.
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Biglaw
New Mothers Working In Biglaw Should 'Quit Whining' About Breastfeeding
They should just do their work and make sure everyone knows they're still dedicated to their job, advises one partner. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.01.18
* New firm, new pay: Recently merged firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is going to be moving to a merit-based pay system for partners. Messing with people’s money? This should be interesting! [Legal Week]
* Reed Smith has rolled out a new plan that will “revamp” associate life at the firm, complete with new training, billing requirements, and reviews. This isn’t specifically for millennials (suuuuure), but rather, “an acknowledgment that there are some creative and inventive ways to do things differently.” [American Lawyer]
* In case you missed it, President Trump says he’s considering commuting former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for corruption and he might even throw a pardon Martha Stewart’s way. Hmm, it’s almost like the president is trying to set the stage for something that could come in the future… [Chicago Tribune]
* According to Vivia Chen, if we really want gender equity in the legal profession, it might be time for some quotas. It’s working for corporate boards in Europe, so it could work here too, but alas, “the topic has largely been a nonstarter in the U.S.” [The Careerist]
* Jennifer Ihns, the former clinic administrator at Notre Dame Law, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for embezzling about $200,000 from the school, but she’ll only spend two years behind bars, with five years of probation. [Law.com]
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Women's Issues
Women Lawyers Should Apparently Seek Advice From This Dominatrix To Get Ahead In Their Careers
Mistress Kasia will help you 'increase power, agency, and influence' in all areas of your life. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.05.18
* No donation is too small, and no donor is too young: Former Senate candidate and former judge Roy Moore is begging his supporters via Facebook for cash for his legal defense fund because his “resources have been depleted” and he’s “struggled to make ends meet.” [Washington Post]
* The Trump administration wants to stop federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, and the Justice Department is using the travel ban case to ask the Supreme Court to “reject the deeply misguided practice.” Will SCOTUS put these “so-called judges” in their place? [Associated Press]
* Remember Claud “Tex” McIver, the Biglaw partner who shot his wife in the back and killed her, allegedly blamed the incident on a Black Lives Matter protest? Jury selection for his murder trial begins today. [Daily Report Online]
* No, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t advising LeadInvest, a company promoting cryptocurrency investments in Texas, and neither are former U.S. Solicitors General Theodore Olson, Seth Waxman, and Paul Clement. The Texas State Securities Board sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the company remove photos of the justice and the lawyers from its site. [National Law Journal]
* And the Oscar for Best Lawyer goes to… John Quinn of Quinn Emanuel has served as outside counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1986, and he attends every show with the ABC contract in his pocket in case a legal issue pops up. [Corporate Counsel]
* Is it time to bring back the lists and rankings commemorating the “hotties of law”? Vivia Chen has a hot take, and thinks that in this puritanical era, it’s high time that we stop pretending lawyers are asexual. So long as both men and women are included on the lists, what’s the harm? Right now, a lot. [American Lawyer]
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Biglaw
Associates Don't Deserve Bonuses Argues Woman Who Isn't An Associate
Don't shed any tears for firms paying associates less than market. -
Women's Issues
Women In Biglaw Should Be Pleased That Partners Aren't Showing Them Their Members
It's the little things that count, right? -
Women's Issues
The Great Law Firm Cleavage Debate
Do you think it's appropriate to show a hint of cleavage at the office? -
Sexual Harassment
Is This Why Some Women Lawyers Have Drinking Problems?
Sexual harassment in law firms is a huge problem, in more ways than one. -
Biglaw, Women's Issues
Biglaw Firm Eliminates Performance Reviews, Earns Praise From Female Associates
Will any additional Biglaw firms adopt this model?
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm 'Outs' All Of Its Flextime Attorneys On Its Website
This is unnecessary, and it could do a huge disservice to a worthwhile work/life balance initiative. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus And New Partner Watch: Susman Godfrey
Bonuses are down a little from last year, but they're still great, and the new partner class is large. -
Hillary Clinton, Women's Issues
What Does Hillary Clinton's Election Loss Mean For Women Lawyers?
Perhaps women in the legal profession have been kidding themselves all this time... -
Biglaw, Billable Hours
Will Millennials Make The 2,500-Hour Year The New Normal?
Millennials are "work martyrs"?!?! -
Alan Dershowitz, Defamation, Law Professors
Settlement Reached In Litigation Between Alan Dershowitz, Paul Cassell, And Bradley Edwards
Three legal superstars agree to end their legal battle. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.06.16
* The deal to combine drug giants Allergan and Pfizer in an inversion was called off after the US Treasury announced new rules to limit the tax benefits of moving the corporate headquarters overseas. [Quartz]
* Should the IRS be going after the Pittsburgh Penguins for letting Sidney Crosby live in the owner’s house? [Bloomberg / BNA]
* Pretty sure Vivia Chen has covered all the options in her latest article exploring the benefits of having women leaders at law firms. [Careerist]
* Corporations may be taking an active role in opposing the recent spate of anti-LGBTQ legislation, but that still doesn’t make them people. [Reuters]
* “Jackie” from the Rolling Stone UVA rape article, which is now the subject of litigation, will have to testify in the pending action, despite her lawyer’s claim that revisiting the incident would be traumatizing. [Gawker]
* Is the Bible about to become the official state symbol of Tennessee? [NPR]
* Claiming to be a sovereign citizen is silly, and it certainly won’t insulate you from charges of chid sex abuse and kidnapping. [Jezebel]
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Law Schools, Rankings
Which Law Schools Accepted And Lost The Most Students As Transfers?
Surprisingly, one of the top transfer schools is also one of the top law schools in the nation.