Hewlett-Packard Picks New In-House Lawyers Fresh Out of Law School
In the movie The Untouchables, Sean Connery counsels Kevin Costner: “If you don’t want to get a rotten apple, pick one fresh off the tree.” Apparently, Hewlett-Packard is taking the same advice;...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Bar Trips and Summer Vacations
Hello? Anyone home? Right now it feels like everyone is on vacation, even though Labor Day is still two weeks away. C’mon, folks, this isn’t freakin’ Europe. Maybe some people are still on their “bar...
View ArticleAlways a Trendsetter, Cadwalader Now Experiencing Thievery
Here at Above the Law, we like to know what’s going to happen, before it happens. We therefore pay special attention to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The firm is a trendsetter of sorts — at least...
View ArticleLaw Schools Join the Ranks of Institutions Averse To Profiteering During a...
You can’t call it a trend just yet, but the University of New Hampshire School of Law has joined Maryland Law and Miami Law in the fight to keep law school tuition down during a still-recovering...
View ArticleA Trend in the Making: Shrinking Law Schools?
Critics of the legal-education industrial complex would probably like to see some radical changes in the U.S. law school system. They’d probably want a few dozen law schools to shut down entirely, to...
View ArticleTrendspotting: Will Law School Start Decreasing The Supply of Unemployable...
If the American Bar Association was serious about protecting its members, it’d be trying to do something to stop the influx of market-depressing new attorneys. America might need more lawyers willing...
View ArticlePrivate Funding of Public Law Schools = Bad News For Future Law Students
Do you know an easy way for moderately priced public law schools to make even more money? Charge more for tuition. Do you know an easy justification for jacking up tuition rates? Say that you are...
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Judge-Ordered Remedial Civility Classes = The New Killing It
Last week, we reported on the most recent benchslap from Judge Sam Sparks. In his order, Judge Sparks invited attorneys to a “kindergarten party.” Other judges have apparently taken notice. Now comes...
View ArticleTrendspotting: Will Law Schools Continue to Defend Questionable Employment Data?
It was just last week that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska announced that in addition to their class action suits against Cooley Law and New York School of Law, they intended to sue 15 more law schools...
View ArticleIs On-Shore Outsourcing the Biglaw Wave of the Future?
Hot on the heels of support staff layoffs and on-shore outsourcing efforts at O’Melveny & Myers, we have news of another law firm doing the exact same thing. Except this law firm has figured out a...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 11.02.11
* “Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training.” So what are legal educators doing about it? Blogging, of course. [Law School Review] * Trendspotting: cute judges the...
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Morning Docket: 05.02.12
* Starting next year, if you want to be a lawyer in New York, you’re going to have to work for free. Because nothing says “we care” like indentured servitude. Thank God for law school clinic hours…...
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Morning Docket: 01.02.13
* While Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts made a plea to keep funding for the federal judiciary intact, we learned that student loan default cases have fallen since 2011. You really gotta...
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Why Take Out Student Loans When You Can Finance Law School as a ‘Sugar Baby’?
Go get a sugar daddy or a sugar mama to pay for your law school tuition — because what else are you going to do with yourself? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
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A Rose By Any Other Name… Will Still Want Alimony
Did you know that divorcing women are increasingly making up new names for themselves upon getting divorced? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Alimony,...
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A Trend in the Making: Falling Law School Tuition? Let’s Make It Happen, People!
Does the law of gravity apply to law school tuition? Shockingly enough, the answer might be yes. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: James E. Rogers...
View ArticleMore Jobs, Better Training, Lower Pay: Welcome To The Future Of Biglaw
Good news: a major law firm is hiring! The salary might not be "market," but a job's a job, right?
View ArticleMorning Docket: 03.03.14
* If your firm has not yet given in to the demands of corporate clients for more reasonable billing structures, please be aware that a) your firm is behind the times, and b) you better be prepared to...
View ArticleBiglaw Trend Alert: Say Goodbye To Gmail
The list of firms banning personal email at work is growing... when will your firm be on the list?
View ArticleA Sensible Solution To The Problem Of Personal Email And Web Browsing At Work
Maybe your firm should look into this approach?
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