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30 Apr 2010, 11:28 am by Elie Mystal
Yesterday, I asked why the Harvard Black Law Students Association had been silent on the controversial email from a third-year Harvard Law School student raising the “possibility that African Americans are, on average, genetically predisposed to be less intelligent. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 8:31 am by Kashmir Hill
We occasionally write about famous law school students here at Above the Law, such as Georgetown rising-3Ls Kaavya Viswanathan (aka the alleged Harvard plagiarist) and Top Model Sara Hallmark, and Southwestern 1L Jerry O’Connell (now on sabbatical). [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 7:39 am by David Lat
After a 16-year-long fight, Valentino has prevailed in litigation with Florence Fashions over the use of the Valentino trademark. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 12:45 pm by Kashmir Hill
It’s an entry-level luxury vehicle. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 8:35 am by David Lat
Over the weekend, we received several messages about results for the North Carolina bar exam, which went out by snail mail on Friday. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 2:39 pm by David Lat
Andrew and Sarah Speaker* We’re sure this post will be warmly received by our readers: “Dear Legal Community, Enough With the Cynicism. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 12:04 pm by David Lat
A prudential perspective, because it appeared in Slate’s advice column, Dear Prudence (alongside an inquiry from a woman dating a wonderful man who unfortunately has a “micropenis”):Dear Prudence,I am just a little over a year away from becoming a lawyer, and I’m miserable because I hate it. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 10:22 am by Elie Mystal
When we included Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller in our gallery of most disgraceful Yale Law School graduates, we admitted that his scandals were trivial in comparison to some other people on the list.But now maybe Miller will be a worthy contender. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 9:20 am by David Lat
The comely Cate has her father's smile.No, she didn’t cheat on a cancer-stricken spouse through an affair with a trashy “videographer”; Cate Edwards, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Edwards, isn’t married. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 12:45 pm by Elie Mystal
Morgan Lewis & Bockius associates: your long nightmare might be at an end. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 9:59 am by Elie Mystal
This is just coming into the ATL inbox, but it appears that Sullivan & Cromwell has announced a bonus that will essentially match the Cravath bonus. [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 12:06 pm by David Lat
Layoffs dropped sharply in 2010.This evening, many of us — and six Supreme Court justices, according to an announcement this morning from the Court — will listen to the State of the Union address. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 3:29 pm by David Lat
* I’m doing Non-Sequiturs today, since Elie is too busy marching on City Hall. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 2:35 pm by Above the Law
In Part 1 of the Career Center survey results on debt, we reported that 85% of the 3,700 survey respondents have outstanding student loan debt, with more than half of them owing $100,000 or more. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 11:01 am by Jay Shepherd
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Small Firms, Big Lawyers, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers.Many Above the Law readers are currently facing dismal job prospects as the law-firm economy continues to trail the national economy. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 2:45 pm by David Lat
A day without bonus news is a day without sunshine. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 7:19 am by Mark Herrmann
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann.I need your help here.I occasionally give “book talks” about my silly little ditty, The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 5:50 pm by Elie Mystal
If your lover has these products in their bathroom, maybe you should use a condom.I thought the most sketchy thing I’d see today was this article about people photoshopping the heads of their Facebook friends onto naked bodies and then masturbating. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 7:48 am by Elie Mystal
A couple of points before we start:I know who Elie Tahari is because he spells and pronounces his first name just like I do (it’s like “Eliot” without the “it”).I once told a toll lady on the New Jersey Turnpike: “You know, you should really have to pay me for having to drive on this thing. [read post]