Can’t Get a Job? Lacking Lawyer Skills? Try Working for Your School’s Law Firm
There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about how law schools are failing to adequately prepare recent graduates for the working world. Law schools have also been under fire for their...
View ArticleMusical Chairs: Greenberg Traurig Snags a Major Player from Cadwalader
Big news out of New York: Dennis Block, a leading mergers and acquisitions attorney, is on the move. Known for being extremely successful — but notoriously difficult to work with — Block is stepping...
View ArticleFifteen More Law Schools to Be Hit with Class Action Lawsuits Over Post-Grad...
Kurzon Strauss, the law firm that brought us some of the most prolific class action lawsuits of the year has split up. Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you’ve got major cases to deal with....
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 11.03.11
* Here is Bess Levin’s take on the Groomzilla lawsuit brought by Todd J. Remis, son of a Goodwin Procter partner. [Dealbreaker] * What advice would crisis management guru Lanny Davis give to Herman...
View ArticleWhat Kind of a Law School Has a ‘Man Auction’?
We recently found out that a student group from a New York area law school is holding a Man Auction this Friday. We hear that this event has gone off without a hitch in the past, but this year, the...
View ArticleCalling All Disgruntled Law School Graduates: Will You Ring in the New Year...
Back in October, we brought you the news that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to sue 15 more law schools over their post-graduate employment rates, in addition to their already pending class...
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Twelve More Law Schools Slapped with Class Action Lawsuits Over Employment Data
Back in October, we informed our readers that law school litigators Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to file class action lawsuits against 15 additional schools, on top of the two they’d...
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The Latest News in the Law School Lawsuits
The litigation against law schools made the front page of Metro, New York’s big commuter paper, this morning. What’s the latest news? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan...
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Morning Docket: 03.22.12
* I know you don’t want to be evil, but I don’t think “privacy” means what you think it means. Google users have filed a class action suit against the company in New York over its new complete and...
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Musical Chairs: From Patton Boggs Partner to Brooklyn Law School Dean
Going from a law firm partnership to a law school deanship is an unusual move. What’s behind Nick Allard’s career shift? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
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Interview With Brooklyn Law Student Fighting For His Right To Drink On His...
A Brooklyn Law student shows the NYPD that he knows his rights… Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Brooklyn Law School, Cops, Drinking, Know Your...
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Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Don’t Pee on My Leg
Check out the fabulous contestants in this edition of our Legal Eagle Wedding Watch… Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: "Judge Judy" / Judith Sheindlin,...
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Morning Docket: 08.02.12
* Global agribusiness group Monsanto Co was awarded $1 billion in a patent infringement case against DuPont for improperly duplicating some kind of crazy seed technology. [New York Times] * For...
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House Rules: True Confessions
David Mowry tells our readers how he landed at his in-house position…. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Biglaw, Brooklyn Law School, Coudert Brothers,...
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Morning Docket: 08.22.12
* Dewey know how much it costs to keep this failed firm on life support while its remaining partners try to collect D&L’s unpaid bills? A little more than $2M a month, according to the latest...
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From Child Star to Law Star: Meet Professor Charles Korsmo
Wouldn’t it be cool if you recognized a law professor from a hit film? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: 2nd Circuit, Biglaw, Brooklyn Law, Brooklyn...
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Morning Docket: 10.17.12
* Oh, by the way Dewey & LeBoeuf partners, the little contribution plan you signed that received court approval last week might not protect you from your former landlord’s claims for back rent....
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Lawsuit of the Day: A ‘Big-Shot’ Lawyer Sues His Trust-Fund-Having Daughter —...
A prominent Manhattan lawyer is suing his own daughter — for libel. Throw a seven-figure trust fund into the mix, and we have ourselves a Lawsuit of the Day…. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on...
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Who Is the Turd in the Punchbowl at Brooklyn Law?
The train to crazy town is now entering the station. I was getting worried. It’s almost Christmas, and I hadn’t seen one really good “law student meltdown” during finals period. Until today. Today, the...
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From the ATL Insider Survey: Overlooked Firms and Schools
Paul Cravath does not approve of this post. Light years away and in the distant future, perhaps some alien grad student in Defunct Planet Studies will stumble onto the ATL archives. He’ll conclude, not...
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