Lawyerist says the summer program is on its way out.
The WSJ Law Blog thinks it’s about time summer programs stopped being fun. In other news, the WSJ has never been a big fan of fun.
Old lawyers and young lawyers gleefully overgeneralize about each other in a panel discussion. (WSJ Law Blog)
Time, like everyone else, can’t quite believe how much a new BigLaw associate can make for not coming to work.
E-mail gaffes you don’t hear about every day: according to Above the Law, this first-year associate actually meant to reply-all when he decided to call out a firm partner over his choice of legal causes. In a supposedly unrelated development, said associate is fired the next day.
Federal judges in the Seventh Circuit complain about underdressed female attorneys.On the other hand, Esquire’s “Best Dressed Real Man” contest has two lawyers and a paralegal
among its 25 finalists.
The National Law Journal (reg. req’d) explained DLA Piper’s cuts to associate pay and its near-immediate partial reversal of same.The Am Law Daily sums up Sonnenchein’s move to merit-based compensation. Hint: expect that everyone will merit a pay cut.The Wall Street Journal (via ABA Journal) doles out workplace advice, demonstrating how one associate got an “ornery” senior partner to respect her and become a mentor. I think the advice is, “use empathy.” How does such weak-minded liberal sentiment make it into the Journal?
This week’s cautionary tale for the more competitive types out there: the New York Times, among, others, has the story of New Jersey lawyer Paul Bergrin’s indictment. Repeat after me: “It is not OK to have witnesses murdered.”
You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help
Civil Rights
Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Criminal
Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records
Politicians Can’t Block Voters on Facebook, Court Rules
