advice to law students
Law School Exam Crapware
Every law school has it’s own preferred brand of final exam crapware which must be used if you plan to type the exam rather than scrawl it out longhand. The particular brand of exam crapware is generally a difference in search of a distinction, as the user interface designers (or lack thereof) of said companies […]
Living La Vida Large Firm
Jeanne Graham has a great article in Texas Lawyer on the current batch of summer associates, Fewer Summer Associates Spread Their Wings at Big-Tex Firms This Year, while some firms are cutting back on the number of positions offered it, it doesn’t seem to dampen the spirits of the summers she follows around for the […]
Casewatching United States v. Geoffrey Fieger
Norm Pattis has been covering the Geoffrey Fieger trial in Detroit which, in closing argument, famed trail lawyer Gerry Spence has called his last. From the start to the farewell - well almost, the jury’s still out as of this writing - Pattis has given us a unique look at Spence, familiarizing the legendary. Spence, […]
Learning to Think Like a Chicken Sexer
The Situationist brings us a commencement-time gift of Law, Chicken Sexing, Torture Memo, and Situation Sense, a 2006 commencement speech by Yale Law Prof Dan Kahan who congratulates the gaggle of fresh-faced law grads by comparing the skills just acquired during their 3-year, $193,200 education to the dark art of chick-sexing….
Public Interest Lawyers - Thank You for Not Being Evil
As part of its continuing campaign to encourage students and graduates to pursue careers in public interest, the law school held a “Thank You For Not Being Evil” ceremony last Wednesday recognizing graduates who chose to take jobs with employers who are not primarily dedicated to destroying weaker businesses, poor people, or the environment.
WSJ: Law Firms Curtail Associate Programs As Economy Slows
This time last year, salaried lawyers at many of nation’s largest firms had just scored a pay bump, as business was blazing and firms were scrambling to keep talent. Now, due largely to a slowdown in work relating to mortgages, real estate, mergers and private equity, some firms are rescinding offers to incoming associates and summer associates, asking first-year lawyers to start several months later and shortening their summer programs to save money.
Some thoughts on Selecting Electives in Law School
Professor Volokh had an intriguing post today, Law School Classes One Should Definitely Take If One Wants To Practice in the Area. It’s an open comment post and the commentary is intriguing. It made me think of my own particular view of how to choose classes.
Now a year and a half into this venture, I’m […]
Angsty Law School Emo Music
Well at least he’s got a music career to fall back on. Owen Jarvis is now a third-year student at the University of Maryland School of Law. here. He could always pull a New Line.
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The Science of Passing the Bar Exam
When it comes time to choose electives, law students are awash in a sea of choices with very little in the way of a paddle to help them determine what they should take. The conventional wisdom is that those with a burning desire in a particular area should take courses in that area while those […]
Two Americas, the two-sided Job Market for Newly Minted Law Grads
The Wall Street Journal’s Amir Efrati has an interesting article yesterday on the job prospects for recent law grads as a whole Hard Case: Job Market Wanes for U.S. Lawyers
For graduates of elite law schools, prospects have never been better. Big law firms this year boosted their starting salaries to as high as $160,000. But […]