Memo To New Associates: Manage Your Own Career

Memo To New Associates: Manage Your Own Career

  Recent law school graduates have been taking the bar exam. In a couple months, hopefully around 56.2% of them will have jobs. The below hypothetical memo is written from a senior partner to new associates of a firm. [divider] New Associates, Congratulations on...
What is Unconstitutional Animus?

What is Unconstitutional Animus?

Today the Supreme Court handed down a significant decision in U.S. v. Windsor, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Besides the decision, what was of particular interest to me was the reasoning behind the decision – unconstitutional animus. I would...
2011-12 Law Grad Employment Rate Calculator

2011-12 Law Grad Employment Rate Calculator

  The Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver just released a new tool called Law Jobs: By the Numbers™. “This tool is a natural outgrowth of the law school...
The Law School Crisis, Visualized

The Law School Crisis, Visualized

  I’ve already mentioned it on Twitter, but if for some reason you’re a only-follows-the-blog type of guy/gal, you really owe it to yourself to check out Aaron Kirschenfeld’s The Law School Crisis, Visualized. It’s the best overarching...