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Law Trails Behind as Disputes Over Genetic Patents Intensify
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Google Books Settlement May Violate Antitrust Law, DOJ Contends
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Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News
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Counsel for Accused Lawyer Must Be Given Control of Claimed Child Porn
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Federal Judge Plans to Acquit Mom Convicted in Landmark Cyberbullying Case
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Should On-Campus Interviews Be Postponed Until Spring?
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New Mich. Jury Rule: No Texts, Tweets or Google Searches
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Disgraced Pa. Judge: I Didn’t Discuss $3.5M Libel Case
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Alston & Bird Chops $5K Off ‘09 Pay for Associates, Says ‘Market is Shifting’
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- This Month's ABA Journal: Rule of Law in Russia & Mexico; Making the Most of Layoffs; DOJ's Ethics Office; Defending Pirates 10:37am Jun 23
- June Issue Up: Quiet In-House Layoffs; Supreme Court’s Only Criminal Trial; Practicing in a Virtual Law Office 6:54am Jun 1|1 Comment
- May ABA Journal is Posted for Web Browsing 1:18pm Apr 28|1 Comment


ABA Journal is wondering how you plan to spend the holiday weekend...and the big question...will you be working on Friday?
Richard at 5:32am July 3
Riding my bike
No work for me
No work for me


Teresa at 7:06am July 3
Will go in for a little while in gym clothes instead of a business suit, and instead of billing will, most likely, catch up on administrative stuff and Facebook :)


ABA Journal is wondering if you have re-entry tips...if you've taken a hiatus for family, fun or health reasons...
Source: www.abajournal.com
In a column this week posted at examiner.com, working mom and practicing New York lawyer Amy Impellizzeri writes about a Web-based company aimed at helping women re-enter the workforce after spending time rearing children. ...
Gabe at 11:30am July 1
How bout starting a blog, or becoming an expert on Twitter, getting off the couch and going to a conference or three?


ABA Journal Posted this week's question a bit early...
Source: www.abajournal.com
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia can always be counted on to let you know what he really thinks. And even though you think lawyers would bring their A game to oral arguments and briefs they put ...


ABA Journal What must-read-for-all-lawyers book should be included in this Twitter the classics experiment?
University of Chicago freshmen to translate great literary works as 'Twitterature' -- chicagotribune
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
Did you struggle to make it past page 20 of "Moby Dick"? Do you live in fear of people discovering you've never read "Hamlet"?Too busy for CliffsNotes?Two University of Chicago freshmen believe they've found a solution. ...


ABA Journal Have we told you we have reporters on Twitter? If you tweet...check out @LawScribbler and @BlawgWhisperer. Oh, and Journal's on Twitter too, @ABAJournal
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ABA Journal Does this prove you don't have to know your clients, literally, to represent their interests?
Source: www.abajournal.com
Journalists are familiar with the world of anonymous sources. That's how they can sometimes break a really good news story. But anonymous clients? That seems a little more unusual. It turns out that the ...


Go to http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/ for these stories and more: - Russia Claws at the Rule of Law While Mexico Embraces It - Inside the DOJ's Ethics Office


ABA Journal Thoughts please...would you share your passwords with a prospective employer?
Source: www.abajournal.com
A human resources requirement by the city of Bozeman, Mont., that job applicants provide a host of personal information, including passwords to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, is creating a sensation online. ...
Angie at 12:20pm June 19
This is incredibly over-reaching an a huge invasion of privacy. You said it all Euribiades C.


Anthony at 2:28pm June 19
Yeah, my password is F@#$#@ Y#@#$@$!! No, really, that's the password!! : )
And as to the top security clearance, if the investigator that is doing my background check can't find it, then I am pretty sure it won't affect national security!
And as to the top security clearance, if the investigator that is doing my background check can't find it, then I am pretty sure it won't affect national security!


ABA Journal is wondering...
Source: www.abajournal.com
In these times, any BigLaw memo with strong or strange language makes its rounds on the blogosphere. And as a result of this phenomenon, ABAJournal.com readers know that a London partner of Cleary Gottlieb ...


ABA Journal Really 10 days for telling her brother she loves him in court? What's the most unjust conduct you've seen committed in a house of justice? At least in this case the judge changed his mind...
Source: www.abajournal.com
Judge Alfred Nance is known for his emphasis on courtroom decorum—and his temper, according to critics who complained about him in 2000 to a judicial conduct commission. Both traits appeared on display ...


ABA Journal wonders if anyone's surprised by this...
Source: www.abajournal.com
Last year, U.S. Supreme Court law clerks were in such hot demand that law firms were paying them $250,000 as a hiring bonus. This year, things are different. Law firms hard hit by the recession won’t ...
Robert at 3:02pm June 15
well, now that the USSC has ruled that these state court judges have to recuse themselves from cases involving their political donors, what is the point of paying someone a monster bonus for their personal connections?
Hayden at 3:58pm June 15
I guess they'll just have to work like everybody else...


ABA Journal wonders who's responsible for work/life balance, you or your boss?
Source: www.abajournal.com
Any outcry made over billable hour demands put on law firm associates has lately been drowned out by the chorus of laid-off lawyers and just-graduated law students wondering what realistic career options they have. ...


ABA Journal wonders if anyone in the Chicago area is planning to go to this...
Source: www.abajournal.com
When Hank Perritt first went 1998 to war-torn Kosovo armed with nothing more than a master’s from MIT and Georgetown University law degree to create databases to track supplies for refugee camps, his friends thought he was brave and dedicated. ...


ABA Journal wonders what you all think about law profs blogging anonymously...Should they be surprised when they're outed?
Source: www.abajournal.com
Conservative blogger Ed Whelan decided he had had enough after a pseudonymous critic known as Publius called him a “legal hitman” who was distorting the record of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. ...
Lori at 8:12am June 9
They should be as surprised as Erika Scoliere was when the judge got a hold of her drinking photos.
Noel at 8:31am June 9
LOL Lori... nice one. Yeah, if you don't want to be "outed" for saying something you wouldn't own up to, if asked... don't say/write it in the first place, anonymous or not.


Lisa at 10:37am June 9
Agreed. If you say something, OWN it.


ABA Journal Was the demand for work-life balance just a generational quarrel?
Source: www.abajournal.com
Jordan Furlong wonders in a recent post at Law 21 if


Paul at 3:53pm June 8
Not to the extent that it influences career choices (for folks who have low enough debt and good enough resumes to make a choice).


ABA Journal Career resources for lawyers on the Web. Any others we should know about or that would be useful?
Source: www.abajournal.com
Protecting your financial future and achieving your career goals in a tough economy will be the focus of an audio webcast titled


ABA Journal wonders what time you get to work in the morning...
MoFo’s NYC Office Tells Troops: Be Here By 9:30 a.m., Jumping Jacks Optional | ABA Journal - Law New
Source: www.abajournal.com
Just in case associates might be thinking of rolling into work a bit belatedly over the summer, the managing partner of the New York City office of Morrison & Foerster has made clear that the firm's standard 9:30 a.m. ...
Micah at 1:26pm June 7
unless I have court, at around 10am. I get my morning run in first, then check my emails etc, from home
Tommy at 7:30am June 8
Because my practice involves quite a bit of very early morning starts, driving to various counties for court, if I don't have an appearance on a given day, I try and be in the office by 9am. It's very important to manage your work life and not let it manage you. If you're not a morning person, don't try to be, but realize you can't leave at 5pm ... Read Moreand expect to get everything done, either. I'm definitely not a workaholic, but I spend several hours each weekend working remotely, and even some evenings after I get home and relax for a bit. It's all about balance.


Don’t miss these highlights at http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/: - A Supreme Case of Contempt: A tragic legal saga paved the way for civil rights protections and federal habeas actions. - In-House Is No Haven: As businesses shrink staff, lawyers are among those laid off...


ABA Journal Federal Judges on Attire for Women....
Male Judges Advise Women Lawyers to Lose the Distracting ‘Ally McBeal’ Look | ABA Journal - Law News
Source: www.abajournal.com
Women lawyers tempted to go to court looking like Ally McBeal should take note: Male judges find the look distracting. Two male judges confessed that they can’t help but look at a panel session during the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. ...


ABA Journal Esquire on Attire for Men...
Source: www.abajournal.com
Kevin, a 34-year-old Chicago lawyer, wears jeans to work twice a week. But some days he is fashionably attired in a slim-cut Zegna charcoal grey suit, an off-pink slim fit dress shirt, a black pin dot tie, and black dress boots by Allen Edmonds. ...


ABA Journal Can only say, "Wow."
‘Extremely Bored’ Juror Walks Out, May Find Jail Time Mind-Numbing, Too | ABA Journal - Law News Now
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ABA Journal Hmmm...speaking of what you post online...what about the folly of hitting "reply all?"
‘Reply All’ Was a Mistake, Peeved Partner Tells Quinn Emanuel Associate | ABA Journal - Law News Now
Source: www.abajournal.com
Observers are openly wondering how long an unidentified first-year associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges will hold his job, after reading a jaw-dropping e-mail thread. It began with ...


ABA Journal wonders how careful you are about posting to FB and Twitter, etc...
Source: www.abajournal.com
Although the social networking phenomenon is so new that best practices are still being developed, Twitter


Jayne at 6:29am May 19
Not dumb question at all. Important to know. Go to your settings. Privacy. Profile. There are drop downs of who can see the parts of your profile. Pick only friends. OR, if you want to build more friends do friends of friends, or, If you have set up "lists" in your Friends page, those options can be found by clicking the custom tab. Hope that helps.
Melissa at 12:19pm June 18
If already practicing, I would avoid discussing anything about your colleagues/bosses (if with firm) wether you have a filter on fb or not b/c the filters can be broken for a price. Obviously, you should never be discussing your clients anyway, so we don't need to address that. If looking for work with a firm/company, good advice in general for ... Read Moreany adult is simply to follow common sense principles. If you post pictures of yourself with friends, etc., make sure they're "tasteful" (ie., you're clothed, in control, etc.) Don't use swear words or other language when expressing opinions that could paint you in a "bad light." Keeping that in mind, one can't please all of the peopel all of the time, and you may have expressed an opinion that would rub someone the wrong way; for example, expressed positive support for a politician that an employer hates. That is a risk we now take in the world of technology.




ABA Journal Did/Do you have the chops to be Scalia's law clerk?
Justice Scalia Tells Law Student Why She Probably Won’t Be His Law Clerk | ABA Journal - Law News No
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Frances at 7:57am May 12
So many federal judges have Scalia's attitude. I often was not considered for clerkships because I was not on the school's law review -- I worked full time and went to law school at night, studying on the weekends! When would I work on the law review? Oh, and, btw, I was a student editor of another of my school's journals. Such an elitist attitude! And just because I didn't want to graduate several hundred thousand $$ in debt!
Thomas at 8:34am May 12
The moderator invited me, but I figured if I was going to work that hard, I wanted to be paid and took an outside job, instead. Law Review was not going to help pay for rent and books.
Felicia at 5:04pm May 12
I guess you have to be a trust fund law student to advance through him. It's so frustrating when people are penalized for not coming from a weathy family or having the responsible foresight to pay their way up front, which is actually admirable.


ABA Journal is wondering if any of you have workplace bully war stories...
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Roxana at 5:48pm May 8
LOVED IT.
conservateur at 8:59am May 10
Maybe I am the only one here and it is a bit off the topic of law...but anyone ever wonder why they do not put those chemical heating packs in the immersion suits? The ones that you break and they heat up.The Coast Guard has to travel up to 8-12 hours sometimes, the ships can be anywhere up to 900 miles or more form Kodiak at times, So those men can still get hypothermia and die even in the suits. Just wondering, if anyone out there knows.


ABA Journal The Fordham/Scalia dossier story has developed a life of its own.
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ABA Journal wonders if you're working today, perhaps catching up on admin tasks while things are quiet. If so, have you considered doing a tech audit?