Above the Law
Above the Law calls itself a legal tabloid. Its focus is legal gossip.
Author: Author David Lat is a former prosecutor and a Yale Law School graduate. In 2004, he started posting anonymously as A3G at Underneath Their Robes, a blawg focused on federal judiciary gossip. After his identity was disclosed, he began to openly blog at Wonkette, then moved on in 2006 to start Above the Law. He also authors David Lat.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Law Practice Management • Blawg 100 • Humor
Recent Posts from Above the Law
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The Sapphic Summers: An Update
Here's an update on the two female summer associates we wrote about earlier today. For those of you just tuning in, here's the abridged version of their story: they were fired sometime in the past…
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Non-Sequiturs: 07.23.08
* "Defense attorney groaner of the week" -- or, an unfortunate attempt to emulate the late Johnnie Cochran. [Language Log] * Louisiana seeks rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana, the child rape / death penalty case…
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Lawyer of the Day: David Bono
[Ed. note: If we could, we'd leave the summer associate story of lesbian lip-locking at the top of ATL for the rest of time. Alas, the show must go on.] As previously noted, John Edwards…
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Summer Associates of the Day: Sapphic Summers in Lesbianic Lip-Lock?
When we recently lamented the lack of summer associate scandals, in the New York Observer, did we speak too soon? Although we may be in the home stretch, law firm summer associate programs are not…
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Bar Exam Open Thread: How To Conquer Procrastination
Sigh. If only we could all be like Judge Richard Posner. His advice to procrastinators? Don't procrastinate. Alas, many of us -- and probably a high percentage of ATL readers -- have a procrastination problem.…
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Associate Life Survey: An Offer For Every Summer?
We received about 1,000 responses to last week's ATL / Lateral Link survey on whether all the summer associates are going to get permanent offers. Overall, summer associates have a somewhat more optimistic view than…
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Lawyer of the Day: John Edwards?
Actually, no. We're not naming John Edwards -- the prominent plaintiffs' lawyer and former Democratic presidential candidate, and possible Obama running mate -- our Lawyer of the Day. We don't view the reports of his…
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Morning Docket: 07.23.08
* Is your newspaper letting you down? Consider suing. [On the Media / NPR] * Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi truly is above the law... by law. The Italian lower house of parliament passed a…
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Where Have All the Summer Associate Scandals Gone?
That's the question we attempt to tackle in our latest New York Observer column. It's illustrated with an Aquagirl cartoon, seen in miniature at right. Click on the thumbnail to be taken to the article,…
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'Tighty-Whities' Caption Contest Winner
A clear winner emerged from the 2499 votes on ATL's Tighty-Whities caption contest: "And now my junior partner has something he'd like to say..." The man in the photo is David Remes, a partner at…