2008 Review
Top 10 Legal Stories of 2008
Posted Dec 24, 2008, 01:59 pm CST
By Edward A. Adams
In 2008, we posted more than 5,000 stories in our daily news feed about every conceivable legal topic.
Those that attracted the largest number of readers dealt with the recession and its effect on law firms, lawyers in trouble, attorneys escaping the profession, and the seemingly boundless appetite of lawyers to rank the schools from which they graduated.
In case you missed any, here’s the 10 most-read stories of the year:
1. U.S. News Law School Rankings Leaked; NYU Down, Columbia Up, March 26
2. Looking for Simpler Life, Lawyer Burns Harvard Law Diploma, October 28
3. ‘Cravath Model’ that Created Have and Have-Not Law Grads Could Implode, July 22
4. ‘Abysmal’ Associate Attire Leads to Fashion Counseling, January 31
5. After 170 Layoffs, White & Case Pares Down $250K Holiday Party; No Fireworks, November 12
6. Things You Should Never Put in an E-mail, December 3
7. Excel Error by a Cleary Gottlieb Associate Alters Lehman Asset Deal, October 16
8. Partner Offers $10K Bounty for Blogger’s Identity, January 22
9. Law Grad, 32: Don’t Do What I Did, January 16
10. DLA Piper Asks 275 Non-Equity Partners to Ante Up, Goes to 1-Tier Structure, November 19
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