With the release of U.S. News law school rankings comes a new style of ranking. No longer will school lower than 100 be grouped and unranked together. Yup, that’s right: say goodbye to the term “TTT,” or “third-tier toilet.” Now these schools get individual numerical ratings, instead of being lumped into an undifferentiated “third tier.” […]
IT’S ABOUT TIME: U.S. News Encourages Law Schools To ‘Fess Up on Employment Rates – Law Blog – WSJ
March 11, 2011 by
The rest of the legal world, and the legions of recent law grads that are unemployed and underemployed, already know this: law schools lie. Not directly, mind you. They just fudge the numbers. Now, finally, U.S. News, the leading source for the all important law school rankings, will “encourage” law schools to come clean on the real […]
Practice Tip (via ABL): How to Become an (Almost) Indispensable Junior Associate
March 8, 2011 by
Short of going solo, there’s almost no way around the fact: you’re going to be a junior associate before you become a partner. But that doesn’t mean you have to wait to be a partner to start thinking like one. Start now, says Above the Law. Take ownership of winning your case or completing your […]
Risk: sometimes you gotta do it.
February 17, 2011 by
Practice Tip #10: Keep it short
February 10, 2011 by
On writing, from the Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law, page 25: “Edit yourself.” Really. Do it. If you don’t, someone else will have to edit your work for you, and that’s, well, embarrassing. Further, shorten your sentences. After I write a brief, I go back and re-read it, concentrating solely on matters of style. I read […]
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