tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2009-03-31:/greedy_associates/9 2012-02-09T21:01:00Z The FindLaw Legal Lifestyle & Career Blog. Movable Type Enterprise 4.24-en http://images.findlaw.com/logo/logo_news3.gif tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28924 2012-02-10T13:04:20Z 2012-02-09T21:01:00Z Cynthia Hsu, Esq. Recent law grads filing for bankruptcy seems to make sense. After all, look at the high six-figure cost of law school. Then just read some news about the dismal state of the economy. Unless you managed to snag a BigLaw...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/eXS7N_CpsWI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/law-grads-filing-for-bankruptcy-with-150000-in-student-loans.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.29066 2012-02-09T13:03:25Z 2012-02-09T03:40:13Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?Justice Sonia Sotomayor can. Earlier this week, the first Latina on the nation's highest court took a trip to the make-believe Street to have a cup of cafe with her friend...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/4qVfMk9-qo8" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/justce-sotomayor-goes-to-sesame-street.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.29071 2012-02-09T12:02:06Z 2012-02-09T03:33:26Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. Welcome Karla Ford and Jonathan Chan to the worldwide web of ridicule. They're going to need all the support they can get. The pair was kicked out of law school after earning "D" grades in a first-year contracts course. They've...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/K-_1J1Jlf0k" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/ex-law-students-sue-over-arbitrary-and-capricious-d-in-contracts.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.29015 2012-02-08T14:03:58Z 2012-02-08T01:28:27Z Cynthia Hsu, Esq. Law firms are hiring more summer associates now. Remember the blissful law school days before the financial meltdown in 2008? When you were a wee little 1L? When your hopes and dreams of landing that summer associate gig were actually...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/aKpsDBIvb3E" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/more-firms-are-hiring-summer-associates.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.29014 2012-02-08T13:04:05Z 2012-02-08T01:26:06Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. Besides the obvious reasons -- avoiding real life, student loans and the terrible job market -- why would anyone want to spend a seventh semester in law school? They wouldn't, right? Even so, administrators at City University of New York...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/-PLICgGnW50" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/law-school-offers-free-semester-if-students-postpone-july-bar-exam.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28990 2012-02-07T13:03:20Z 2012-02-07T03:33:00Z Cynthia Hsu, Esq. Susan Friery was a partner at Kreindler &amp;amp; Kreindler, a plaintiff's law firm in New York. She was an attorney, and a doctor. At least that's what she told people. Turns out, she's not a doctor. And her law license...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/7Bqv2PqjamY" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/beautiful-mass-lawyer-of-2009-suspended-for-posing-as-physician.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28856 2012-02-06T12:58:07Z 2012-02-03T20:14:19Z Andrew Chow, JD http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chow/6/859/99a Legal networking events can be intimidating, especially if you're looking to land your first job -- or if you've been out of the job market for a while. What should you say? How should you say it? And how many...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/hLjI3PenEyU" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/a-drink-by-drink-guide-to-success-at-legal-networking-events.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28411 2012-02-03T13:04:04Z 2012-02-03T00:23:57Z Andrew Chow, JD http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chow/6/859/99a Law schools' job-placement data for recent graduates is often incomplete or self-serving, and "raise a red flag" about whether law schools can be trusted to change their reporting practices, a new report says.This report comes as a dozen or so...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/btJk2vXYDEA" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/more-law-schools-sued-as-job-data-issue-just-wont-die.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28873 2012-02-02T19:02:05Z 2012-02-02T19:00:27Z Andrew Chow, JD http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chow/6/859/99a Facebook's IPO is one step closer, thanks to the company's in-house lawyers and two large law firms with Silicon Valley offices. Facebook filed its Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, naming the attorneys and firms who've...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/-OP4HxpaeHQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/facebook-ipo-filing-names-lawyers-from-fenwick-simpson-thacher.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28699 2012-02-02T13:01:33Z 2012-02-02T02:36:00Z Cynthia Hsu, Esq. Lenahan Law Firm of Dallas has sued an anonymous "Ben Doe" defendant over a negative review. They want the faceless reviewer to pony up $50,000 in damages. The review blasted the law firm with harsh comments. Ben Doe wrote he...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/Gk9gcavROGU" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/tx-law-firm-sues-over-negative-online-review.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28729 2012-02-01T13:02:40Z 2012-02-01T01:01:36Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. David Otunga has had an uh, interesting career since leaving Sidley Austin in 2007. He first took a turn as "Punk," a man trying to woo the star of VH1's I Love New York. He then joined the WWE, where...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/thLVNNK7EaI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/from-harvard-law-to-wwe-wrestler-david-otunga-uses-jd-in-the-ring.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28758 2012-01-31T20:12:08Z 2012-01-31T20:10:06Z Andrew Chow, JD http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chow/6/859/99a With January's arguments completed, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has embarked on a legal "listening" tour of Egypt and Tunisia, one year after the "Arab Spring" uprisings began. The Supreme Court's elder jurist landed in Egypt on Friday, the...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/32W52DVO-_4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/01/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-ears-wide-open-in-egypt-tunisia.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28756 2012-01-31T13:01:44Z 2012-01-31T04:53:54Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. Law firms are starting to recover from the economic recession. Profits are up and the legal industry only shed 2,700 jobs last year. That's nothing when compared to the 41,900 jobs lost in 2009. But recent graduates and young associates...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/i6QRblEHyf8" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/01/law-firm-associate-hiring-is-down-even-as-firms-recover.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28667 2012-01-30T14:01:03Z 2012-01-27T20:19:43Z Cynthia Hsu, Esq. Ex-Bronx prosecutor Bernadette Greenwald has a penchant for pink guns. She also seems to like shooting them at neighborhood kids. The strange story started on an idyllic Sunday afternoon. Well, it was idyllic until somebody decided it would be fun...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/413AxJhbuiQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/01/ex-prosecutor-fired-barbie-gun-to-scare-neighborhood-prankster.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.28383 2012-01-30T12:59:38Z 2012-01-27T02:51:06Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. The 2011 Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) is out, and it appears as though law students are as masochistic as ever. More than 33,000 law students at 95 Canadian and American law schools responded to the web-based survey,...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more legal lifestyle & career news and information, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreedyAssociates/~4/WfDR18Bs2oE" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/01/stubborn-law-students-insist-they-would-do-it-all-over-again.html