Non-Sequiturs: 08.28.09

Non-Sequiturs: 08.28.09

* Hypocrisy on stilts. The Pay Czar banked $5.76 million as a law firm partner last year. [ABA Journal]

* Law firm love anthems. [Am Law Daily]

* Really, we're behind Uruguay now when it comes to civil rights? [The Stimulist]

* My home only has one bathroom. Does that explain everything? [Tax Prof Blog]

* Apparently it's scatological day at law firms at home and abroad. [Roll On Friday]

* Has there been less than stellar legal advice given to the Stanford Financial Group? [Houston's Clear Thinkers]

* Don't steal jokes from a comedian who is also a 1L at Cardozo. [Jeremy Schacter's in Law School]

* Child support is about the children Ms. Heche. [Popsquire]

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The Douchiest Law School: Eight in the Douche Bag

The Douchiest Law School: Eight in the Douche Bag

Yesterday we brought you ATL Douche Madness, a competition to crown the douchiest law school in the land. This was inspired by GQ.com's list of the Top 25 Douchiest Colleges in America.

What is a douche? We know lawyers thrive on precision, but this term resists an exact definition. To paraphrase Justice Stewart, you know a douche when you see a douche. For example, that guy in the photo to the right.

We started the contest with a field of 16 law schools, taken from the top of the latest U.S. News & World report rankings. The first eight match-ups garnered over 7,000 votes each. The field has now been narrowed to the eight douchiest law schools.

Check out the douches, and vote in the next match-ups, after the jump.

The closest contest in the first eight was UVA vs. NYU. We had hoped NYU would triumph in order to go head to head with Columbia, but UVA's popped collars triumphed over NYU's ironic popped collars. Here are the new brackets:

Polls close Monday at midnight. Here are the next four match-ups:

Online Surveys & Market Research

Online Surveys & Market Research

Online Surveys & Market Research

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Your ATL editors have placed their bets on this contest. To see our brackets for the Final Four, though, you'll have to friend me and/or Lat on Facebook, and check out our walls.

(We know. Kind of a douchey friend-request plug.)

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Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.17 and 8.24: Astrophysical

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egal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.17 and 8.24: Astrophysical

Friday, August 28, 2009 4:07 PM - By Laurie Lin

LEWW is fascinated by ATL's Douchiest Law School contest. Official results haven't been announced yet, but based on our preliminary read, Yale seems to have notched a decisive first-round victory over the University of Texas, and it looks like Harvard has trounced UCLA. Stanford Law School, however, appears to have been decisively out-douched by lowly Georgetown. Conclusion: The relationship between douchiness and prestige is not linear.

This week's weddings feature two YLS grads and two SLS grads, so these lawyer newlyweds are undeniably prestigious. But are they also representative of their respective institutions' reputations for d-baggery? We'll let you make the call.

Here are the couples:

1. Wendy Katz and Matthew Waxman

2. Megan Wall-Wolff and Joshua Younger

3. Julia Kripke and Matthew Kellogg

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Nationwide Layoff Follow-Up: More Numbers From Baker Botts

Nationwide Layoff Follow-Up: More Numbers From Baker Botts

Thanks to all of the tipsters who are helping us put together numbers on the Baker Botts layoffs. Even though the firm doesn't want you to know how many people it is letting go, our sources have been relentless in helping us expose the information.

Yesterday we reported that Baker Botts laid off at least twelve associates in Houston. Today we can report that at least seven other associates were laid off in Baker's Washington office. One tipster has a colorful description of the action in D.C.:

Baker Botts DC canned 7 associates. They handled it so poorly that one found out from a secretary. ... They laid off associates who had a lot of hours and were strong performers, so it was even more ridiculous. None of us feel safe now. Apparently, this firm has no loyalties to anyone but the dollar.

According to NALP, there are 65 associates in Baker Botts's D.C. office. So the cuts represent around 10% of the associates in that office.

After the jump, we learn that the timing of these layoffs couldn't have been worse for one Baker Botts associate.

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