November 2011
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An Open Letter To the Boy Who Walked Me Home Last...
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We met last night at a friend’s Halloween party. Your friend just started dating my friend, so it was that amazing point in time where two groups of people are meeting for the first time. I feel like 80% of all marriages derive from this point in time. (The remaining 20% meet them online. We live in the future!) I’m going to get presumptuous and assume your merry...
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On the Subject of God
As a lady who likes to keep her options open, I don’t believe (or not believe) in any particular deity. That having been said, I am tempted to think the Almighty’s hand unzipped my fly for a couple hours today so that I could get a re-up on my humility stash.
Well played, Lord.
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Obama's Student Loan Initiative: Ehhhhh, thanks.
Student loan reform is something of a pet interest of mine (read: completely self-serving interest), so I was excited to read about Obama’s new student loan executive order. I tried looking for details of the actual plan but couldn’t find anything more than some bullet points and a nice video. But the Atlantic has a nice piece on it, which I’ve excerpted below.
The initiative...
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Total Lady Feminist Boner Right Now
I am on my way to meet Nancy Northrup and Co. before a Center for Reproductive Rights benefit I am helping host tonight.
Squee!!
In short, my life is pretty legit right now.
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"Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary?"
Today, the NYTimes Opinion Page takes on the question of whether, and to what extent, there is value in the traditional system of qualifying attorneys to practice, namely ABA accredited law school + bar passage = attorney.
This is the author’s thesis:
Rather than improving quality, the barriers to entry exist simply to protect lawyers from competition with non-lawyers and firms that are...
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The Adventures of Tom [L]awyer: Afraid of... →
tomlawyer:
Sometimes, I hear fellow associates complain about how they don’t get enough work, how they’re not billing enough, etc. Yet, it’s these same people that never volunteer to do anything.
Wait, there are still law firms in NYC where people don’t have enough work?? Sign me up! I’m kidding! (mostly??)
Totally second this post. Quality pro bono was difficult to get at my...
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Who wants to bet
citystories:
The 20-something white runners, mostly men, barreling up and down the West Side Bike Path at 9:30 PM on a Tuesday night are low-level bankers and lawyers, getting the only fresh air they get all day?
Funny thing. I’m a lady lawyer and was running down the east side bike path at 9:30 last night on my way home and it was, in fact, the only fresh air I got all day. Gotta get...
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Exciting Opportunity!
Hooray!
Just found out that I get to cross examine a witness at an arbitration next week. Very exciting! Real lawyer stuff! This would never happen at my old, biglaw firm. I’d still be doing doc review for a CDO securities case and making binders. Lit boutiques FTW!
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Victory is Mine! (Part Two of the Sodden iPod...
More than a month ago, my iPod was destroyed when my bag was soaked while in the luggage compartment on a bus to the airport. More details than one could want on the initial embarrassing exchange, here.
Since my last post, I received an email from NYAS, asking me to fill out a claim form (even though I had already done so on the phone weeks earlier) and attaching a new “Luggage...
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