Don’t read this if you’re a week into law school and you constantly raise your hand; practically yell out answers; and feel certain you’re going to ace every test, make law review, and become the first female nameplate partner at some major New York firm. You don’t need my help. No, this is for those [...]

The truth is, William Ginsburg has always had a nose for high-profile lawsuits (hell, Liberace was a client). But in January 1998, Ginsburg, a medical malpractice attorney by day, took on the case of one Monica S. Lewinsky, and high-profile took on new meaning. By that spring, Ginsburg was a staple on the nightly news [...]

It was Super Bowl Sunday 2000, and Christina Storm was having one of those just-crazy-enough-to-work epiphanies that everyone seemed to be having in the days before the bottom fell out of the Nasdaq. Only Storm’s idea was unusual in two ways—it wasn’t intended to make money, and it actually made sense. At the time, Storm [...]

2 The annual ABA convention begins one month ago today. Setting a new record, several featured speakers have actually finished talking. 7 Happy 47th birthday to Corbin Bernsen, L.A. Law’s Arnie Becker. 9 Forty-four years ago, the historic Civil Rights Act of 1957 is signed into law, establishing a civil rights division at the Department [...]

No, the sky isn’t falling. Drooping in spots, yes. But definitely not falling. That’s the consensus among hiring partners, legal headhunters, and law school placement officials when asked to assess the fall 2005 job market. First, the bad news: A handful of firms have cut lawyers loose either through layoffs or through the performance-review process [...]

The Criminal Court building in lower Manhattan is a stolid 17-story Art Deco structure built of granite in 1941. Located at 100 Centre Street, it stands among a cluster of other imposing court and government buildings between Chinatown and the Brooklyn Bridge. An overhead walkway connects the court building to a city jail called the [...]

Except for his name, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started out in the law like a lot of people. As a young man, he decided to go to law school, and after earning his JD from the University of Virginia in 1982, he became a prosecutor. All well and good. But then he decided to veer [...]

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Aiming high is so gauche. Striving to be the best, so very American. The awful burden of working for one of the top outfits in your field—and having to admit it! The horror! Please. We beg you. Steer clear of the jobs listed here. They are the prime career choices of the moment—the very positions [...]