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08/25/2015

Hard to argue with the numbers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/opinion/too-many-law-students-too-few-legal-jobs.html?emc=edit_th_20150825&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=40256033&_r=0

Law schools have been able to raise tuition while producing twice as many graduates as the job market has been able to absorb.

08/16/2015

Cooking with JD Match.
Summer salad - tomatoes, peaches, corn, onions & feta. Tx Damien!

08/14/2015

Friday amusement. Most attractive lawyers courtesy of ATL and Hinge...
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/08/biglaws-most-eligible-bachelors-bachelorettes/

Would you date any of these Biglaw attorneys or summer associates?

08/07/2015

We like to give Law Land things to think about...
http://adamsmithesq.com/2015/08/rd-for-law-firms-what-can-we-learn-from-corporate-land/?single

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Law Land resists change like the plague. And, yes, this is pretty widely attributed to the phenom known as the “lawyer personality,” characterized by an almost pathological aversion to risk. But let’s unpack this a bit to better understand why lawyers, in…

07/31/2015

Is the partnership model optimal? Our article in The Lawyer. Don't miss the comments - some are truly priceless.
http://www.thelawyer.com/analysis/the-lawyer-business-leadership/business-leadership-news/tomorrows-law-firm-you-might-not-like-what-you-find/3037744.article

Still convinced the traditional law firm model has a future? Allow Adam Smith Esq president Bruce MacEwen to put you straight.

07/27/2015

Cooking with JD Match. More down home: Pozole. Really tasty.

07/20/2015

Cooking with JD Match
In the kitchen with the amazing Bill. Making Julia Child's Chicken Breast in Chaud-froid (la-di-dah!) - sooo good

07/12/2015

Really good advice on interviewing (from a somewhat surprising source)
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/07/08/how-to-control-a-job-interview/

There are two ways to approach a job interview. With the first, you take a pretty passive stance. You control what you can on your side of things -- dres

07/01/2015

Quinn may be onto something. Tx to Joe at ATL
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/06/biglaw-firm-decimates-summer-associate-program/?utm_campaign=Above+the+Law+Daily&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20043023&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8h1_PWD_WUOgprdjHWWYo6SgUao4VYer1FRUjeOeUuXYQUI2V_HMrB7nVUzE35TbVK1AbNCfNYsw_PLdBTs6mPGy55Fg&_hsmi=20043023

Major firm announces that it's more or less eliminating its summer associate program. Is this the beginning of a trend? And if it is, is that a good thing?

06/22/2015

Cooking with JD Match. Old favorite: scallops in a bacon vinagrette.

06/16/2015

What associates should NOT do. Herrmann is always good
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/06/4-ways-associates-screw-up/?utm_campaign=Above+the+Law+Daily&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=18500838&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6xoZV07KJVwrqnYolTzO8BAzTfJXgdyRuZJ9Uv3mBbdmPV5Na8e5zhle6noPYrGgHpy2Ttbopx85iY3G4ywPiiz5V4Q&_hsmi=18500838

Former Biglaw partner Mark Herrmann identifies four things that associates should not do.

05/26/2015

http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2015/05/memorial-day-4/

It is difficult to capture in words the level of favorable feedback I received on the Economy and the Law presentation at our recent conference: Simply the most informative and useful program in recent memory.