Tag: US

Tequila and torts! Law student Kim Kardashian downs shots in late night study sesh with lawyer mentors
'Cocktails and contracts' and 'crunk and crim' could be on the cards

US lawyer takes on coronavirus in action-filled YouTube ad
The Texas Law Hawk is back

Kim Kardashian opts to study criminal law over sleep
Queen bee of reality TV updates followers on legal exploits

The lawyer who could be the first female US President
Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris is the California senator and served as the state's attorney general

Jones Day cuts London NQ pay by £5,000
Exclusive: Trainee solicitor salaries stay the same

US law firms hold London NQ pay steady amid COVID-19 uncertainty
White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb opt against rises or cuts for now

COVID-19: Lawyer attends court in hazmat suit
Florida's Samuel J. Rabin Jr. takes no chances

Freshfields launches in Silicon Valley
Magic circle player moves into thriving San Fran tech hub

Re-hearing ordered in child custody case after US judge accepted Facebook friend request from the mother
She liked 18 of the judge's Facebook posts

How tech is revolutionising the way law students learn
BARBRI’s Professor Samuel Farkas on what we can glean from the global training provider’s US model and how it will shape its SQE plans

Did Davis Polk predict the pandemic?
Multi-million dollar purchase agreement, signed in February, features clever 'COVID clause' -- but now it's a matter for the courts

US lawyer made to write out lines by judge for ‘reprehensible’ behaviour during trial
'I shall not engage in conduct intended to disrupt a tribunal'

‘Eat a bowl of d*cks’: Judge demands resignation of lawyer who sent over 100 sweary emails to opposing legal team
Courtroom ding-dong -- US style

The lowdown on US law firms in London
Shearman & Sterling lawyers give commercial awareness master class

Snapchat flirting judge allegedly had group sex in chambers
She denies allegations

This is what happens when a lawyer loses his daughter’s hamster
'This is the most stressful day in my life since I took the bar exam'

Law professor who specialises in money laundering arrested for alleged money laundering
Miami Uni academic Bruce Bagley accused of helping to launder £2.3 million

Three judges get into drunken brawl, two end up with bullet wounds
They’d gone out for a quiet drink ahead of a judicial training day the next morning

City lawyers are just like people selling fruit on a market stall
Phil Sanderson, co-chair of the global private equity transactions group at Ropes & Gray, gives his own take on commercial awareness