Voltaire once said, “There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.” Prove him wrong.
$60,000
Amount Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is offering current attorneys to participate in a yearlong public interest fellowship, which was designed as an alternative to greater layoffs, according to CNN.
18
Number of years in prison Mulji Patel could face for using a hammer to strike a lawyer who was working on behalf of his former employer, Rockwell International, according to The Los Angeles Times.
35,000
Approximate number of lawyers profiled for review on RateAPartner.com.
$102,000
Median salary of “Salary Madness 2009” champion Duke University (beating out Cornell’s $91,7000 in the finals), if the NCAA bracket winners were determined by median salary of each school’s graduates, according to PayScale.com.
350,000
Number of results for the Google query “lawyer salary.”
4,713
Number of active users for the Facebook application “Law Gifts.”
18
Number of Yale Law graduates working at Wachtell, Lipton.
1
Number of Rutgers Law graduates working at Wachtell, Lipton.
$20,000
Bail amount for attorney Howard K. Stern, who is facing charges for conspiring to drug former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, according to The Los Angeles Times.
53
Number of characters used in the tweet “Stay tuned for a big announcement on Monday everyone!” posted by a juror serving in the corruption trial of former Pennsylvania state Senator Vincent Fumo, according to The Associated Press.
9 million
Approximate number of pages of documents “dumped” on lawyers who are defending two former Bear, Stearns & Co. hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, according to The Los Angeles Times.
$5.8 million
Approximate amount Pennsylvania state lawmakers have spent on lawyers to defend themselves in connection with the state’s “Bonusgate” scandal, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
56
Percentage of MBA students who admitted to cheating, according to Bloomberg.
45
Percentage of law students who admitted to cheating, according to Bloomberg.
$14.39
Median hourly salary an entry-level bailiff in the U.S. can expect to earn, according to PayScale.com.
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I wish I’d known the statistics about cheating when firms asked me about my mediocre grades during interviews. Actually, take that back, I landed at a less prestigious firm, but we haven’t had any layoffs yet. *knock on wood*
BL1Y,
Maybe you should have just cheated and gotten a good job.
BL1Y is not a bad chap. He’s just looking for tail.
I thought he had a girlfriend.
@9:03: I work at an AM Law 100 firm and make $160k. I’m pretty sure that’s a “good job.” I’ll take job security of prestige any day. Can’t pay the bills with prestige.
@10:25: We broke up a little while ago. She’s moving out west for grad school.
I thought BL1Y was humping some fat horse.
BL1Y,
What’s her number?
@10:25: I’d say she’s a 7.25
If BL1Y was humping her, I would hope she was at least an 8.5. But then again, BL1Y looks like Madoff’s accountant. Not a winner.
I mean her phone number. Hook a brother up, player.