Legal News, Legal Views, Law News, Legal Jobs, Law Jobs, Training Contracts, Training Contract News, Legal Humour » MrJ http://www.solicitr.com Legal News, Legal Views, Law News, Legal Jobs, Law Jobs, Training Contracts, Training Contract News, Legal Humour Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Tough Love For Unemployed Harvard Law finalist http://www.solicitr.com/2010/03/03/the-woes-of-the-unemployed-harvard-final/ http://www.solicitr.com/2010/03/03/the-woes-of-the-unemployed-harvard-final/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:50:13 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/?p=1716 http://www.solicitr.com/2010/03/03/the-woes-of-the-unemployed-harvard-final/feed/ 2 Weil Gotshal Has Billed Lehman $296,631 Per Day Since Bankruptcy http://www.solicitr.com/2010/02/23/weil-gotshal-has-billed-lehman-296631-per-day-since-bankruptcy/ http://www.solicitr.com/2010/02/23/weil-gotshal-has-billed-lehman-296631-per-day-since-bankruptcy/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:08:37 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/?p=1630 http://www.solicitr.com/2010/02/23/weil-gotshal-has-billed-lehman-296631-per-day-since-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 Living the Dream, Ep. 9, "Punching the Clown – Part 1" http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/08/living-the-dream-ep-9-punching-the-clown-part-1/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/08/living-the-dream-ep-9-punching-the-clown-part-1/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:02:23 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/08/living-the-dream-ep-9-punching-the-clown-part-1/ Number 9 in the Bitter Lawyer: Living the Dream series. A funny if slightly bitter taste of the trials and tribulations of BigLaw… Number 8 is in our video strip on the right…

Earlier episodes can be checked out each prior Wednesday through our archives or visit the Bitter Lawyer site by clicking http://www.bitterlawyer.com/index.php

]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/08/living-the-dream-ep-9-punching-the-clown-part-1/feed/ 0 Kirkland & Ellis – Negotiation: The Apprentices Look and Learn http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/03/kirkland-ellis-negotiation-apprentices-look-and-learn/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/03/kirkland-ellis-negotiation-apprentices-look-and-learn/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:56:21 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/?p=564 Series 4 straight out goes Nicholas de Lacy-Brown; series 5 another lawyer out the door first. Some of you have commented that the sweet tongued one might have it in for lawyers, well here’s Kirkland & Ellis keeping the side up…

…and teaching those spivvy apprentices a thing or two about negotiation. Yeah!

Watch the full show here

]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/04/03/kirkland-ellis-negotiation-apprentices-look-and-learn/feed/ 0 Redundancy: OddTodd – Career Day #5 http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/27/redundancy-oddtodd-career-day-5/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/27/redundancy-oddtodd-career-day-5/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:58:02 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/27/redundancy-oddtodd-career-day-5/ Odd Todd is a website owned and operated by Todd Rosenberg, an unemployed "dotcommer", who created a series of humourous cartoons depicting the world of unemployment after entering that world himself.

These animated shorts encapsulate the trials and tribulations many people felt after the dot com crash around 2001and probably how a whole load more are feeling right now (esp. in our beloved legal profession)…

If you missed the first few you might want to check out previous Friday posts in our ...]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/27/redundancy-oddtodd-career-day-5/feed/ 0 Bitter Lawyer: Living the Dream, Ep. 7, "Rope" http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/25/bitter-lawyer-living-the-dream-ep-7-rope/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/25/bitter-lawyer-living-the-dream-ep-7-rope/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:34:21 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/25/bitter-lawyer-living-the-dream-ep-7-rope/ Number 7 in the Bitter Lawyer: Living the Dream series, might give you stage fright. A funny if slightly bitter taste of the trials and tribulations of BigLaw… Number 6 is in our video strip on the right…

Earlier episodes can be checked out each prior Wednesday through our archives or visit the Bitter Lawyer site by clicking http://www.bitterlawyer.com/index.php

]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/25/bitter-lawyer-living-the-dream-ep-7-rope/feed/ 0 Redundancy: OddTodd – Vacation Day #4 http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/20/redundancy-oddtodd-vacation-day-4/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/20/redundancy-oddtodd-vacation-day-4/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:21:05 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/?p=532 Laugh don’t cry – redundancy is miserable but see the funny side of unemployment with Odd Todd:

If you missed the first ones you might want to check out previous Friday posts in our archives to get a feel…

]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/20/redundancy-oddtodd-vacation-day-4/feed/ 0 President of the Magic Circle dies. http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/10/president-of-the-magic-circle-dies/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/10/president-of-the-magic-circle-dies/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:57:46 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/10/president-of-the-magic-circle-dies/ No, despite the hopes of some soon-to-be-ex-Linklaters employees, we are not talking about Linklaters’ Senior Partner, David Cheyne.

Ali Bongo, whose real name was William Wallace, was one of Britain’s most popular stage magicians. He acted as adviser to other magicians and was often consulted for television shows about magic, including the Paul Daniels Magic Show on the BBC.

He was also the inspiration for the character of Jonathan Creek in the BBC television detective series of the same name starring ...]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/10/president-of-the-magic-circle-dies/feed/ 3 Redundancy: OddTodd – Help Wanted #2 http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/06/redundancy-oddtodd-help-wanted-2/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/06/redundancy-oddtodd-help-wanted-2/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:58:04 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/?p=499 Redundancy: topical, not normally funny but…

If you missed the first one check out our archives for last Friday’s post or click .

]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/03/06/redundancy-oddtodd-help-wanted-2/feed/ 1 In Ohio you're not allowed to get a fish drunk? The world's most ridiculous laws http://www.solicitr.com/2009/02/27/in-ohio-youre-not-allowed-to-get-a-fish-drunk-the-worlds-most-ridiculous-laws-2/ http://www.solicitr.com/2009/02/27/in-ohio-youre-not-allowed-to-get-a-fish-drunk-the-worlds-most-ridiculous-laws-2/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:02:37 +0000 Editor http://www.solicitr.com/2009/02/27/in-ohio-youre-not-allowed-to-get-a-fish-drunk-the-worlds-most-ridiculous-laws-2/ 25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

24. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

23. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

21. Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want ...]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2009/02/27/in-ohio-youre-not-allowed-to-get-a-fish-drunk-the-worlds-most-ridiculous-laws-2/feed/ 1