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Date: January 17th, 2006 8:57 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete http://opinionistas.blogspot.com/
Melissa Lafsky formerly of Littler Mendelson (if Google is right).
It looks like she passed the bar in Feb 2005. See http://www.nylawyer.com/display.php/file=/exam/names/000May05hl Did she fail the first time?
No bonus for her: "To avoid scandal, I have resigned from my position as a law firm associate. ... I didn't stick around to collect a bonus - the stars simply didn't align to fill my bank account with law firm plunder." Ouch.
Update: Pictures.
http://www.gawker.com/news/blogs/melissa-lafsky-opinionista-extraordinaire-149088.php
http://www.friendster.com/useropen.php?uid=1317090 |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 8:58 PM Author: Excitant national double fault Shit. I knew it was coming.
She was kind of asking for it, though.
But, also . . . Littler Mendleson? She made it sound like she was at a much more prestigious firm. |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:09 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete When you are about to get outed, please hold on to get the bonus. Promise me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843684) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:32 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse Seriously. I had never even heard of that shitty firm. Now she's going to write a book and open a new blog with a subscription service- who will pay for this shit? She won't even have stories of TTT Law to tell anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846346) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 8:05 AM Author: thriller obsidian rehab It's a top labor and employment law firm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847036) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:43 AM Author: comical institution circlehead anyone who is interested in labor and employment law certainly has.
you know, the fact that you've never heard of the firm reflects more on you than it does on the firm. but you do make a very good point... without stories of firm life, what the heck does she have? |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:46 AM Author: Domesticated Vigorous Point I've never heard of the firm, and I think that reflects more on the firm than on me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847320) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 5:10 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete I was right, she did fail:
"The night before the bar exam, my entire body was consumed with panicked frenzy (like every other bar examinee in the country). I proceeded to go to bed and throughout the night take anywhere from 15 to 20 pills in staggered intervals, desperate to get some sleep. The next morning found me throwing up bile and pools of dissolved medication, and I barely remember staggering through the test. I subsequently (and unsurprisingly) failed the bar." |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 5:11 PM Author: Umber base becky like every other bar examinee in the country (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4850647) |
Date: January 17th, 2006 9:00 PM Author: Aqua dilemma twinkling uncleanness This reads like one of those bullshit sermons that David Cross makes fun of, like "well, I went to the mall with my daughter and some of her skateboard friends..."Father, I'm a skater and I'm into punk music but is there a place for me in heaven?...complete bullshit:
http://opinionistas.blogspot.com/2006/01/avant-garde.html |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:06 PM Author: Arousing toilet seat Wow, where did she go to law school? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843670) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:10 PM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: University of Virginia From her NY Attorney Registration information, she attended University of Virginia and was admitted to the NY bar in 2005 (most likely, graduated from UVA in 2004).
http://portal.courts.state.ny.us/pls/portal30/INTERNETDB_DEV.INDIV_ATT.SHOW?p_arg_names=v_reg_num&p_arg_values=4356820 |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:10 PM Author: Arousing toilet seat Thanks. Is Littler prestigious? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843699) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:14 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete About as prestigious as UVa. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843721) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:16 PM Author: Arousing toilet seat So, very prestigious. Except in Cambridge, where you are? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843734) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:14 PM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: No No its def not!
Also, her bio and name is nowhere on the firm's web site so clearly she was either fired or resigned within the past 3-4 weeks (since IT personnel usually take a while to update a firm's web site).
She also passed the Feb 2005 NY bar exam, perhaps she failed the July 04 exam? Who knows. |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:16 PM Author: Arousing toilet seat It isn't a Vault firm, right? So it is smaller, is it considered a boutique. I wonder how much they pay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843737) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:23 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete Their salary info isn't listed at infirmation.com for NYC.
Their San Fran info is out of date. http://www.infirmation.com/shared/lss/one-payscale.tcl?employer_id=CA3940
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:23 PM Author: misanthropic appetizing principal's office http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:tms7vrPsMQAJ:www.littler.com//attorneys/bio/MLafsky.htm+lafsky+littler&hl=en
is a link to her bio.
From her blog, it seemed like her firm was pretty crappy, but not that bad.
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Date: January 17th, 2006 11:13 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete Another bio: "I went to a fancy prep school with the children of D.C. politicians, a fancy college filled with Connecticut WASPs and underloved gold-card-toting bankerspawn, and a self-important law school where professors are required to trace their bloodline to the Mayflower to receive tenure. Now I've sold out to work as an associate at a law firm in Manhattan, where my day is reduced to 10-minute billable increments constantly entered into a computer with explanations like 'Colating and auditing sets of documents constituting initial discovery.'" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844808) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:33 AM Author: exciting kitchen Oh, woe is me, I was born rich, and I'm going to die rich. HOW COULD MY LIFE SUCK ANY WORSE? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846349) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:34 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse "required to trace their bloodline to the Mayflower to receive tenure."
She obviously has a very high opinion of herself. Getting into Dartmouth and UVA isn't hard, wtf. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:36 AM Author: exciting kitchen It's nothing compared to Princeton Law. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846365) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:37 AM Author: Umber base becky I think she's trying to exaggerate for humorous effect, but she's not doing a very good job and she isn't even playing to the right stereotypes. UVA isn't stereotypically the "self-important" law school. It's the beer and softball law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846367) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:57 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse Exactly. I don't mean to bash Dartmouth, it's a good school and I applied there. But I think in general she has a really high opinion of herself, humor aside. She is a TTT. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846467) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:45 PM Author: hyperventilating sooty striped hyena orchestra pit She quit working 10 months ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844548) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:19 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete 2004 looks right. See http://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/archives/2004/program_graduates04.pdf
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:56 PM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: Salary According to NALP, first year associates make $115K.
http://www.nalpdirectory.com/employerdetails.asp?fscid=F1233&id=11&yr=2005
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:00 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete Only one summer associate? that'd be an interesting summer program. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844162) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:02 PM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: freaky Whats really interesting is that according to the firm web site and Martindale, there are only 5 associates in the NY office (all of them are female). With "O" there, the total would have been 6. There are about 9 partners. Just from looking at the web site and the MH listing, it doesnt look like a very collegial environment. That "shareholder" arrangement sounds pretty fishy too (12,000 billable hours to become partner??).
The NALP link is just for Littler's New York City office, who knows how many summers were hired in other offices.
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:07 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete With that small number of people, what the heck did she write about? I haven't read the blog much. Is it supposed to be a insider's look at "biglaw." This doesn't seem to meet the definition. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844223) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 11:02 PM Author: nudist garrison famous landscape painting It was her attempt at addressing every day shit that happened at her firm.
She made it seem like a living hell which was the main novelty of the blog. I dunno
She can now pursue a career as a writer which will probably go nowhere but since she'll end up marrying a biglaw laywer to finance her lifestyle, she should be fine. |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 11:16 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete She claims she was at BigLaw.
Anonymous_HLS_2007: Take yourself back even further: how did you get started as BigLaw associate?
I have no excuse for ending up where I am, really, and I have no regrets. I made my choices. I was a paralegal at a massive firm; I saw what it was like. I submitted to the powers of status and parental pressure and I never considered not going to law school. |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 9:08 PM Author: Arousing toilet seat She was a Dartmouth ug legacy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4843681) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:40 AM Author: Umber base becky I know from personal experience that many of those are fucking idiots. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846384) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:13 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete Update. I've added a link to pictures to my original post. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844264) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:18 PM Author: Flatulent concupiscible forum She looks much older than 27 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844291) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 11:11 PM Author: Excitant national double fault She kind of looks like a younger version of that old lady who went to Catholic University law and blogged about how she got bad grades because they discriminated against old people and how she got drunk before her finals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844788) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 11:17 PM Author: garnet unholy selfie associate Please tell me this is still around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844845) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 8:04 AM Author: Excitant national double fault I don't think she posts anymore, but it was hilarious.
EDIT: Well, whaddya know . . .
http://members.aol.com/alicebeard/thoughts/ |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:29 AM Author: Low-t pozpig That bitch looks 45. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846330) |
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Date: January 17th, 2006 10:27 PM Author: fuchsia field It was a pretty good blog and probably one of a handful I read regularly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4844390) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:26 AM Author: jet stain brunch Subject: For people who have been around a while: Any chance she's Nutella?
That girl was a Dartmouth grad, about the right age. There's a reference to Nutella on the blog that made me think of it.
Anyone know where Nutella went to law school? |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:30 AM Author: Umber base becky Stanford, I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846335) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:39 AM Author: carnelian boiling water business firm Nutella hasn't graduated yet, AFAIK. And she went to Stanford. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846377) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:40 AM Author: jet stain brunch Eh, well, there goes my theory. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846380) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:36 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse My firm is so much more prestigious than hers. So is my law school. Fuck her. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846366) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:40 AM Author: carnelian boiling water business firm Its not hard to get a more prestigious firm. Hers isn't even Vault ranked and doesn't pay market. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846382) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:42 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse True. This is what bothers me about her:
'I went to a great undergrad with prestigious CT WASPS'
Translation: lower Ivy
'My law school requires profs to trace their lineage to the Mayflower to get tenure.'
Translation: lower top 10 government school
'Prestigious Manhattan law firm'
Non-Vault, sub-market TTT no one has heard of
WHAT A USELESS, ARROGANT SLUT |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:43 AM Author: Umber base becky Hell, I go to Dartmouth. It isn't something to fucking brag about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846399) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:43 AM Author: carnelian boiling water business firm Let me ask you this - how bad were her grades that she couldn't even get a Vault ranked firm in NYC from UVa? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846402) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:51 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse Seriously. My school is significantly better than UVA but everyone that wants one gets a v50. I assume most t14s are like this. She must be a stupid fuck who got a C in torts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846434) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:53 AM Author: carnelian boiling water business firm I think she must have been bottom quarter or so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846439) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:56 AM Author: Crawly aggressive indirect expression Why does it matter? Does it have any bearing on whether her depiction of biglaw is true? I don't understand why people feel the need to belittle what school she went to or what firm she worked for. Do you think what she was saying was untrue?
Seems like no matter what school you went to, people that go to work for NY firms are going to be working like slaves. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:59 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse "Why does it matter?"
Yes. She's a self-important bitch and doesn't have the qualifications to back it up. That's fucking annoying.
"Do you think what she was saying was untrue?"
Yes I do. She frequently exagerates and makes things up for the sake of the blog. Read her entry about throwing herself into a shark tank and slitting her wrists because a partner saw her leave early at 8 pm one night.
Finally, who wants to take biglaw advice from a life loser? She did shitty in law school. She likely did shitty at her firm too. Read the posts above where people are speculating that she might have failed the bar (as per martindale passage dates). She's mediocre at best and therefore has a tainted view of biglaw- her failures and fuckups are not universal problems experienced by everyone. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 3:02 AM Author: Crawly aggressive indirect expression Point taken.
However, some of the things she said probably happen at a lot of firms. It seems like the leaving early thing is universal. I knew someone who called their elevator the shooting gallery because the elevator was made out of glass and when you left everybody would see you. If you left early, you would end up getting more work later. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 3:05 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse I don't mean to say that everything she wrote about is wrong, just that she hyped up a lot of things and is generally annoying. The blog makes it almost inevitable that things will get exaggerated and potentially made up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846527) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 8:42 AM Author: Adulterous church doctorate Plus, in addition to any law school performance issues, it seems clear that she felt some pressure (parental or otherwise) to follow a legal career, and was never satisfied with the decisions and situations that followed. Thus, it's not a terrific surprise that someone who didn't really want to be a lawyer in fact hated being a lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847056) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 5:15 PM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse That's a good point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4850678) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:01 AM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: Insight 1. This was indeed a voluntary outing.
>>Yes. She's a self-important bitch and doesn't have the qualifications to back it up. That's fucking annoying. <<
2. So she exaggerated a bit for effect! I don't understand why everyone must bash her, belittle her and now refer to her as "TTT". Obviously she struck a nerve with her blog and obviously we are all still reading.
The fact is, if you don't like her writing - don't read it! Simple as that! In my view, she may think highly of herself but you know what, don't ALL bloggers? Clearly, the point of a blog is to talk about yourself, your opinions, your view of life, etc. If anything, we are the ones in the peanut gallery eager to throw stones. But as a former blogger, I remember coming up with material and describing it eloquently wasn't an easy feat.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:51 AM Author: Pink toaster french chef there tends to be massive resentment toward peopl ewho excape from law firms, particularly by writing. i know a guy who sold a screen play for an unusually large amount of money. there was obvious happiness among those he had worked with when the movie didn't do well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847337) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:59 AM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: its a shame Yes, after reading "174's" posts and those of other bashers on this and other threads, I think they display ignorance and just a general lack of intelligence and awareness of the reality around them.
Its a shame that people get a joy from seeing other people be miserable. I think its great that "Opinionistas" has found her true calling. While parts of her blog were much too exaggerated, she had the guts to go against peer pressure and pursue her first love (writing) and that says more about her independence and desire to succeed than the rest of the biglaw schmucks/hopefuls/miserable law students/lawyers who spend years sitting behind their computers at work posting hateful messages on XOXO and other blogs/message boards... Envy and jealousy are such sad human traits. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 11:05 AM Author: pearl deep hall nowag Hi Melissa! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847382) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 11:20 AM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: Cute! I'm not "O" but thanks for the reference!! LOL!!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847475) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 2:53 AM Author: Passionate fat ankles I didn't think boutiques got Vault rankings. Do Finnegan or Fish and Richardson have Vault ranks? |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 3:01 AM Author: Infuriating blood rage whorehouse They don't need V rankings because everyone already knows they're TTTs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4846489) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 8:10 AM Author: thriller obsidian rehab TITCR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847040) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 8:46 PM Author: mustard bull headed locus prole Wouldn't a decent boutique at least pay market? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4852276) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 3:43 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete " Ms. Lafsky worked at the labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson, but she said she was a summer associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and worked as a paralegal at both Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Proskauer Rose."
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Date: January 18th, 2006 8:31 AM Author: Demanding Racy Hell Reading Party So I guess this was a voluntary outting? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847049) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:03 AM Author: Pink toaster french chef the blog is tiresom. it's the standard frenetic/jokey sex in the city style, with the author constantly bemused by being the only fully sane person around. by for all its rebel pretense, it's careful never to have too much bite, which would be more likely to imperil a job, or alienate an editor who has decided it't time to publish some mediocrity and call it "brilliant." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847168) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:53 AM Author: pearl deep hall nowag Quite true, I was thinking "Sex and the City" as well. She fits the role, a semi-attractive Jewess who can't cut it in the working world and wants to use her moderately entertaining writing to propel her to bookselling success. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847340) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 11:00 AM Author: Pink toaster french chef the writing is pretty crisp and engaging. but i think the combination of not really having observed anything interesting, being overly conscious of doing something "marketable," and having a classically female aversion to making any truly sharp observations will doom it to tepid respectability. once people start seeing themself covered in news stories, a sense of self-importance and caution takes over, and they tend to become incapable of saying anything intersting, if they even ever were capable. she exudes the aura of someone who is enchanted by the idea that people are looking at her enviously. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847361) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 11:47 AM Author: insanely creepy dopamine This sums up my feelings about the blog perfectly. Cheers. (Your throwaway comment on the "classically female aversion" isn't entirely fair to that small minority of females who do occasionally make sharp observations or to that larger minority of females who have sharp observations to make but don't make them because other females won't appreciate them and they worry that males might think they're being "bitter.")
In any case, not having worked in private practice, I can't commment on "Opinionistas'" (possible to come up with a more obnoxious little name for oneself than "Wonkette?" Yes, indeed, it is.) take on law-firm life, but all her anecdotes about people and their personal shit (bulimia, child-rearing, the ever-present spectre of sexism blah blah blah) strike me as the kind of thing that would have been a take-or-leave at her prep school literary magazine. Two-dimensional and rife with juvenile indignance. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 12:08 PM Author: Pink toaster french chef "classically female aversion"
the male analogue would be roughly its opposite: aggressive, jocular "ribbing." in either case, people who faithfully fulfill their gender's most insipid stereotypes are the bane of society |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 10:04 AM Author: transparent vivacious stag film party of the first part Its only a matter of time before the other shoe drops in my blog. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847170) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 12:13 PM Author: high-end glittery area lettuce Subject: blog I wouldn't worry. Your blog is still relatively new, you haven't really blogged on topics that are non-germane to law students everywhere, and I spotted a typo in your first entry. You have a long way to go son but nice try.
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Date: January 18th, 2006 12:17 PM Author: pearl deep hall nowag CONDESCENDIPWNED! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4847811) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 3:19 PM Author: Know-it-all Indian Lodge bloggers are starting to pick this thread up
http://stillangryblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/everyone-has-one.html
http://coloroflaw.blogspot.com/2006/01/outed.html |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 3:49 PM Author: tan beta keepsake machete According to http://tedfrank.com/archives/archive_2006_01_15-2006_01_21.shtml#1137536936 :
"[S]he told the Observer she deleted [two posts] because they were too close to reality."
They are still in the Google Archive:
I wonder who they're about? |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 5:58 PM Author: bearded ungodly gay wizard Do yall think her former employer should sue her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4851072) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 6:00 PM Author: pearl deep hall nowag I doubt it, she doesn't reveal trade secrets, and defamation would be a stretch since she doesn't name names or offer any certifiable proof that the characters she describes are real. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4851092) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 6:10 PM Author: bearded ungodly gay wizard So it's okay to blog about her firm the way she did?
Should she have been fired, if she didn't quit? |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 6:16 PM Author: pearl deep hall nowag The firm could easily have justified firing her on the grounds that her presence in the workplace would have negative effects on productivity as a whole. That wouldn't be a stretch. Suing her would, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4851291) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 6:14 PM Author: abnormal yarmulke She is pretty attractice and a pretty good writer and most of you people are fucking pathetic losers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4851274) |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 11:24 PM Author: Plum range electric furnace She's attractive, but like most women, she has an aura about her that seems to indicate that she overestimates her appearance. Then again, that could just be a bad picture of her.
She's a better writer than 50-75% of xoxo posters-- much better than Evan-2001, for example-- but she's not amazing. She could write a nonfiction book and she'd do fine, though sales have very little to do with writing talent, but I think fiction is out of her reach, at least for based on her blog. |
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Date: January 18th, 2006 11:28 PM Author: Demanding Racy Hell Reading Party I'm really surprised more bloggers don't go the non-fiction route. It's easier to get an agent, you have to put less work upfront to get a contract, and a lot of these guys (like David Lat) are probably far far better at writing about things that are real rather than telling stories. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=341356&forum_id=2#4853726) |