There seems some little sense of entitlement that justifies a law student in any fight. After all they know how to sue someone.

I say if you throw a ball at someone’s head, you take the shot in the mouth and walk away with your pride intact (even if your lip is not).

That should be the end of it.

And I’m it’s exact target demographic. The only thing it’s good for is holding firms accountable publicly for the way they treat their associates, which deters them from giving under-market bonuses or conducting “stealth” layoffs.

But since David Lat left, the writing is terrible, there’s not really any identity or guiding force behind the blog other than “oooh, latham laid off 9,000 attorneys 2 minutes ago, oooh!” And the commenters are worse than any sports messageboard.

the link about the woman who lost 47 pounds to be more informative and useful.

…some UT Law student would rush to their keyboards to furiously send it a “tip” to ATL about this incident.

I get really, really, really annoyed when people rush off to send ATL stories about stuff like this…