Temporary Attorney: The Sweatshop Edition

"It's not often that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi camps under the GOP tent, but that's just what happened recently when s...

De Novo sent this email out yesterday afternoon. $30 flat to start work the same day and pull a mandatory "all nighter." If you ar...

Reeling from a recent New York Times article in which law schools were exposed for cooking the books and turning their graduates into lifeti...

"The job is set up through a company called Peak Discovery, which put an ad on Craigslist, seeking 100 lawyers. 'We got about 300 r...

Christopher Edley Jr. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/29/MNDC1GUSCT.DTL&tsp=1

"Dear Tom, There was a hearing on Monday November 15, 2010 before a federal judge regarding the payment of attorney fees to Labaton Suc...

Watch out for these guys. Projects fall through with them ALL the time. Their modus operandi seems to be that they set up sweatshops in In...

From the Clutch Group. Smart solutions. No borders. "We are looking to staff an HOUR INTENSIVE document review project starting IMMED...

Job Description Classification: Contract Legal Professionals Compensation: $12.00 to $18.00 per hour Entry level licensed attorneys needed...

This project is being staffed by three agencies: Hudson, EP Dine and Epiq. The person who runs the review is the same woman who ran the infa...

"This is your new home, Rapunzel. I will come every day and visit. It is better if you were away from the city and this is the place I ...

"The real problem may be that Kevin Costner was proven correct in 'Field of Dreams.' If you build it they will indeed come. But...

Stephen Zack's four main initiatives for his royal reign will be to preserve the justice system (whatever that means), civic education (...

I hope TTT writes about the new payment model being used by all of the agencies: rates are low. - OT is rare and starts at 40 not 35. - More...

TTT, I'm wondering if you'd be interested in posting this volunteer opportunity for Tuesday. Part of the reason we still have white...

"We have an immediate need for admitted document review attorneys - we have a document review project in our offices (25 West 31st Stre...

This is very encouraging news. Expect a long drawn out lobbying fight from the Caribbean scammers. It's only a matter of time before t...

Release: Unemployed J.D. Begins Hunger Strike to Support Law School Transparency On August 5, 2010, Ethan Haines, self-designated J.D. Class...

Excelerate Discovery, the current nesting place of several former Update Legal recruiter hacks, apparently had a bit of a shake up last week...

"TTT, I am highlighting Joan Wexler and her in$TTiTTuTTion this week on my blog. I was tipped to this PDF by a commenter on my site. ...

"Tom the Temp, Just so you know, De Novo is still an awful place to work. From what I hear, Evelyn and Mr. Singer are still using mind...

The NALP is finally starting to come clean. Their numbers are grossly distorted and flat out fraudulent. http://www.abajournal.com/news/...

"Need document review done? Come to Minneapolis! We offer: plenty of attorneys that are hungry with student loans. We have four law ...

"Hey Tom The Temp, Big fan of your blog! Keeping it real, man, keeping it real. Here's one more crappy story for the Wall of Shame....

"A lawyer is suing his former New York-based employer, alleging that the law firm violated federal labor laws by not paying time-and-a-...

It has been over 154 days since Carolyn Lamm and the ABA said they would "look into" the massive fraud being perpetuated upon the ...

"Now I know everyone has a favorite nick name for Albanian the Anus: ladka, Balki, wild & crazy guy, but as a member of the ESL (En...

As Congress plays games and twists itself into political gridlock, millions of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits. Coincident...

The short-seller, Steve Eisman of FrontPoint Partners, is perhaps best known as being immortalized in Michael Lewis’ book, “The Big Short: I...

"At the same time, law firms are instead expressing a “growing enthusiasm” for a staffing alternative—contract lawyers, according to an...

"HIRE COUNSEL SPANISH LANGUAGE PROJECT IN WESTFIELD, NJ Hire Counsel is currently seeking candidates admitted in at least one US juris...

"TTT, I was just staffed on a project overseen by a cold blooded reptile. She would literally BLAST the AC like you wouldn't belie...

"I have been a contract attorney in the SF Bay area for the past 4 years or so. In that time I have worked through approximately 6-7 st...

46K a year to attend the Brooklyn Law School Dump and Document Review Training Facility? Is the Dean Joan Wexler freakin out of her mind? ...

A van with "Georgetown Admissions" painted on the side was apparently last seen riding around McPherson Square canvassing for home...

TTT, Forewarn your readers about this dump! The recruiters are fishing around to staff another project here and will lie to your face about...

I am sure Elaine P. Dine was a very nice lady back in the day. The successors to her recruiting outfit however have done a very fine job in...

"I would appreciate it if you would remove any negative responses regarding me. If not, I will be taking legal action against you immed...

I heard that Lexolution tried to put up to 60 or 80 contractors in their tiny space in DC on F St. If, you've seen the space then you...

"Thomas Reddy, a second-year student at Brooklyn Law School, hasn't landed a summer internship yet after sending resumes to more th...

According to the New York Times, they are so cheap they billed one of their clients $2.36 for a pack of gum. The Huron Witch is not only ev...

I just got the most retarded phone call. Temp job out in Albany, "6 months" on the project although they claim they try to keep pe...

"Instead of simply griping about the shortcoming of law school employment statistics, Patrick Lynch collaborated with fellow Vanderbilt...

As if profits per partner weren't high enough last year, it looks like the ABA is about to come out with another one of their award winn...

The Offer: I wanted to touch base with you and see if you’re available for an upcoming assignment. I have a client who is seeking 4 contract...

"TTT, Instead of constantly putting a hatchet to the firms and staffing agencies, why don't you focus instead on some of the psycho...

DiscoverReady was one of the few chop shops in town offering project work last week, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were inundated ...

Sounds like a great place to work: "I quit labaton several weeks ago after I too was assaulted in front of several witnesses in the eat...

Someone posted this earlier today in the comments section, and I wanted to highlight it. Crappy law school (that should be padlocked) + stay...

On the floor of the House, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee told a story of a 32-year-old lawyer who went to an emergency room three times but was se...

Just when things were quieting down in crazy document review land, this nonsense pops up. Apparently, Michael Layman (staff attorney 007) s...

The Dine Group is still up to their old tricks of fishing for rate information from attorneys and trying to lowball the competition. A frie...

RESEARCH ATTORNEY (4105 W. 26th St.) Date: 2010-03-08, 9:11AM job-ff5pp-1633948536@craigslist.org Illinois licensed attorney with exception...

"Two books chronicling Eliot Spitzer's meltdown are about to come out. One is entitled, Journal of the Plague Year , by Lloyd Cons...

"Let's go. Yes, let's go. (They do not move)." "Tom, I am very frustrated. After being out of work for a couple of w...

"I heard RR Donnelley (the massive octopus legal outsourcing operation)is mass drug testing doc reviewers - if this is true, doc review...

Over a hundred people worked for the massive 3+ year World Trade Center litigation in the Wall Street area for Compliance LP/Patton Boggs. ...

Lex-pollution has re-opened the infamous "Chicken Coop" over on East 40th St. This time it's a Quinn case. We are only getting...

Tom - The person who wrote to you about the Jones Day project left out several important details: 1. Jones Day never told Hudson that it w...

The "ShitFingers" Chronicles is a new ongoing venture created by L4L's in which he deconstructs the lies put forth by Solo Pra...

Please complete the attached forms: 1) Application; 2) Conflicts form. The Conflicts form can be filled out on your computer and emailed ba...

As many of you know, legal professionals all over the country are suffering during these economic times. In Richmond, many who have relied o...

Tom, I was just talking to a friend who told me to watch out for this place in NYC! He was recently at Jones Day (two weeks ago) for a coupl...

I was wondering if you know anything about the DC contract attorney market? Feel free to address this only in your blog, but I'm startin...

Stuffing hundreds of heavily leveraged law graduates (earning $21 an hour without benefits) into cockroach infested basements, forcing them ...

Tom the Temp [I wrote this as a Letter to the Editor to the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, January 27, 2010. They apparently were not inter...

Looks like Queen Lamm of the ABA is merely going to "look into" the blatantly fraudulent self-reported employment statistics and t...