If you haven't already done so, we recommend that you read this article (and not just 'cause we're featured in it). It's entitled Scuttlebutt Central, by Stephanie Francis Ward, and it's from the November 2006 issue of the ABA Journal.

The piece is a fun and interesting read; check it out for yourself. We'll just comment on one passage that caught our eye:

A Washington, D.C., corporate associate who asked to remain anonymous admits to reading legal gossip blogs daily — a habit he says isn’t unusual among his peers.

“There’s an allure of some of these stories — like the summer associate in New York who took off her clothes and jumped into the Hudson River — so there’s sort of a universal appeal,” he says.

Allow us to supplement the record. According to various reports, the summer associate in question was at the venerable firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. The incident took place at a charity benefit held at the Chelsea Piers sports and entertainment complex. It turned out to be a fairly big deal because the SA had to be fished out of the river (either by the Coast Guard or an NYPD police boat).

We're not sure if she ended up getting an offer. But given what a summer associate has to do NOT to get an offer -- e.g., first- or second-degree murder (manslaughter, no big deal) -- we wouldn't be surprised if she did.

More juicy details here and here.

Scuttlebutt Central: Legal gossip blogs appeal to a nation of associates hungry for the local scoop [ABA Journal]
Summer Stories [What's Up With Wake Law?]
Summer Associates [CU bLAWg]