She owes you nothing.

Well, perhaps you can explain it to her, then. Make sure you tell her how she's supposed to feel, women love it when people do that.

Really. That's interesting. I've always heard the lower-tier partners referred to as "non-equity partners." (Or sometimes denigrated as "service partners," but that's another thing.) Maybe the "contract" designation is a regional thing? I never heard it in Biglaw.

My legal ethics professor told us that if we were stuck on the MPRE, we should guess the second-most-ethical-sounding choice!

You're right! She is the Jesse! With a much lower energy level and a much cleaner mouth.

I could see the final split with Jimmy coming a few years down the road, with her offered an HHM partnership on the condition that she cut ties. (Memories of a colleague offered a Biglaw partnership on the condition that she move 1000 miles away from her husband. To "prove" her loyalty to the firm. Blecccch.)

Plus in many states (including the DC waive-in waive-out racket, assuming that still exists) you have to have 5 years experience before you can exercise reciprocity. I don't think Kim is there yet?

I don't know. If other lawyers in the community (and that legal community is not HUGE) see Howard as the prick that I believe him to be (others may disagree, of course!), any place she applies to is going to know the score, and whatever Howard's got to say isn't going to matter much. This kind of happened to me once:…

I have never, ever heard of a contract partner in an American law firm (although the title does exist in the UK). In an American law-firm partnership (a true partnership, not the BS "partnership" that is a disguised employment relationship, as in some big firms), there is a partnership agreement, aka a contract, so…

I was wondering that, too! Given that we do know from the show that HHM paid for her law school, I don't think it's fanwanking to theorize that maybe she's tied there by something other than her work ethic/professionalism.

I also don't love the thinking that a grown-ass professional should be "punished" for making a mistake. She gets it, she made a mistake. I'm not sure that taking away a person's office (kind of like when dad takes the door off your room for misbehaving) and forcing her to do 1st-year work (the lawyer equivalent of…

I completely agree. BCS is getting increasingly difficult for me to watch because once upon a time, I was Kim. The HHM set even looks pretty much exactly like my old firm. That "be a professional" stuff (and its cousin, "be a team player") tends to get whipped out by the partners to make associates (often but not…

I feel your pain! I couldn't stand the wait for it to arrive on Netflix France and ended up spoiling myself. : (

Interesting article on this issue. I've done a small amount of legal research on Native American issues (long story) and have been surprised to see how often (not universally, of course) the people themselves refer to Indians or Indian Country: http://indiancountrytodayme…

I grew up in the U.P. and remember hearing a lot more racism against black people (of whom there, are like, 11 in that area) than against Native Americans. This was in the late '70s, early '80s.

Awesome casting for Red Green fans! I haven't seen Bob Bainborough on anything in more than a decade. Drove my husband nuts for half an hour asking "Who IS that? Who IS that? I know that guy!" before the episode was over and I could IMDB it. You know your "Minnesota" show is filmed in Canada when….

But what's important is that Bear is the real victim, right? Simone's death is just a vehicle to portray her killer's tragedy. Okay, then.

Moorhead is right next to Fargo; they're kind of like twin "cities." Moorhead is also the home of the Fighting Spuds. Why do I keep this HS knowledge in my head?